Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson gestures as he adresses the European Parliament July 2, 2001 in Strasbourg to present the results of the Swedish Presidency of the E.U. for the last six months (Front right is Swedish Deputy Prime Minister Lars Danielsson). Belgian Prime minister Guy Verhofstadt will present tomorow to the European Assembly the programme of the encomming Belgian Presidency of the E.U. for the next six months.

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