Tax & Spend

EU Aims to Give Key Push to Debt-Adjustment Rules as Deadline Looms

  • Legal proposal delayed until December, diplomat says
  • Rules would create fiscal buffers for economic shocks
Photographer: Stefan Wermuth/Bloomberg
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The European Union is finalizing a blueprint to overcome longstanding splits and revise its debt-adjustment rules as countries are under pressure to rein in spending while also investing in defense and clean tech.