Blair asks Belgium to tone down plans on tax

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Series Details 30.4.01, p2 (UK edition)
Publication Date 30/04/2001
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In meetings with Guy Verhofstadt and Didier Reynders, the Belgian Prime Minister and Finance Minister at the end of April 2001, the UK Prime Minister, Tony Blair, asked Belgium to tone down its integrationist plans for its forthcoming presidency of the European Union to avoid stoking controversy in Britain before the June general election.

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