Madam, - Cllr Deirdre de Burca claimed in a recent letter that the new EU Constitution "turns neo-liberalism" and "a monetarist economic policy" into constitutional principles.
In fact, Article I-3 of the Constitution states that the EU will work for: "the sustainable development of Europe based on balanced economic growth and price stability, a highly competitive social market economy, aiming at full employment and social progress, and a high level of protection and improvement of the quality of the environment."
As regards monetary policy, perhaps Cllr de Burca would prefer that we return to the inflation of the 1970s and the currency crises of the early 1990s? - Yours, etc,
DANIEL DUNNE
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