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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8607

16 December 2003
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/igc
Pöttering favours extraordinary summit in February while Cohn-Bendit is for reopening European Convention - Some MEPs want "hard core" (which would include Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovenia, Juncker says) - Hoping IGC will be concluded by end 2004, Commission is, in principle, in favour of enhanced cooperation- Simitis supports federal europe

Brussels, 15/12/2003 (Agence Europe) - Despite a certain amount of relief that a third-rate agreement had been avoided on Saturday in Brussels, the general feeling after the failure of the Intergovernmental Conference at the level of Heads of State and Government was one of disappointment. This feeling was accompanied by a large number of questions on how to move forward after the Irish Presidency's announcement that it would report to the European Council on 25 and 26 March 2004 but that it...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
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