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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9151

15 March 2006
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/eurogroup
Eurogroup sober about recent interest rate hikes but committed to debate on application of internal market rules - relaunch of pact procedures against Berlin and status quo for Rome

Brussels, 14/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - On Monday evening Euro-zone Finance Ministers held their first debate on the company mergers currently shaking the market and provoking reactions from several governments. They expressed satisfaction about growth but were very sober about interest rates. At the end of the meeting he was chairing, Jean-Claude Juncker informed the press, “Eurogroup shares the same economic forecasts as the Commission (1.9% in 2006: Editor's note) and that of the...

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