(16 Sep 2002)
1. Pan over Salzburg
2. Mid shot Austrian flag
3. Various police stopping vehicles at checkpoints
4. Wide shot exterior of building
5. Various delegates
6. Mid shot news briefing
7. SOUNDBITE: (English) Didier Reynders, Belgian finance minister:
"I am hoping that after 2004 it will be possible to have ten new members in the European Union. I am hoping that it will be possible to move as fast a possible. So you know there are many different criteria (for expansion), one of them is to have a stabilised condition within two years."
8. Cutaway cameraman
9. SOUNDBITE: (English) Mario Baldassari, Italian deputy finance minister:
"There could be an economic effect of an attack in Iraq. I would say quite clearly it depends not on the war, but which kind of war, if it is short and successful or if it is long and less successful, this is the real impact on the world economy. But for Western Europe, I would say that the economic forecast for Western Europe depends on Europe."
10. Wide shot conference hall
11. Various delegates
12. Wide shot conference hall
STORYLINE:
European political and business leaders launched a two-day summit in Salzburg on Monday, looking at the region's flagging economy and the remaining problems for European Union expansion into Eastern Europe.
EU officials, representatives from the ten countries who hope to join the EU in 2004, and delegates from nations such as Yugoslavia and the Ukraine all attended the European Economic Summit.
Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic and Ukrainian President Leonid Kuchma were among the 600 officials and executives at the conference, along with Finnish President Tarja Halonen and Austrian President Thomas Klestil.
The region's sluggish growth rate and flailing economy was one of the main topics of debate.
A forum survey was highly critical of the EU's efforts to cut red tape and improve the business environment on the continent.
Business leaders found the European Union falling behind the United States and other developed countries, according to the review by the forum's experts.
Also on the agenda were the possible economic effects of a war in Iraq and the remaining snags in the EU expansion process - which EU officials intend to complete at a December summit in Copenhagen.
Member countries, particularly Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Britain, object to the level of farm subsidies for candidates such as Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic.
But the new countries contend that they're starting out with only a quarter of the farm funding current members receive.
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