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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8590

22 November 2003
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/budget 2004
Council may finally agree to mobilise financial flexibility instrument for aiding Iraq in return for concessions from Parliament on "CFSP" loans and payments

Brussels, 21/11/2003 (Agence Europe) - The Ecofin Council (in a budgetary grouping) is expected on 24 November in Brussels to reach an agreement in second reading on the draft budget for 2004 but will have to first reach an agreement with the delegations from the European Parliament during the concertation meeting on subjects that at the moment are still conflictual: the way for financing aid for reconstruction in Iraq; the amount of loans for Common Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP);...

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