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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8167

9 March 2002
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/barcelona summit
Prodi insists on employment, co-ordination of budgetary policies and opening up of energy markets

Brussels, 08/03/2002 (Agence Europe) - In letter addressed to the participants of the European Council of Barcelona (that we shall publish in full), European Commission President Romano Prodi states, in particular, that discussions in Barcelona should "not cover the whole of the Lisbon strategy". Recalling that the programme "is designed for a whole decade", and that "not all subjects can receive the same attention every year", he considers that they should "focus on active employment...

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