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European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso also attended the Helsinki meeting (Photo: EPP)

Europe's centre-right lays out pre-summit position

European centre-right leaders have rallied around a five-point economic reform plan, ahead of crunch talks and competing ideas from European Socialists.

But cracks in the united front were evident after talks in Helsinki concluded on Friday evening (4 March), with Finnish finance minister Jyrki Katainen conceding that participants had reached a "fairly large consensus on the issues" rather than unanimity.

The centre-right politicians, who currently dominate Europe's political ma...

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European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso also attended the Helsinki meeting (Photo: EPP)

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