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FRANCE/EU: EU may frown on state-led R&D
French President Jacques Chirac last week announced plans to support a number of major industrial...
FranceEURO-AREA: ECB rates stay put, new rise likely in June
The European Central Bank (ECB) kept its main refinancing rate at 2.5% today amid improving...
ITALY: Calls for Ciampi to remain as sign of stability
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi yesterday called for President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi to be given...
ItalyFRANCE: Sarkozy set to gain from French 'Watergate'
Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin yesterday defended himself before parliament in the face of...
FranceITALY: Early Prodi successes may be short-lived
Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi is meeting President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi to tender his...
ItalyEU/CEE: Barriers to CEE workers slowly open
Four EU-15 member states yesterday decided to open their borders to migrant workers from the EU's...
EuEUROPEAN UNION: Dim future for the EU treaty
French President Jacques Chirac last week presented proposals to amend the functioning of the EU...
EuITALY: Prodi inherits waning international prestige
The new parliament meets today for the first time. The narrow victory of the centre-left...
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