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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8439

9 April 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/convention/budget
Controversy focuses on European taxes, unanimous decision-taking, the EP and income - Majority want Financial Perspectives, with binding ceilings, incorporated in Treaty

Brussels, 08/04/2003 (Agence Europe) - At last Friday's plenary the European Convention had animated discussions over draft articles concerning the EU's finances (see Europe of 5 April, pp 4 and 5). The 3-line proposal on the EU's budget procedure may be short, but look at how many amendments are tabled, said Henning Christophersen, Danish government representative, who chaired the discussion group debates on this issue and gave a summary of the group's work. Christophersen called for the...

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