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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8626

20 January 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/world social forum/colombia
Polemic over EP's invitation sent to Colombian President Uribe reawakens at Social Forum in Bombay

Bombay, 19/01/2004 (Agence Europe) - The polemic over the European Parliament's invitation to Colombian President Alvaro Uribe was rekindled at the Social Forum in Bombay. "A European Parliament official has treated me as a fascist", Enrique Baron said indignantly after a group of demonstrators, including a colleague of the GUE-NGL Group, had interrupted his speech at the World Social Forum, protesting against the EP's invitation to the Colombian President (see EUROPE of 17 January, p.5)....

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