Translation of "inflated structure " (English → French) :

Notes that fiscal and monetary policies are no substitute for structural reform, which must address the underlying weaknesses of the European economy – sharply growing debts and deficits, an ageing population, the probability of a surge in inflation or a process of deflation, the highly probable new surge in inflation, risks to industries generated by climate-change policies, especially owing to uncertainty about new targets and standards, low productivity and lack of competitiveness; calls for higher efficiency in using public money ...[+++], at both European and national levels; considers that the differences in the timing and intensity of the crisis, as well as the different ex-ante fiscal and monetary positions of the individual Member States, should be taken into account when adopting coordinated policies and targets; believes that these efforts should lead to faster real convergence among national economies;

EU Health and Consumer Protection Commissioner Markos Kyprianou kicked off the campaign at the Rond-Point Schuman outside the European Commission’s Berlaymont headquarters in Brussels by unveiling the campaign slogan “HELP: For a Life Without Tobacco” on a giant inflatable structure which will tour all 25 EU capitals.

30. Points out that both the definition of the three best-performing Member States in terms of price stability as well as the method of calculating the reference value need to be clarified to reflect the fact that there are now twelve Member States in the monetary union, using a single currency, which is subject to a common monetary policy, and that the differentials in their individual inflation performance reflect structural factors rather than differences in macro-economic policy positions; considers, however, that it is important to take into account the so-called Balass ...[+++]a-Samuelson effect with respect to the inflation criteria for new Member States;

Furthermore, factors such as potential economic growth, inflation, the existing implicit liabilities related to ageing populations, the impact of structural reforms or the need for additional net investment should also be considered.

When assessing the deviation from the medium-term objective or the path to achieve it, other factors such as potential economic growth, inflation, the existing implicit liabilities related to ageing populations, the impact of structural reforms or the need for additional net investment could be considered.

Mr Schmidhuber described the additional reserve of ECU 300 million for the structural Funds as "difficult to justify", since the doubling of the structural Funds in real terms - to which the Commission is fully committed - is guaranteed by the procedures provided for by the Interinstitutional Agreement (the draft budget already contains ECU 245 million to compensate for inflation).