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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7698

3 May 2000
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/consumers
Council cautious over European initiatives on consumer over-indebtedness - Yes to improving statistical data

Luxembourg, 13/04/2000 (Agence Europe) - The first debate (open to the public) on the over-indebtedness of European consumers and possible solutions to remedy it confirmed both the interest and concerns of ministers for this growing phenomenon in Member States. Within the Council, the delegations unanimously recognised the need to improve the collection of statistical data and information exchange to have a more precise idea of the magnitude of the problem. A very large majority of them...

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