EU Adopts Common Position for IMF-World Bank Meeting

Brdo pri Kranju, 5 April - European Union finance ministers and central bank governors on Saturday agreed a common position on the quota system and budget in the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which will be the main themes of the 12-13 April meeting of the IMF and World Bank in Washington, DC.

Brdo pri Kranju ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet (left) Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk (centre) and Economic Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia speak to the press at the close of the informal meeting of the ECOFIN. Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

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ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet (left) Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk (centre) and Economic Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia speak to the press at the close of the informal meeting of the ECOFIN.
Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju European Economic Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia speaks to the press at the close of the informal meeting of the ECOFIN. Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
European Economic Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia speaks to the press at the close of the informal meeting of the ECOFIN.
Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk (left) and Economic Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia speak to the press at the close of the informal meeting of the ECOFIN. Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk (left) and Economic Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia speak to the press at the close of the informal meeting of the ECOFIN.
Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk (left) and Economic Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia speak to the press at the close of the informal meeting of the ECOFIN. Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk (left) and Economic Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia speak to the press at the close of the informal meeting of the ECOFIN.
Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet speaks to the press at the close of the informal meeting of the ECOFIN. Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet speaks to the press at the close of the informal meeting of the ECOFIN.
Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju European Economic Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia speaks to the press at the close of the informal meeting of the ECOFIN. Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
European Economic Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia speaks to the press at the close of the informal meeting of the ECOFIN.
Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk speaks to the press at the close of the informal meeting of the ECOFIN. Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk speaks to the press at the close of the informal meeting of the ECOFIN.
Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet (left) Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk (centre) and Economic Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia speak to the press at the close of the informal meeting of the ECOFIN. Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet (left) Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk (centre) and Economic Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia speak to the press at the close of the informal meeting of the ECOFIN.
Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet (left) Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk (centre) and Economic Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia speak to the press at the close of the informal meeting of the ECOFIN. Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

Brdo pri Kranju
ECB President Jean-Claude Trichet (left) Finance Minister Andrej Bajuk (centre) and Economic Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia speak to the press at the close of the informal meeting of the ECOFIN.
Photo: Dejan Mijovic/STA

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