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Speech by Ms Anne-Marie Sigmund, President of the EESC, at the EESC plenary session, 14 December 2005: "Annual review of the work programme of Dr Anne-Marie SIGMUND, President of the European Economic and Social Committee, for her 2004/2006 term of office"
Speech by Ms Anne-Marie Sigmund, President of the EESC, at the EESC plenary session, 14 December 2005: "Annual review of the work programme of Dr Anne-Marie SIGMUND, President of the European Economic and Social Committee, for her 2004/2006 term of off...