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Prime Minister Prodi

Asked what would be on the agenda for the Prime Minister’s meeting with the Italian Prime Minister, the PMS replied that the discussions would be wide-ranging; obviously there was the Lisbon summit next week where we were expecting a discussion about the European response to globalisation. Other live European and international policy issues would be covered, such as Kosovo. It would be a wide-ranging and fairly informal occasion.

Asked why there was no press conference, the PMS replied that it was a private lunch at Chequers so that imposed some restraints on what could be done in relation to media. On this occasion they wanted to have something a bit more informal, out of the spotlight; an opportunity to have a slightly longer and informal discussion.

Put that Prime Minister Prodi was having a press conference at Heathrow, the PMS said that that was an issue for Prime Minister Prodi. There was no particular significance in regards to not having a press conference; as had been stated, this was an informal lunch at Chequers. The Prime Minister had an excellent relationship with Prime Minister Prodi, which went back many years; they had worked very closely together when the Prime Minister was Chancellor and Prime Minister Prodi was at the European Commission.

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