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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9112

19 January 2006
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/austrian presidency
Somewhat optimistic, Wolfgang Schüssel receives criticism and encouragement from MEPs - Restoring citizen confidence, tackling unemployment, growth and energy

Strasbourg, 18/01/2006 (Agence Europe) - The debate on the programme during the six-month term of office of the Austrian EU Council Presidency, on 18 January at the European Parliament, was sometimes marked, as is the case at the beginning of each term of presidency, sometimes by encouragement, and sometimes by virulent criticism, often with unflattering allusions to the previous Presidency (“All you have to do is follow a recipe - don't do what Tony Blair did”, MEP Wolfgang Schüssel...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
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