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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8870

20 January 2005
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
Financial perspectives, Jean-Claude Juncker's most difficult gamble

Doing the impossible. Explaining what the three priorities of the Luxembourg presidency would be at the Council, Jean-Claude Juncker explained that this would involve doing what is possible for adapting the Stability Pact and revising the Lisbon strategy (see this section yesterday and the day before yesterday) and doing the impossible for obtaining a political agreement on new multiannual financial perspectives. It's obviously a tough gamble, almost hopeless at a glance, obtaining a...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS