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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8226

6 June 2002
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/seville summit/benelux
A Benelux memorandum makes suggestions for improving Council work without reviewing Treaty, but opposes election of a president for a lengthy period

The Hague/Brussels, 05/06/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday, Dutch Prime Minister Wim Kok handed Jose Maria Aznar, who is on his rounds of the capitals before the European Council of Seville, a Memorandum from the countries of the Benelux (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg) that stresses that the Summit should take all practical decisions enabling the Council to function correctly in an enlarged Union, but that at Seville no fundamental changes may be made demanding amendments to the Treaty....

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