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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8542

16 September 2003
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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: The Swedish rejection of the euro shows that Member States have differing ambitions with regard to European integration

It is not a failure for Europe. I don't see the Swedish no vote on the euro as a failure for the European Union. It simply confirms that in today's Europe, and even more in tomorrow's enlarged Europe, Member States do not share the same ambitions or objectives. For careful observers, this statement is no surprise. Jacques Delors has been saying it for years, the Convention recognised it by planning a series of safeguards in fundamental areas (like defence and autonomous economic coordination...

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