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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10013

6 November 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 33
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/social
Informal EP/Commission/Council trialogue on 16 November to reach first reading agreement on Göncz report (Progress microfinance instrument)

Brussels, 05/11/2009 (Agence Europe) - In Brussels on Thursday 5 November, the employment and social affairs committee approved the creation of a new micro-credit instrument, and rejected the funding arrangements proposed by the European Commission (by 41 votes to 4, with no abstentions). The report by Kinga Göncz (S&D, Hungary) on the Progress micro-finance instrument proposed creating a specific budget line for the new facility, to enable people at risk of losing their jobs and the most...

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