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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8890

17 February 2005
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/germany
Mr Schröder lists his concerns about and requirements of service liberalisation - “Commission is ready to discuss practical implementation of Bolkestein directive” - Berlin in favour of early agreement on financial perspectives

Brussels, 16/02/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday evening, Chancellor Schröder explained to President Barroso that Germany will oppose any directive on the liberalisation of services in the EU which does not take the specific nature of sectors such as health, local services, construction, seconded workers and temporary employment agencies fully into account. “We need a single market not just for goods, but for services too”, said Mr Schröder, “but it must be set up in such a way that...

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