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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7888

25 January 2001
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS /
Two or three things I know about the euro (2): Reynders' ambitions and European Commission projects

A Fighting President. The European Commission is to propose (next week most likely) strengthening coordination of economic policies within the euro zone. The time is right as the new President of the Eurogroup - Belgian Finance Minister Didier Reynders - is pushing along these lines, and that he has a whole year ahead of him to act (his presidency, we know, is annual, as Sweden, which chairs the EcoFin Council, does not participate in the euro).

Mr. Reynders has not concealed his...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION