Europe currently highly vulnerable to external shocks, as it requires too much time to implement the necessary measures to support the economy, said Prime Minister of the Netherlands mark Rutte during the live broadcast at the Davos forum.
"It is a painful process, and when you go through this process, make it as short as possible," said Rutte, speaking about the economic reforms in Europe, reports TASS. According to him, if not to accept the reforms that Europe risks remain at a relatively low level of competitiveness." Europe at the moment is simply uncompetitive. And we have a lot of imbalances, " said Rutte. He expressed concern that Europe will slow down the process of fiscal consolidation And reforms, and noted that the Netherlands used the "basic recipe" recovery after a fall. For example, this "recipe" was based on the work on fiscal consolidation And reforms in the field of real estate market, health, social sector, the pension sector And education. In addition, Rutte said that he believes "invalid discussion about the weakening of the punishment relative to Russia. ""punishment against Russia associated with the Crimea And what is happening in the East of Ukraine, And Russia must realize that we collectively approved - Minsk agreement," said Rutte. According to the EU, after making all arrangements Ukraine should develop close contacts not only with the European Union, but also with Russia, based on historical realities, He added. Remember, on Wednesday, the head of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of Russia S. Lavrov Century said that the refusal of the anti-Russian punishment supports almost fifty percent of the EU countries. On the first day of the week, EU leaders called for the preservation of the anti-punishment. In addition, last week the European Parliament addressed the Council, urging them to accept the punishment is relatively Russia in the nuclear And financial sectors in the absence of progress in the settlement of the Ukrainian fall. At the same time the wall Street Journal reported that the European Union is ready to mitigate the punishment concerning Russia And not fully normalize relations with Moscow in case of change of its position on the situation in Ukraine. In support of the lifting of sanctions against Russia are Austria, Hungary, Italy, Cyprus, Slovakia, France And the Czech Republic.


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