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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8426

22 March 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 37
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/european summit
Netherlands oppose compromise with Italy on "tax package"

Brussels, 21/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - The Brussels European Council failed to reach agreement on the "tax package", or, more specifically, on a solution that would have allowed Italy to withdraw its reservations. Before he will agree on the tax package, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has long insisted on being allowed to spread out over thirty years the 648 million euros of debt owed by Italian dairy farmers due to exceeding their quotas between 1995 and 2001. Tired of resisting,...

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