European Union

EU co-ordination must be "seriously improved," Almunia says

EU co-ordination must be "seriously improved," Almunia says London/Brussels  - The European Union's member states must work together more closely to overcome the economic crisis, the bloc's economic affairs commissioner said on Thursday, three days before an emergency EU summit.

"I really think that the degree of co-ordination could be seriously improved ... I haven't heard around the European table a discussion" on the best way to jump-start economic growth, Joaquin Almunia told the Thursday edition of the Financial Times.