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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8622

14 January 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 46
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/services of general interest
Plenary debate on Herzog report confirms Parliament's deep divisions on framework directive - Commission to present "political conclusions" by end of term, promises Pascal Lamy

Strasbourg, 13/01/2004 (Agence Europe) - "I implore you not to shut yourselves up into block logic" to reach a balanced solution for the future of services of general interest (SGI) within the European Union, asked Philippe Herzog (European United Left, France) during Tuesday morning's plenary, where he was defending his initiative report on this important yet sensitive issue. The plenary debate bore out the deep division which reared its head at the economic and monetary committee vote,...

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