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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8858

4 January 2005
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/emu
Jean-Claude Juncker says it might be possible to take account of net contributor status when calculating budget deficits

Brussels, 03/01/2005 (Agence Europe) - In an interview with German newspaper Suddeutsche Zeitung about changes to the Stability and Growth Pact, Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg's prime minister and finance minister, explained his views (to be settled in March, see Europe of 30 December, p.5). In the 29 December issue of the Munich-based paper, Juncker said he opposed the idea of excluding some kinds of spending from budget deficit calculations, but had not ruled out greater flexibility for...

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