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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8566
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/eueopean council

President Chirac presents Franco-German positions on behalf of Chancellor Schröder - According to Chirac the problem of a referendum in France is no moot point

Brussels, 17/10/2003 (Agence Europe) - As expected, Mr Chirac presented the position of the German Chancellor on Friday, during the adoption of the conclusions of the European council of Brussels. Gerhard Schröder had returned to Berlin to defend his social reforms at the Bundestag. Jacques Chirac requested on behalf of France and Germany, amendments to the draft on de-industrialisation, immigration quotas and the aim to finalise the IGC. With the Chancellor unable to be present, "he had...

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