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Mad cows disease obstructs EU-state
- Subject: Mad cows disease obstructs EU-state
- From: bcn@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 02:14:00
Subject: Mad cows disease obstructs EU-statement
Burma Centre Netherlands News
Mad British Veto over European Statement
AMSTERDAM - The British government has veto-ed the EU-statement on current
events in Burma. This was just confirmed by the Italian Embassy in The
Hague. "The statement has been signed on last Friday by all member-states,
except for Great Britain," a spokeswoman said on Monday morning. "The
British are blocking almost everything these days because of their anger
about the EU's import-ban on British Beef."
Contrary to statements from Dutch government officials over the weekend, the
blocked statement was not published last Friday in Rome. The European Union
has therefor not commented on the crisis in Burma. Great Britain has come
with its own statement, followed by Germany and Denmark. Untill now, the
Dutch goverment has referred to the EU-statement.
END
This news-item replaces the two earlier one by the BCN on the EU-statement.
We will keep you as updated as possible.
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