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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8545

19 September 2003
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/iraq
EPP-ED Group hopes to allocate EUR 500 million for reconstruction of Iraq

Madrid, 18/09/2003 (Agence Europe) - During its political discussion days in Madrid, the EPP-ED Group of the European Parliament proposed, on Thursday, to grant EUR 500 million for reconstruction in Iraq. "We are proposing 500 million instead of the 150 million proposed by the European Commission as an offer that is proportionate to European responsibility should be made", explained James Elles (UK), Vice-President of the Group. Taking US aid in Iraq into consideration, and comparing it to...

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