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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8048

15 September 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 53
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/enlargement
Solbes recommends that candidates focus on economic reforms necessary for accession rather than on Maastricht criteria for single currency

Budapest, 14/09/2001 (Agence Europe) - The Commissioner responsible for economic and financial affairs, Pedro Solbes, asked candidate countries on Friday not, at this early stage, to focus heir economic and budgetary policies on the aim of rapid accession to the euro zone after their entry to the EU, but to grant priority to adjusting and strengthening their economic structures and to respect of the economic criteria for EU membership. "Candidate countries should not try to meet the...

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