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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9356
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Cyprus and Malta to request evaluation of fulfilment of Maastricht criteria in next few weeks

Brussels, 31/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - With a view to joining the euro zone on 1 January 2008, Cyprus and Malta will request a specific evaluation of their performance on convergence “in the next few weeks”, the German Finance Minister, Peer Steinbrück, declared on Tuesday after a the meeting of Ecofin. “We intend to do this in time”, a Maltese diplomat confirmed to EUROPE on Wednesday, adding that if, as Commissioner Joaquin Almuni has already intimated, a request must be made...

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