EU Two Hundred Billion Euro Rescue Plan Finally Finalized

In the face of economic recession, the European Union has overcome internal opposition and agreed on a large-scale stimulus plan. Deutsche has opposed the plan. "In a very special period, European countries should unite and take effective measures to support the economy and employment."

On the 12 day, the 2 day European Union summit ended in Brussels. In order to save the EU's financial crisis, the EU leaders overcome internal murmurs and finally agreed on the 200 billion euro stimulus plan.

The amount equivalent to the EU GDP1.5% is affected by the financial crisis, and the euro zone economy has fallen into recession. Next year, the Anglo German law economy is expected to decline at the same time.

To stimulate the economy, the summit of the 12 day issued a resolution. The EU Member States will allocate 1.5% of the EU GDP to stimulate the economy.

Of the 200 billion euros, 30 billion euros will come from the EU budget, and the remaining 170 billion euros is actually the sum of the respective economic stimulus plans implemented by different countries.

"In the face of these sudden situations, Europe should act in a united, firm, fast and decisive manner to avoid recession and maintain economic vitality and employment."

The summit resolution said.

The resolution also made clear that in order to implement the economic stimulus plan, all necessary means should be mobilized and coordinated action should be taken to ensure that the measures adopted by the EU and Member States achieve the best results.

But Barroso, chairman of the European Commission, also said that the economic stimulus plan is not to unify the actions of EU countries, but to provide a framework for coordination.

He also stressed that the EU Member States should take account of the medium-term objectives of controlling deficits while taking short-term fiscal stimulus measures.

As president of the EU, President Sarkozy praised highly the outcome of the summit. "When Europe is united, we can see progress."

The plan is not smooth sailing.

According to the plan, VAT reduction is expected to become an economic stimulus for all countries. At present, only the UK has adopted measures to reduce VAT, but many EU countries do not agree with it.

On the eve of the summit, German Foreign Minister Steinbruck also criticized the economic stimulus plan for "wasting billions of euros" and held reservations about investing so much public funds.

However, German Chancellor Merkel quickly responded to the foreign minister's negative attitude.

"We believe that every member country should contribute to the economic recovery. As a big economy, Germany is clearly aware of its responsibilities and we have taken action.

Germany agrees with the European Commission's plan. "

Merkel said.

Tough negotiations to stimulate the stimulus plan, not only German foreign minister, Belgian Prime Minister Lethem and Italy Prime Minister Berlusconi were all the opposition of this economic stimulus plan.

But Berlusconi said on the same day, through hard negotiations, the parties reached the same views.

Related news: the European Union's "compromise" to Ireland to promote the Irish second referendum "Lisbon treaty" in addition to dealing with the financial crisis, Ireland's referendum on the new constitution "Lisbon treaty" is also the main topic of this summit.

On the 12 day, the European Union and Ireland reached a compromise to pave the way for the second referendum of the Lisbon treaty.

EU policy is tilted to Ireland. According to this compromise draft, all EU countries guarantee Ireland that they will retain Ireland's permanent membership of the European Commission and will provide a legal guarantee for Ireland in a series of policies.

For some sensitive issues, such as military neutrality and labour rights, the European Union also agreed to tilt some of its policies towards Ireland.

In exchange, Ireland promised to hold second referendums before the end of the current EU Commission, which means that the referendum will take place before the end of 2009.

Poland foreign minister Sikorski said at the EU summit: "the European Commission has settled the related issues of the" Lisbon treaty ".

In the first referendum held in June this year, the "Lisbon treaty" was rejected by Irish voters, which dealt a heavy blow to the EU constitution making process.

In addition, the summit concluded on the 12 day also agreed on a package plan to implement the EU's energy conservation and emission reduction targets.

EU leaders pledged last March to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the EU by 20% in 1990, reduce energy consumption by 20%, and increase the proportion of renewable clean energy to total energy consumption to 20% by 2020.

This agreement was reached after EU leaders made concessions to countries affected by their high emission industries such as Poland, Italy and Hungary.

Yang Jing: editor in charge