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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8904

9 March 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/eurogroup
No agreement on reform of Pact - further meeting on 20 March

Brussels, 08/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - A discussion of over nine hours did not allow the finance ministers of the euro zone to come to an agreement on the essential points of Stability and Growth Pact reform, and a final meeting was therefore convened for 20 March, just prior to the European Council. Upon his arrival in Brussels, German Finance Minister Hans Eichel did not seem satisfied with the proposal of compromise tabled by the Luxembourg Presidency and already expected another meeting...

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