Different Voices

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Series Details 11/05/00, Volume 6, Number 19
Publication Date 11/05/2000
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Date: 11/05/2000

  • “An historic future beckons with the end of European divisions which will be set in stone by the enlargement of the Union.” French Prime Minister Lionel Jospin outlining his government's plans for its stint at the EU's helm .
  • “The economic prospects of the European countries are glittering and one day or another this will be what shapes the external value of the euro.” German Chancellor Gerhard Schröder explaining why he was “not at all worried “ about the fall in the single currency's value
  • “We ask for 100&percent; compliance, not just 90&percent;.” Environment Commissioner Margot Wallström praising Prague's progress towards complying with the EU's strict ecological standards, but insisting that it must do more.
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