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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8165

7 March 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/france
Chirac favours real tax harmonisation in Europe and a summit on defence

Strasbourg, 06/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - In a speech on Europe delivered in Strasbourg on 6 March, Jacques Chirac said the basis for true tax harmonisation in Europe must be created by fixing realistic objectives, mainly for savings tax and corporate taxation. Furthermore, he announced that he would be proposing a "summit meeting of European countries that plan to make a special defence effort". He said he hoped "France would propose that its partners develop a solemn declaration setting the...

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