Prema medijima, hrvatska je vlada pod pritiskom financijske konsolidacije i primjene politike štednje te joj EU prijeti sankcijama ako ne smanji svoj proračunski deficit, ali i ustezanjem isplate novca iz europskih fondova.
Under Rule #, until such time as her credentials had been verified or aruling had been given on any dispute, and provided that she had previously made a written declaration stating that she did not hold any office incompatible with that of Member of the European Parliament, Monica Giuntini would take her seat in Parliament and on its bodies and would enjoy all the rights attaching theretonot-set not-set