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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8784
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Ministers want tightening and clarification of Stability Pact - Little agreement over 'exceptional circumstances'

Scheveningen, 13/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - In the Netherlands, after agreeing on the question of chairing Eurogroup, the EU finance ministers agreed that the European Commission's Stability and Growth Pact guidelines were a 'good basis for discussion'. Dutch finance minister, Gerrit Zalm, said the ministers did wish to tighten, not weaken, the Pact, wanting it to be clarified and better implemented. Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner, Joaquin Almunia, welcomed this positive view,...

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