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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10409

1 July 2011
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (ae) eu-poland
Poland eyes economic growth as it takes over at EU helm

Brussels, 01/07/2011 (Agence Europe) - Poland has taken over the reins of the European Union's six-month rotating presidency for the first time ever, with Prime Minister Donald Tusk set to lead ceremonies in Warsaw to mark the occasion. Poland has set itself an ambitious agenda, aiming chiefly to spark economic growth. It faces a mammoth task in preparing the EU's multi-annual budget and trying to encourage reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, which eats up around 40 percent of the...

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