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Economic growth must rest on domestic-driven demand, says Solbes, which means production capacities need increasing
Brussels, 30/11/2000 (Agence Europe) - When presenting the volume "EU economy: 2000 Review", the European Commissioner for Economic and monetary Affairs, Pedro Solbes:
- confirmed that the EU's economic situation was the best in a decade and that the growth rate should be maintained at around 3% in the coming years, despite the hike in the price of oil;
- stressed that economic policy had to be based on pursuing this "long-lasting, sustained, domestic-driven recovery", so as to achieve a high...