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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10935

4 October 2013
ECONOMY - FINANCE / (ae) emu
Barroso says progress being made on competitiveness contracts

Brussels, 03/10/2013 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission hopes that the European Summit in December will endorse the idea of competitiveness contracts whereby member states would receive financial aid to help them cope with the negative social impact of structural reforms the countries pledge to introduce.

Speaking to a group of reporters on Wednesday, the head of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, said that some doubts had been lifted about the idea of competitiveness...

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