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Joaquín Almunia
April 15, 2005
MEDIA ADVISORY
EU ECONOMIC AND FINANCE COMMISSIONER ALMUNIA IN US
Joaquin Almunia, EU Commissioner for Economic
and Financial Affairs, is in Washington, DC, this weekend
for the Spring Meetings of the IMF and World Bank.
| At
11:00 a.m., Saturday, April 16, Commissioner Almunia
will give a joint press conference with the European
Central Bank (ECB) and the EU
Luxembourg Presidency. The briefing will
take place immediately after the G7 meeting. Accredited
press interested in attending should go to the
Daughters of the American Revolution Building,
1776 D Street, NW. Press Contact is Maeve O’Beirne,
EU Commission Delegation Press Office, cell: (202)
413-5220. |
While in Washington, Commissioner Almunia
will meet with IMF Managing Director Rodrigo Rato, incoming
World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz, Federal Reserve Board
Chairman Alan Greenspan and US Treasury Secretary John Snow.
Before departing for New York, where he will deliver opening
remarks to a conference on the euro and European financial
integration (“The
Euro: Once Currency, One Financial Market”). The conference,
which has been organized by the European Commission, will
take place April 19-20 at the St. Regis Hotel, 2 East 55th
Street, New York City. Press contact in New York is Chris
Matthews, Press Officer at the EU Delegation to the UN,
tel.(212) 371 3804.
Further Contact Information
Press and Media Relations
Delegation of the European Commission
2300 M Street, NW
Washington, DC 20037
http://www.eurunion.org/PressRoom
Tel: 202-862-9552
Fax: 202-429-1766
