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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10592

12 April 2012
ECONOMY - FINANCE / (ae) greece
Verhofstadt criticises pre-election fund for Greek political parties

Brussels, 11/04/2012 (Agence Europe) - The leader of the ALDE Group at the European Parliament, Guy Verhofstadt, sent a letter on 10 April to the president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, criticising the Greek Parliament's decision to make huge cash payments to established Greek political parties ahead of the 6 May general elections.

In the letter, Verhofstadt says that media reports indicate that some €29 million has been approved for a handful of parties, allocated in...

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