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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7872

30 December 2000
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/euro
Belgium to hold Eurogroup presidency for one year

Brussels, 29/12/2000 (Agence Europe) - As Sweden is not part of the single currency area, the Eurogroup presidency (ministerial body of the countries that are part of the euro area) will be assumed from 1 January 2001 by Belgium, that is, the Eurogroup country that is to preside the EU Council at the end of the Swedish Presidency. It will therefore be Belgian Finance Minister, Didier Reynders, who will be president of the Eurogroup for the whole of the year. Mr Reynders will also represent...

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