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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8891

18 February 2005
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/spring summit
Guy Verhofstadt proposes Community strategy for growth of European economy

Brussels, 17/02/2005 (Agence Europe) - On 17 February, Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt presented proposals for a “Community strategy for growth of the European economy” to his counterparts with a view to the Spring Summit on 22 and 23 March. He calls the strategy a Pentathlon” for Europe because it is based on five answers to five structural weaknesses in the European economy. All five answers must be decided by all Member States at the same time, “otherwise it would not be...

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