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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10395

10 June 2011
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GENERAL NEWS / (ae) ep/development
Financial aid should focus solely on poverty reduction

Brussels, 09/06/2011 (Agence Europe) - As far as the European Parliament is concerned, the Financing Instruments for Development Cooperation established in 2006 under Regulation 1905/2006, should focus solely on poverty reduction in future, and achieving the Millennium Development Goals should be its overriding priority until 2015. In a resolution adopted by show of hands in Strasbourg on Wednesday 8 June, MEPs hammered the message home, agreeing with rapporteur Gay Mitchell (EPP, Ireland)...

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