Regierungserklärung zu den Ergebnissen des Europäischen Rates in Barcelona am 15./16. März 2002 [Government statement on the outcome of the European Council in Barcelona on 15/16 March 2002]

Plenary protocol of a government statement by Federal Chancellor, Gerhard Schröder to the German Bundestag on 21 March 2002 on the outcome of the European Council in Barcelona. Among the issues covered are the liberalisation of energy markets, the integration of financial markets, the upholding of the German Landesbanken system, the draft of a takeover directive, a European policy on the chemical industry, the financing of the Common Agricultural Policy in the light of enlargement, the situation in the Middle East.