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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9685

19 June 2008
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/european council
Lisbon treaty will not dominate Summit - MEPs do not want long institutional debate, but call on EU to deal with socio-economic problems

Brussels, 18/06/2008 (Agence Europe) - The European Council will begin at 5.00pm on Thursday 19 June with a first work session during which EU heads of state and government, with ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet in attendance, will officially approve Slovakia's accession to the euro area on 1 January 2009 (see EUROPE 9657 and 9674). After the traditional meeting with the president of the European Parliament, the leaders will, in the early evening, begin their debate on how the EU should...

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