• Fiscal compact to restore trust among EUstates

Barroso:

  • Fiscal treaty to restore stability in EU finances
  • Treaty signals ‘irreversibility of euro’
  • Europe ‘in better condition than before’
  • But region is ‘not out of the woods’
  • Spain promised to present budget in March
  • Need Spanish budget before taking decisions

Stops been tripped down through 70 and 60 in EUR/USD. Apparently more through 50.