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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8646

17 February 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 43 / 48
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/financial perspectives

16/02/2004 (Agence Europe) - CSU MEP Joachim Wuermeling has made a scathing attack on the European Commission's proposal on financial perspectives for 2007-13. He criticised the "gigantic" amounts proposed but also the Commissioners who for their political motives. Wuermeling stated that the Commission document resembled a "planned economy", which he found abhorrent. He stressed that Europe now wanted to build roads, fund education, subsidise ecological industry but "is it really up to Mr...

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