European Parliament and Provisional data 15 February 2012, Written question E-001821/12 Sergio Paolo Frances Silvestris (PPE) to the Commission. Poor competitiveness of certain Member States

Question for written answer E-001821/12 to the Commission Sergio Paolo Frances Silvestris (PPE) (15 February 2012) Subject: Poor competitiveness of certain Member States According to the Commission’s alert mechanism report aimed at preventing and correcting macroeconomic imbalances, Italy, Spain, Hungary and Cyprus have suffered macroeconomic imbalances since the 1990s owing to their levels of