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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9128

10 February 2006
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
ARCELOR/MITTAL STEEL: fundamental issues EU should be debating

Debate is on. The Arcelor/Mittal Steel affair won't go away. Last week the French and Luxembourg authorities accused Mr Mittal of not having any industrial project or guarantee for protecting jobs and business units in Europe. This week the very same Mr Mittal submitted a strategic programme to the Belgian authorities, which certainly needs to be developed, but does in fact both seek to provide assurances and provide a number of goals. Prime Minister Guy Verrhofstadt has said that...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION