Brussels, 05/04/2000 (Agence Europe) - European External Relations Commissioner Chris Patten signed, during his trip to the Middle East, four financing agreements with the Palestinian authorities under the MEDA programme for projects in Jordan, for a total of EUR 129 million.
Macro-economic aid of EUR 80 million is intended for the government's structural adjustment programme and tax reform. Reforms cover, among other things, the introduction of a tax on added value, budgetary consolidation...