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Post by tufta on Nov 12, 2010 9:08:13 GMT 1
Danube Strategy set to sail
Representatives of the 14 countries that share the River Danube met in Bucharest on 8 October for one last summit before the Danube Strategy weighs anchor in the first half of 2011, with Hungary manning the helm of the EU’s rotating presidency. Romanian president Traian Băsescu is keen on developing European shipping as "the Danube’s economic mainstay”. Meanwhile, Evenimentul zilei quotes European Commission president José Manuel Barroso as saying the strategy will be a chance to bridge "gaping disparities between the EU member countries” along the river – namely Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia – “but also between the latter and non-EU countries in the region” – namely Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Ukraine, Moldova, Montenegro and Croatia. The projects will run on EU funding to the tune of €95bn bolstered by loans from the European Investment Bank and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
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Post by tufta on Nov 12, 2010 9:14:50 GMT 1
Poland is planning to join the Danube countries by building - in cooperation with the Czech and the Slovaks - the Odra-Danube channel. The channel will be 550 km long and 50 meters wide. Seperate national teams are now working through preliminary feasibility plans until March 2011 when the three-lateral meeting is planned. We will see how it all works out.
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Post by valpomike on Nov 12, 2010 18:08:48 GMT 1
Will this be good for Poland, or just the others, and why?
Mike
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Post by tufta on Nov 12, 2010 19:17:50 GMT 1
Will this be good for Poland, or just the others, and why? Mike This is very good news for Poland, as the 'Danube cooperation' directly strenghtens teh countries surrounding Poland making them, among other, more prone to import Polish goods.
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Post by valpomike on Nov 12, 2010 23:42:34 GMT 1
Good, I am glad for Poland. Let her send her goods all over the world, so that many will know how great Poland is.
Mike
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