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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8354

5 December 2002
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/weu
Papantoniou: Franco-German proposal on defence could be basis for joint text - Alliot-Marie in favour of "convergence pact" on defence spending

Paris, 04/12/2002 (Agence Europe) - Greek Defence Minister Yannos Papantoniou, who for the first half of 2003 is to chair both the EU and WEU Councils, told the Assembly of the Western European Union (according to an Assembly press release) that Greece agreed on "many points" of the Franco-German proposal on defence policy, and that it would try to ensure that these suggestions "form the basis for a joint decision" (see EUROPE/Documents No. 2300, dated 27 November 2002). Greece "supports...

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