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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7718

17 May 2000
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/weu
Council President Gama refrains from making forecasts about date of transformation of WEU, but the ministerial meeting in Oporto no doubt marks the end of an era

Oporto, 16/05/2000 (Agence Europe) - This will be the last ministerial meeting of the Council of the Western European Union to take place "in this form". In future, the format will be "lighter". With this simple statement to the press on Monday evening at the end of the first day of work of the WEU Council in Paris, Council President Jaime Gama confirmed the impression given by the remarks made by many delegations in Oporto on Monday, of an acceleration of the transfer of most of WEU's roles...

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