If the euro zone is to survive and prosper, as I hope and believe it will, Europe needs to seize every opportunity to boostits productivity and competitiveness.
Mr. Najib, a 59-year-old British-educated aristocrat, urged voters to stick with the National Front that has governed this resource-rich nation of 28 million uninterruptedly since independence from Britain in 1957 and which, under his stewardship, embarked on economic and social reforms to improve itscompetitiveness and boost incomes.