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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8411

1 March 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/enlargement
No relaxation of Maastricht criteria for new members, Solbes insists - Focus to be on structural reform rather than rapid entry into euro zone - Prodi launches public campaign in Hungary

Brussels, 28/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, Pedro Solbes, Commissioner for economic and financial affairs, ruled out all possibility of adjusting Maastricht criteria in order to possibly take into account the specific economic and monetary circumstances of the ten accession countries so that their entry into the euro zone might be facilitated. Speaking during a seminar organised by the Hungarian national bank in Budapest, Mr Solbes clearly stressed that the future new member States...

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