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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8505

16 July 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/eurogroup
Stability Pact is considered sufficiently flexible after debate provoked by Chirac's remarks

Brussels, 15/07/2003 (Agence Europe) - The Ministers of the Economy and Finance of the euro zone improvised a long debate on Monday evening on how to interpret the Stability and Growth Pact, after the remarks made by French President Jacques Chirac in favour of making this instrument temporarily more flexible. According to some sources, the Italian Presidency even proposed that Eurogroup, which finally refused, should adopt a short declaration to take note of Mr Chirac's declarations and to...

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