EU schedules emergency summits

The European Union scheduled two emergency anti-recession summits on the 11 February 2009 (in addition to the existing planned one on 19-20 March 2009) in an effort to suppress protectionism, sustain employment and prevent the bloc’s political fragmentation into old and new member-states.

ESO: Background information: Czechs act over ‘protectionist’ Paris http://www.europeansources.info/record/czechs-act-over-protectionist-paris/

European Commission: SPEECH/09/55: Opening Remarks by José Manuel Durão Barroso at a Joint Press Conference with Czech Prime Minister Topolánek, Brussels, 11 February 2009 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/09/55&format=PDF&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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