This effectively aligns 26 of the 27 member countries with a common discipline and integration.

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We are aiming for binding rules to ensure strong fiscal and economic discipline in all countries, to go hand in hand with fiscal and economic integration -- not only discipline, but also integration in the euro area as a whole.

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Leading practices encourage a high level of project management discipline and fast execution of the integration plan.

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Instead, he said the eurozone needed a "quantum" leap towards further economic integration, with tougher rules on budget discipline.

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Fans of political integration say that the only way to enforce discipline is to create a United States of Europe (see Charlemagne).

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