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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8922

7 April 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/emu/greece
Commission satisfied by Greece's efforts to bring down deficit in 2006 - No next stage in excessive deficit proceedings - Talks continue between Athens and Eurostat

Brussels, 06/04/2005 (Agence Europe) - The Commission has approved Greece's updated stability programme for the period 2004-2007 and considers that the measures taken by Athens are up to the job of allowing its deficit to return below the 3% threshold in 2006 and thus escape the financial sanctions provided by the Stability Pact (article 104§11). In February, the Council sent Greece formal notice (article 104§9) that it must apply the 2005 budget strictly and take additional measures in...

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