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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9290

20 October 2006
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/council of europe
Refusal by EU Member States to make firm commitments towards Council of Europe still preventing conclusion of Memorandum of Understanding

Brussels, 19/10/2006 (Agence Europe) - Less than a month before the end of its six-month Presidency of the Council of Europe, Russia is doing all in its power to secure an agreement on the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) being negotiated between the European Union and the Council of Europe, which has its headquarters in Strasbourg. However, Russia's willingness, which could have brought improvements in the text, is confronted by the attitude of the EU Member States which refuse to give...

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