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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8802

8 October 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 12 / 51
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/barroso commission/internal market
Charlie McCreevy defends virtues of market law and voices opposition to tax harmonisation

Brussels, 07/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Commissioner-designate for the internal market, Charlie McCreevy, will have seduced MEPs more by his sense of humour than by his clear-cut responses. On several occasions during his hearing on Thursday, MEPs protested saying he had not answered the question, especially when it came to complex issues such as the principle of 'State of origin' or the patentability of software. The Irish Finance Minister was nonetheless very clear when explaining what...

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