» Friday, December 14, 2007BrusselsThe Prime Minister’s Spokesman began by giving details to the assembled press about the main issues the Prime Minister would be focussing on in Brussels. The PMS said we were anticipating a declaration from the European Union on globalisation. The main outstanding issue on that particular subject in advance of this morning’s meeting was the […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) KosovoAsked if the Government would be pushing for the EU to recognise Kosovan independence, the PMS said that the Government’s position, which was increasingly the position of the EU, was that we would like some form of supervised independence for Kosovo. As people would know, there was now increasing understanding across the EU that the […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) IranAsked for an outline on the kind of language people could expect concerning Iran, the PMS replied that there would be discussion of that today. The key thing to look out for was how things would be taken forward in the UN. We were expecting further discussions in the UN and the Government was pushing […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (2) Northern RockAsked whether the Government accepted that the private sale process had run its course, the PMS replied that he would not accept the premise of the question. Negotiations with Virgin and Olivant were still ongoing. The Government’s preferred position was a private sale, but of course as the Chancellor had said, nothing would be ruled […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Climate ChangeAsked when and where Hilary Benn would be saying something on the outcome of the Bali climate change talks, the PMS replied that he did not know the exact timings. The talks were taking place some way ahead in terms of the time zone and it was the Government’s understanding that talks were still ongoing. […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Original PMOS briefings are © Crown Copyright. Crown Copyright material is reproduced with the permission of the Controller of HMSO and the Queen's Printer for Scotland. Click-use licence number C02W0004089. Material is reproduced from the original 10 Downing Street source, but may not be the most up-to-date version of the briefings, which might be revised at the original source. Users should check with the original source in case of revisions. Comments are © Copyright contributors. Everything else is © Copyright Downing Street Says. |
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