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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9024

10 September 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/eurogroup
Eurogroup says no to tax measures to offset high oil prices - Agreement on Portuguese deficit

Manchester, 09/09/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Friday, the Eurogroup dismissed the idea of reducing tax on petrol to offset the rise in oil prices, the group's president, Jean-Claude Juncker, said, noting that world growth was “robust”. Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs Joaquin Almunia, European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet and Mr Juncker nonetheless acknowledged the fact that the rise in oil prices has already had and will continue to have an impact on growth in...

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