» Thursday, October 2, 2008Economy: Meeting in ParisAsked about the Prime Minister s telephone conversation with President Sarkozy, the Prime Minister s Spokesman (PMS) said that the Prime Minister had confirmed on the telephone call that he would attend the meeting in Paris on Saturday. President Sarkozy informed the Prime Minister that it was not the case that the French were proposing […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Economy: IrelandAsked if the Prime Minister was concerned about the situation in Ireland, the PMS said that this was a matter for Ireland. We had been in close contact with our Irish colleagues, as well as our other EU partners. The subject of enforcement of single market legislation was a matter for the European Commission to […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Economy: CommitteeAsked about the idea of some sort of an economic committee, the PMS said that we were not in a position to make any announcements at this point. Clearly, there were big changes taking place in the global economy that had an impact on a wide range of Government departments, and therefore it was right […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) Business for New Europe MeetingAsked if there were any banks at the breakfast this morning, the PMS said that there were a number of financial institutions represented but people were there as representatives because of their interests in European matters; it was not a breakfast to discuss financial matters. Asked if the Business Secretary was at the breakfast, the […] Briefing took place at 11:00 | Read whole briefing | Comments (0) ReshuffleAsked about the possibility of a reshuffle, the PMS said that the Prime Minister was very focused on economic issues at the moment. Asked why the BBC had confidently predicted a reshuffle in the next couple of days, the PMS said that there was always speculation about reshuffles. A lot of newspapers and other outlets […] 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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