Leitl: „EU Needs Budget Consolidation and Growth Measures“

More+Comment ♦ Published: May 5, 2012; 13:33 ♦ (Vindobona)

The President of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce claims to create a European fund in order to support small and medium-sized enterprises.

Leitl: „EU Needs Budget Consolidation and Growth Measures“ / Picture: © Vindobona.org

“Small companies must not be ignored. Europe does not only need strict fiscal policy, but also a sustainable growth policy.” Christoph Leitl emphasizes on the occasion of a meeting with Janusz Lewandowski, EU-Commissioner of Treasury in Brussels.

For Leitl, the fiscal treaty would not be sufficient to bring Europe back to economic growth. “We also have to create…