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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8905

10 March 2005
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/services
Mr McCreevy fails to reassure MEPs on services directive, despite openness on principle of “country of origin” - Several MEPs insist proposal is withdrawn

Strasbourg, 09/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - In Strasbourg on Tuesday evening, the European Commissioner for the Internal Market, Charlie McCreevy, failed to allay the fears of the members of the European Parliament on the proposed directive on the liberalisation of services in the EU. To the consternation of most MEPs, Mr McCreevy confirmed that the Commission “had no intentions of withdrawing the proposal currently on the table”, but he acknowledged that after talks with interested...

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