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» Monday, March 10, 2008

Europe

Asked about the discussion between the Prime Minister and Peter Mandelson, and Peter Mandelson now staying in Brussels, the PMS replied that journalists would not expect us to comment on the Prime Minister’s private conversations. Regarding the issue of the next Commissioner, it was still very early days.

Asked if the Prime Minister was disappointed that other people had been talking about his private conversations, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister accepted that this was an inevitable fact of being Prime Minister.

Put that he had briefed on their meeting at the time, during the Prime Minister’s recent visit to Brussels, the PMS replied that we had said in general terms that they had had a discussion about world trade issues and other European issues.

Asked to describe relations between Mr Brown and Mr Mandelson, the PMS replied that he thought that they had a constructive meeting when they met in Brussels, and they spoke regularly as people would expect the British Prime Minister and the British European Commissioner to do.

Asked if the Prime Minister thought Peter Mandelson was doing a good job, the PMS replied that the Prime Minister had no difficulty with the job that Peter Mandelson was doing. The Prime Minister would be quite comfortable for him to say that he thought Mr Mandelson was doing a good job.

Asked what the Prime Minister hoped to get out of this week’s European meeting, the PMS replied that it was a little early in the week for that, but this was the spring council meeting where they normally talked about economic reform and economic issues, so a lot of the focus would be around the economy and the next steps to reform and strengthen the European economy.

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