» Monday, June 13, 2005

EU Rebate

Asked whether Peter Mandelson's comments during a speech tonight about the poorer countries' contributions towards the rebate were considered helpful at this time, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) said Mr. Mandelson was the EU Commissioner. The Prime Minister had spoken about the rebate at lunch time, setting out his views on the situation.

Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

ID Cards

Asked to comment on an ICM survey that suggested that ID cards were less popular than the Government had claimed, the PMS said she had not seen the survey, and could not therefore comment. The PMS said the Government had set out its plans when it recently published the Bill.

Briefing took place at 15:45 | Read whole briefing | Comments (6)

Afghan Troops

Asked what the current position was on troops being sent out to Afghanistan was, the PMS said the story appeared to be confused. The Prime Minister had announced last June at the NATO conference in Istanbul that the UK would deploy the Headquarter's Group of the ARRC (Allied Rapid Reaction Corp). Any talk of how many troops would be deployed, however, was purely speculative.
Asked if the figure of 5000 troops going was therefore "completely wrong", the PMS said the figure was entirely speculative. We had announced there would be a deployment last June.

Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

EU Constitution

Asked if the Prime Minister would be seeking to prolong the ratification period for the EU Constitution during his talks this week, the Prime Minister's Spokesman (PMS) said it would be better if people waited until the talks had taken place in Brussels later in the week. The Prime Minister had set out his views, and we were waiting for the meeting where the issues would be discussed.

Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

EU Finance

Put to her that now France and Germany seemed to be "going soft" on the one per cent line, was Britain's position still one per cent as the maximum they were prepared to go, the PMS said the Foreign Secretary had set out our position this morning.

Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0)

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