This is why I voted against the assessment described in the Outlook Report at the MPM held on October 31, 2013, with a new proposal (the second point of my proposal). My proposal was to insert the following description in the last part of subsection “B.
The Treaty with its convergence criteria provides the appropriate framework to assess whether a country shows a record of stability-oriented monetary and fiscal policy and therefore can be regarded as ready for monetary integration. Let me at this point recall some of the convergence criteria to evaluate where the group of new EU Member States stands at the moment.