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September 27, 2019 "I will try to get the Commission to apply the Stability and Growth Pact by making full use of the flexibility allowed by the rules" and together with low rates "it will help us to have a monetary policy stance more friendly to growth, while safeguarding the responsibility ": Paolo Gentiloni writes in his replies to MEPs. Furthermore "investments and structural reforms make a key contribution to debt sustainability".




"A central part of my portfolio will be economic surveillance", writes Paolo Gentiloni in the replies to the questionnaire submitted to him, as usual, by the European Parliament in view of his appointment as Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs. "Inclusive growth and environmental sustainability must go hand in hand. As a Member of Parliament during the years of the crisis, I understood the importance both of safeguarding the sustainability of public finances and of being able to provide economic support in difficult times". Gentiloni further argues: "During my mandate, I will commit to creating a political agenda that will support growth and find the right balance with ensuring sustainability over time, while addressing all issues in the short term through adequate flexibility to 'within the EU rules ".

He promises: "I will work with the European Parliament to propose a European unemployment benefit reinsurance system to provide European support to those who need it when they need it".