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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8618

8 January 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 29
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/emu
Updated stability programmes for Finland and Austria and convergence programmes for Sweden and Denmark on agenda of Ecofin on 20 January

Brussels, 07/01/2004 (Agence Europe) - As foreseen, the European Commission adopted Council recommendations on Wednesday on the subject of updated stability programmes for Finland and Austria. Although Finland was awarded full marks for its particularly sound budgetary situation, Austria, on the other hand, gives cause for some concern. Pedro Solbes did not, moreover, hesitate to describe the situation for 2005 as "problematic", a year when sizeable tax cuts should be accompanied but not...

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