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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8728

18 June 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 35 / 42
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/development/luxembourg

17/06/2004 (Agence Europe) - At the recent meeting of the Prix Charlemagne in Barcelona (see EUROPE of 13 May, p.5), the Grand Duke du Luxembourg, a winner on behalf of the Luxembourg nation, made a speech in favour of strengthened EU action to fight world poverty. Europe is "the world's largest donor", he said, pointing out that Luxembourg has "spent over 0.80% of our GNP on development aid, although there was nothing to preordain my country, with no experience in colonial adventures, from...

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