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Proceeding contribution from Alistair Burt (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 26 January 2012. It occurred during Topical debate and Backbench debate on European Council.


European Council

No, because I might take another intervention on something else. Time is limited and I cannot do justice to everyone. On Tuesday the International Monetary Fund published its world economic outlook. It revised down its global growth forecasts, mainly because of developments in the eurozone. It now expects the eurozone to enter a recession in 2012, with GDP falling by 0.5%. Those of us outside the eurozone are not immune from that. The ongoing sovereign debt crisis is having a chilling effect on our economy, too. Like my hon. Friend the Member for Harwich and North Essex (Mr Jenkin), I do not want to see the euro fail. The eurozone needs to find a credible and sustainable solution to the debt crisis. Beyond that, there is a challenge for all 27 EU member states to release the brakes on growth to generate wealth, jobs and enterprise, and that was very much the focus of the speech made by my hon. Friend the Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Damian Collins).


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
539 c453-4 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
EU countries Economic situation Economic and monetary union UK membership of EU European Council
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