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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9591

31 January 2008
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/economy
Commission calls on France, Italy, Romania and Slovakia to speed up progress in reducing deficit

Brussels, 30/01/2008 (Agence Europe) - The examination, on Wednesday 30 January, of four updated stability or convergence programmes has proved more disappointing than the previous round. While most of the countries concerned by last week's evaluation came out with flying colours (see EUROPE 9586), the Commission noted a lack of ambition by France, Italy, Romania and Slovakia. The 11 programmes discussed hitherto will be examined by the Ecofin Council in February. The remaining programmes...

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