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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7823

18 October 2000
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/eurogroup
Tax reductions must be compensated by reductions in spending in States that have not yet achieved budgetary balance - Confidence in euro remains intact

Luxembourg, 17/10/2000 (Agence Europe) - Confirmed confidence in the euro due to growth prospects remaining favourable and, on the other hand, differences in assessment between the Commission and certain Member States regarding the balance to seek between tax reductions and the accelerated improvement in public finances: these are the messages to have emerged from Monday evening's meeting of the Eurogroup. Confidence in the euro was affirmed at the final press conference by French Finance...

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