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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8827

16 November 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/emu/greece
Greek deficit above 3% in 1999- no definitive Eurostat report for instant

Brussels, 15/11/2004 (Agence Europe) - Before Eurogroup's Monday meeting in which the budgetary statistics of his country are examined, the Greek minister of finance acknowledged that his country's deficit had not fallen beneath the 3% threshold in any year since. After pointing out that Greece would present a deficit that was above 3% from 2000-2003 (EUROPE 24 September), Eurostat is expected to submit a complete and final report on Greek data from 1997-2000 at the Ecofin meeting but the...

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