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Austria and Finland plan common EU presidency programme in 2006

Austria and Finland are to prepare a common programme for their EU presidencies in 2006, it has emerged.

Speaking at a joint press conference in Helsinki on Wednesday (1 September), Finnish Prime Minister Matti Vanhanen and the Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel confirmed the idea.\n \n"We have a common goal to build a common programme for the whole year, and we will have a lot of cooperation during the year 2006", Matti Vanhanen, Finland's prime minister, said in Helsinki according...

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Lisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.

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Lisbeth founded EUobserver in 2000 and is responsible to the Board for effective strategic leadership, planning and performance. After graduating from the Danish School of Media and Journalism, she worked as a journalist, analyst, and editor for Danish media.

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