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Parliament and Council aim to swiftly agree on new EU debt rules

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Published: February 9th, 2024,
Last updated: May 30th, 2025

The Council’s Justus Lipsius building: The negotiators apparently do not want to risk any further delay in the reform of the EU debt rules.

Negotiations on the reform of European fiscal rules continue. For today, Friday, both the Council and Parliament have scheduled a trilogue without a fixed end time. Earlier this week, Parliament’s representatives were frustrated by the negotiation tactics of the Belgian presidency, which strictly adhered to the EU Council’s position. They feared that the EU debt rules, as proposed by the Council, would overly restrict public investments.

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