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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7639

22 January 2000
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/general affairs
General Affairs Council "open debate" to focus on security and defence policy - Follow-up of Helsinki European Council

Brussels, 21/01/2000 (Agence Europe) - Portuguese Foreign Minister Jaime Gama will, on Monday, chair the General Affairs Council to be held since Finland gave over the Presidency to Portugal on 1 January. As tradition has it, this session will therefore be opened by an "open debate" devoted to the working programme of the new Council Presidency. Mr Gama asked for ministerial interventions to be focused on European security and defence policy. This theme will then be taken up in formal...

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