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<title>EU finance ministers support economic stimulus plan</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201484486</link>
<pubDate>3 Dec 2008 02:17 GMT</pubDate>
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...  divided concerning certain details. Eurogroup Chairman and Luxembourg Finance Minister Jean-Claude Juncker said that the  ...  Netherlands is unhappy that nations with strong public finances should not be pushed to do more  ...  with large deficits. Italy, with the biggest budget deficit in the EU, has only pumped 6  ...
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<title>EU struggles to get stimulus package on the rails</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201403275</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 17:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  plans in the coming days and weeks, Luxembourg Finance Minister Jean-Claude Juncker said on Monday  ...  Berlin&#39;s recent efforts to wipe out its budget deficit. Some economists also have their doubts about  ...
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<title>Recession tide rising as EU works on dam of state spending</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201364326</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 14:10 GMT</pubDate>
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...  1.5 percent of EU gross domestic product. Luxembourg Finance Minister Jean-Claude Juncker insisted that the  ...  the Netherlands objects that countries with strong public finances should not be pushed to do more  ...
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<title>Eurozone ministers dress down Brussels recovery plan</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201335294</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 12:19 GMT</pubDate>
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...  strong fiscal response,&quot; Eurogoup chief Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg&#39;s premier and finance minister, told journalists after  ...  decade. Ireland is expected to see its public deficit jump to 6.5 percent next year, with  ...  force the four-million-strong country to balance its public finances. Although some member states - such as  ...
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<title>EU finance minister discuss European economic recovery plan</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201332632</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 12:06 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the 15 countries that share the euro, Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker cautioned observers against  ...  like Italy, which sits on Europe&#39;s biggest public debt, has so far announced measures totalling just  ...
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<title>EU members ready to embrace public spending plan</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201332589</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 12:06 GMT</pubDate>
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...  a step &quot;in the right direction,&quot; said Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker, who chaired the  ...  EU sound finances rules that limit yearly budget deficits to under 3 percent of GDP. France  ...
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<title>Euro-Zone Leaders Agree Tax Cuts Not a Panacea</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201326777</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 09:17 GMT</pubDate>
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...  EU&#39;s budget as well as from the Luxembourg-based European Investment Bank. Juncker said finance ministers  ...  like Italy, which sits on Europe&#39;s biggest public debt, has so far announced measures totaling just  ...  calls on member states to keep their budget deficits to within 3 percent of their GDPs.  ...
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<title>Eurozone ministers slap down Brussels recovery plan</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201322885</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 08:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  strong fiscal response,&quot; Eurogoup chief Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg&#39;s premier and finance minister, told journalists after  ...  decade. Ireland is expected to see its public deficit jump to 6.5 percent next year, with  ...  force the four-million-strong country to balance its public finances. Although some member states - such as  ...
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<title>Eurozone FMs agree to coordinate fiscal stimulus measures</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201281791</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 02:51 GMT</pubDate>
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...  need to provide a strong fiscal response,&quot; Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker told reporters after  ...  eager to see the EU loosen its budget deficit rules so as to let them spend  ...  of our medium-term strategy to have consolidated public finances and to preserve the sustainability of our  ...
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<title>Germany bares teeth</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201263235</link>
<pubDate>2 Dec 2008 00:13 GMT</pubDate>
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...  economy after Germany, has hit the EU&#39;s budget deficit ceiling of 3% of GDP and wants  ...  market for goods and services. Jean-Claude Juncker, Luxembourg prime minister and chairman of the talks  ...
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<title>Eurozone backs away from 200-bln-euro stimulus target</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201259368</link>
<pubDate>1 Dec 2008 23:51 GMT</pubDate>
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... Downplaying the overall target, Luxembourg Finance Minister Jean-Claude Juncker said that the  ...  heading into the current downturn with strong public finances, has resisted pressure to contribute more than  ...
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<title>Euro nations rule out sales tax cuts</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201252061</link>
<pubDate>1 Dec 2008 23:16 GMT</pubDate>
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...  2010 as going &quot;in the right direction,&quot; Luxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker said after leading  ...  likely to break EU rules limiting yearly budget deficits to under 3 percent of GDP. France  ...
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<title>Germany is doing its bit to help EU weather recession - country&#39;s finance minister</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201201032</link>
<pubDate>1 Dec 2008 18:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the European Union budget and from the Luxembourg-based European Investment Bank (EIB). Governments are also  ...  - Italy, which sits on Europe&#39;s biggest budget deficit, has so far announced measures totalling just  ...  calls on member states to keep their budget deficits to within 3 per cent of their  ...
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<title>Germany is doing its bit to help EU weather recession, Steinbrueck</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201191532</link>
<pubDate>1 Dec 2008 17:30 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the European Union budget and from the Luxembourg-based European Investment Bank (EIB). Governments are also  ...  - Italy, which sits on Europe&#39;s biggest budget deficit, has so far announced measures totalling just  ...  calls on member states to keep their budget deficits to within 3 per cent of their  ...
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<title>European Union to Unveil Economic Recovery Plan</title>
<link>http://humanrights.einnews.com/news.php?wid=201183160</link>
<pubDate>1 Dec 2008 16:50 GMT</pubDate>
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...  to ease its strict rules on national budget deficits during 2009 and 2010. This follows calls  ...  to 15 per cent in Cyprus and Luxembourg. Member states can also apply reduced rates  ...
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