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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8851

18 December 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/european council
Agreement on Financial Perspectives expected for June - Delicate balancing act between solidarity and budget discipline

Brussels, 17/12/2004 (Agence Europe) - In Brussels on Friday, the European Council made a rather low-key statement that it was still intending to reach agreement in principle on the 2007-2013 Financial Perspectives by June 2005, under the Luxembourg Presidency. Divisions run so deep, particularly regarding the upper limit for spending and regional policy (see EUROPE of 14 December 2004, p.11), that the Dutch Presidency has given up on the idea of suggesting that the Summit draft general...

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