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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8307

28 September 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/stability pact/france
Mr Raffarin puts deficit down to defence imperatives

Brussels, 27/09/2002 (Agence Europe) - In response to criticism from Commissioner Pedro Solbes on the in-disciplined approach to the French budget for 2003 and the lack of control over the deficit, the French Prime Minister, Jean-Pierre Raffarin, stressed the fact that France was one of the countries that did the most in defence matters within the current uncertain international context (see EUROPE yesterday p 10). The Prime Minister pointed out in a television interview that, "the world is...

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