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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8649

20 February 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/hungary
Prime Ministerr wants joint government and oppositition

Brussels, 19/02/2004 (Agence Europe) - Addressing the Hungarian parliament, the prime minister, Peter Medgyessy, declared that he supported a joint government and opposition list for the European elections. "I have asked Mr Orban and others from the right to support this initiative. If we reach an agreement, this joint list of four parties could symbolise our desire to work together", he declared. "This idea is politically absurd and in contradiction with the very principles of democracy",...

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