BELGIUM: EUROPEAN COMMISSION ANNOUNCES 11 COUNTRIES HAVE MET CRITERIA FOR PARTICIPATION IN ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION

Record ID: 988601

  • Title: BELGIUM: EUROPEAN COMMISSION ANNOUNCES 11 COUNTRIES HAVE MET CRITERIA FOR PARTICIPATION IN ECONOMIC AND MONETARY UNION
  • Date: 25th March 1998
  • Summary: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM (MARCH 25, 1998) (RTV - ACCESS ALL) 1. WS EXTERIOR EUROPEAN COMMISSION HEADQUARTERS WITH SATELLITE TRUCK OUTSIDE 0.03 2. PAN UP FLAGS OUTSIDE 0.10 3. TRACK SECURITY GUARDS TRYING TO RESTRAIN JOURNALISTS 0.29 4. TV JOURNALISTS RUNNING DOWN STAIRS TO PRESS ROOM 0.31 5. VARIOUS COLLECTING COPIES OF REPORT (3 SHOTS) 0.43 (ECTV) 6. SV EUROPEAN COMMISSION PRESIDENT JACQUES SANTER WALKING TO PODIUM/ SHAKING HANDS WITH MONETARY AFFAIRS COMMISSIONER YVES-THIBAULT DE SILGUY/SV AUDIENCE LISTENING/WIDE OF ROOM (3 SHOTS) 1.15 7. VARIOUS SANTER SAYING TODAY ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE TREATY OF ROME THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION IS RECOMMENDING THAT 11 MEMBER STATES PARTICIPATE IN THE EURO AS OF JANUARY 1, 1999 (CLAPPING) BELGIUM, GERMANY, SPAIN, FRANCE, IRELAND, ITALY, LUXEMBOURG, THE NETHERLANDS, PORTUGAL, AUSTRIA, FINLAND. WE'RE AT THE END OF A HISTORIC PROCESS, IT HAS BEEN A VERY LONG PATH, IT'S BEEN A PATH FULL OF SUCCESS AND FAILURES BUT ALSO WITH DECISIVE STAGES (FRENCH)/AUDIENCE (5 SHOTS) 2.25 8. PAN PEOPLE CLAPPING 2.36 9. SLV FINANCE COMMISSIONER YVES-THIBAULT DE SILGUY 2.43 10. SV AUDIENCE LISTENING 2.46 11. SCU/WS/SV DE SILGUY SAYING THIS CHOICE IS NOT THE RESULT OF COINCIDENCE, THIS IS THE RESULT OF POLITICAL COMMITMENT AND HARD EFFORT MADE AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL. IT IS ALSO A RESULT OF THE MAASTRICHT TREATY (FRENCH) (3 SHOTS) 3.10 12. SV/WS AUDIENCE CLAPPING (2 SHOTS) 3.12 Initials Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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  • Location: BRUSSELS, BELGIUM
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  • Country: Belgium
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