It takes all of the economic pledges that Romney has made and examines what he would have to do in order to meet them.
Whatever tone Modi strikes on foreign affairs, his most urgent task will be to fulfill some of the domestic economic pledges he has made.
BRUSSELS — The European Commission said Wednesday that the euro zone needed tougher rules to require national governments to stick to economic pledges in the aftermath of the Greek debt crisis.
Labour will also need to put meat on the bones of economic pledges made by the leader during the leadership election campaign, including his plan for national and regional investment banks, and £500bn of infrastructure and manufacturing spending.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/mayor/boris-i-dont-regret-swearing-at-liar-ken-7618596.html 10.23pm: On the policy front, Boris unveiled his economic pledges for a second term, which includes the controversial plan to lobby the government to ensure wealthy London can keep more of the tax revenue it generates.
Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott has closed the G20 summit by detailing economic pledges agreed by world leaders.
MADRID — The new Portuguese government has made "a good start" to lowering its budget deficit and meeting the economic overhaul pledged in return for a bailout of 78 billion euros, or $111 billion, the country's financial rescuers said Friday.
According to leaks, Ms Merkel wanted to know if Mr Berlusconi was capable of implementing budget cuts and fulfilling economic reform pledges, and whether Italy had an alternative to take his place.
The election's result will help determine whether the country manages to implement spending cuts and other economic reforms pledged last month in return for a €78 billion, or about $113 billion, bailout, and ultimately whether it can avoid a debt restructuring down the road.
Officially, Mr. Asmussen was in Athens to check on Greece's progress in implementing economic reforms pledged to the E.C.B., the European Commission and the International Monetary Fund — the so-called troika of lenders that have extended Greece two bailouts totaling €240 billion, or $321 billion, since the spring of 2010.
