login
login

Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7911

26 February 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 43
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/general affairs council/developing countries
Council green light for on "Everything but arms" initiatives - EU hopes other developed countries will follow suit

Brussels, 26/02/2001 (Agence Europe) - The General Affairs Council has provided its "green light" to the launch of the "Everything but arms": initiative, on the basis of a compromise tacitly approved by a qualified majority, at the end of the first genuine ministerial discussion on the package. This is a world first that European Commissioner Pascal Lamy and Swedish Minister Leif Pagrotsky, were visibly pleased to announce, on Monday, hoping that other developed countries would "follow...

Contents

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