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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8806

14 October 2004
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/prodi commission
In this troubled world, only Europe is capable of "exporting democracy", says Romano Prodi - Long-awaited monetary union to bear name of Prodi Commission, says Josep Borrell - Fond farewell from most political groups, who praised cooperation with Prodi Commission (not without a gentle warning to its successor)

Brussels, 13/10/2004 (Agence Europe) - In his last speech to the European Parliament as President of the European Commission in Brussels on Wednesday, Romano Prodi took stock of his mandate, pointing out that the Commission he had chaired for five years had come a long way. In 1999, he said, some people wanted to restrict institutional reform to the leftovers from Nice, and only accepted enlargement to six new countries and with no "specific time-frame", and the Commission was in crisis,...

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