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Spain takes over EU presidency

By Simon Taylor  -  31.12.2009 / 12:53 CET
Six-month term is the first under Lisbon treaty rules.

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Priorities of the Spanish presidency:

Agree new anti-discrimination directive;
Tackle violence against women across the EU, including setting up a monitoring centre;
Make progress on the Stockholm Programme of measures to fight terrorism and organised crime, strengthen legal rights and protections, tackle illegal immigration and encourage legal migration and integration;
Finalise agreement on new financial market regulation, including setting up of new supervisory committees;
Agree co-ordinated strategy to address effects of economic crisis and reduce public deficits. 

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