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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8392

4 February 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/economy/oil
France and Spain hope for common EU reaction against rise in oil prices

Brussels, 03/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - French Finance Minister Francis Mer and Spanish Finance Minister Rodrigo Rato said on Monday that the EU was to find a strategy allowing it to combat an eventual oil price hike. During a press conference in Paris, Mr Rato said he had discussed with his French counterpart about the need to make an analysis, within the Eurogroup, of the national and European reaction to a rise in oil prices, in order to avoid measures that could hurt the economy. The...

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