Replying to the debate, Mr Solbes Mira rejected the criticism and reaffirmed that the Commission was only implementing the Broad Economic Guidelines which Ireland had signed up to in respect of its own economic and budgetary policy.
Pedro SOLBES MIRA, en nombre de la Comisión, recordó que el único instrumento del que dispone el ejecutivo comunitario en la materia son "las grandes orientaciones de política económica" definidas anualmente.