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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7670

6 March 2000
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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: The Lisbon Summit is meant to be a turning point in the economic history of Europe, but it is being prepared amidst institutional confusion and a profusion of documents - An attempt to clarify the stakes, objectives and tactics

Public opinion is lost. Let's be sincere: the decision to convene a special summit this month in Lisbon was first greeted with a certain scepticism, even a few ironic smiles. It gave the impression of having been invented not in response to a need but as a sort of gift to the Presidency, to enable Antonio Guterres to have "his" extra European Council, with which his name would be associated. But the facts are that the truth is very different: the European Council on 23/24 March, according to...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT