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Thu 04 Apr 2003Ahern to meet Belgian PM over role of small EU states
BRUSSELS: The Taoiseach, Mr Ahern, meets his Belgian counterpart, Mr Guy Verhofstadt, in Brussels today in an effort to establish a common approach to key issues at the Convention on the Future of Europe.
The meeting follows an agreement in Luxembourg on Tuesday night by the leaders of seven small EU member-states to work together to prevent a shift of power in the EU away from the European Commission.
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