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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9438
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ecb

Jean-Claude Trichet calls for reform

Brussels, 04/06/2007 (Agence Europe) - At a conference organised by the Lisbon Council on Monday, the president of the European Central Bank (ECB), Jean-Claude Trichet, called for structural reforms in member states to be continued. Despite the creation of jobs (12 million in the EMU's eight-year existence), and the fall in unemployment rates (from 10.7% in 1996 to 7.9% in 2006), the “structural weaknesses of labour markets” remain, he said. He feels that there is still much to do to...

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