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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8680

3 April 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/european commission
Wolfgang Schüssel denies being approached by the Irish Presidency - Jean-Claude Juncker repeats that he is not a candidate to succeed Romano Prodi

Brussels, 02/04/2004 (Agence Europe) - On a visit to Brussels where he met Guy Verhofstadt, amongst others, Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel told the press, who asked whether he might be a candidate to succeed Romano Prodi, that he had not been approached by the Irish Presidency. In an interview with La Libre Belgique on 2 April, Mr Schüssel said: "nobody is running as a candidate. Guy (also cited among possible candidates for the Presidency of the Commission: Ed) is not campaigning,...

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