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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8741

6 July 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ecofin
Council approves convergence programmes of ten new Member States - excessive deficits for six of them and for Greece

Brussels, 05/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - On the basis of the work by the Commission and the Committee on Economic and Financial Affairs, ministers approved without difficulty on Monday the convergence programmes of the ten new Member States (see EUROPE of 25 June). Ministers also kept on Monday to the Commission recommendations on the existence of excessive public deficit in 2003 in seven Member States (six new Member States plus Greece).

With the adoption of the convergence programmes of the...

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