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Cyprus News Agency: News in English, 13-01-09
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[01] EU Irish Presidency will drive recovery in Europe, says Scullion
[01] EU Irish Presidency will drive recovery in Europe, says Scullion
The EU Irish Presidency will be that of a recovery country driving
recovery in Europe, Irish Ambassador to Cyprus Patrick Scullion said
here on Wednesday at a press conference at the EU House during which he
presented priorities of the Irish Presidency.
Under the motto "For Stability, Jobs and Growth", the Irish Presidency
aims, according to the Ambassador, to make a difference in three
key areas: People-centered recovery, designed to last, Investment in
job-friendly growth and in Europe's resources, and Europe and the World:
A win-win engagement with our partners.
This is the 7th EU Presidency for Ireland which celebrates this year its
40th anniversary of acceding to the EU. Flanked by Greek Ambassador in
Cyprus Vassilios Papaioannou, as Greece is part of the EU Presidency Trio,
along with Lithuania, Scullion stressed that "our Programme says that
real and tangible decisions will be pushed up, as we chair negotiations
across nine different Council formations. Working together with our
fellow member states, EU institutions and other stake-holders the Irish
Presidency will be a recovery country driving recovery in Europe.
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