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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10138
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/belgian presidency

Olivier Chastel seeks to be reassuring

Brussels, 11/05/2010 (Agence Europe) - The political crisis currently experienced by Belgium (resignation of Yves Leterme's government and early elections on 13 June) will not have an immediate impact on the preparations for the Belgian EU Presidency to begin on 1 July this year, said Belgian European Affairs Minister Olivier Chastel. Speaking on the sidelines of the General Affairs Council, where he met several of his colleagues on Monday 10 May, he sought to reassure them that there would...

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