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	PEDRO SOLBES
		Pedro Solbes was born in 1942 in Pinoso (a village in the province of Alicante).
		Pedro Solbes is married and has a son and a daughter.
		Statement by Pedro Solbes to the International Monetary and Financial Committee, Dubai September 21, 2003.
	www.euroresidentes.com /euroresiuk/Spanish_Government/Pedro_Solbes.htm (260 words)

	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
		Pedro Solbes, the European Union's commissioner for monetary and economic affairs, issued a strongly worded warning to Germany, France, and Italy yesterday to act on their burgeoning budget deficits.
		Pedro Solbes, the EU's commissioner for the economy, yesterday warned the three largest euro-zone economies, Germany, France, and Italy, that they cannot "spend their way out of the slowdown," adding that short-term benefits of expansionary budgets would be outweighed by medium-term costs.
		Solbes yesterday gave Germany four months to present a program for reducing its budget deficit from 3.8 percent of gross domestic product in 2002 to under 3 percent this year, as required by the Stability and Growth Pact underpinning the euro.
	www.rferl.org /features/2003/01/09012003172541.asp (695 words)

	EIB: Forum 2001 - Speakers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Subsequently, in 1979, Pedro Solbes was appointed Director General of Commercial Policy at the Ministry of Economics and Trade and, from 1982 until 1985, he held the post of General Secretary at the Ministry.
		Mr Solbes obtained a Doctorate of Political Sciences and a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Madrid and holds a Diploma in European Economics from the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
		Pedro Solbes Mira was born in Pinoso (Alicante, Spain) in 1942.
	www.eib.org /forum/archives/2001/cv_psm.htm (218 words)

	Pedro Solbes, 'Mr Euro', to be finance minister in Spain - EUbusiness - EU law, politics and finance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		EU monetary affairs commissioner Pedro Solbes on Wednesday said he had accepted the post of finance minister in Spain's incoming Socialist government, following a meeting late Wednesday with prime minister-elect Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.
		Solbes, before his nearly five-year tenure as an EU commissioner, served in several Spanish ministerial posts in the government of former prime minister Felipe Gonzalez, also a Socialist.
		Solbes was also a key player during Spain's negotiations in the 1980s ahead of the country's entry in the European Union.
	www.eubusiness.com /Commission/040324215007.2js33v4o (541 words)

	EU's Solbes Says Stability Pact Suspension Illegal \| Europe \| Deutsche Welle \| 07.01.2004
		EU Monetary Affairs Commissioner Pedro Solbes said on Wednesday the decision of EU finance ministers to suspend the bloc’s deficit rules in November was illegal.
		Solbes told a press conference that a court ruling could help “clarify the framework in which budgetary surveillance is conducted in the future,” according to Reuters news agency.
		Solbes has been highly critical of the suspension of the pact, which dictates that the 12 euro zone members are supposed to keep their budget deficits under three percent of gross domestic product or face possible sanction from the Commission.
	www.dw-world.de /english/0,3367,1433_A_1081034_1_A,00.html (650 words)

	Spain's draft budget presages escalating social conflict (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		When Economy Minister Pedro Solbes presented his draft budget proposals for next year to the Spanish Congress, he described them as “squaring the circle” through “creating more employment by being more productive.” The resort to such rhetoric sums up the problem faced by the Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) government of Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero.
		Solbes’ budget proposals reflected the need to make sympathetic noises towards the Spanish people, whilst trying to reassure big business where their true loyalties lie.
		He is proposing a 25 percent increase in funding of research, development and innovation, as well as encouraging investment in equipment to begin moving away from construction as the mainspring of economic growth.
	www.wsws.org /articles/2004/oct2004/spai-o27.shtml (1306 words)

	EU officials hopeful of European growth -DAWN - Business; March 17, 2002
		European Economics and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Pedro Solbes was also inclined to be more optimistic, particularly if the unexpected strength of recent US economic reports turned out to be more than a flash in the pan.
		Solbes repeated a recently expressed forecast that the European economy could be growing at or even above the potential rate of expansion it can manage without stoking inflation by the end of the year.
		Solbes said he knew of no new developments in the race for the ECB vice presidency, which falls vacant at the end of May when Christian Noyer steps down.
	www.dawn.com /2002/03/17/ebr10.htm (513 words)

	Pedro Solbes, "Mr Euro", to quit EU post for Spanish finance ministry - EUbusiness - EU law, politics and finance (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Pedro Solbes, "Mr Euro", to quit EU post for Spanish finance ministry
		EU monetary affairs commissioner Pedro Solbes has accepted the post of finance minister in Spain's incoming Socialist government, following a meeting late Wednesday with prime minister-elect Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, party sources said.
		Solbes will also serve as second deputy prime minister, the sources said.
	www.eubusiness.com /Commission/040324142203.x2ap6550 (254 words)

	The EU's Fiscal Moralist (int'l edition)
		Solbes is the European Commissioner for Economic and Monetary Affairs--a kind of finance minister for all of Europe.
		A balding, gray-bearded man who speaks in a low drone, Solbes started his political career under the Franco dictatorship in the early 1970s, when he was posted in Brussels to negotiate agricultural trade agreements.
		Although Ireland's budget is in surplus, Solbes says the country's economy, which should grow more than 8% this year, will overheat if Dublin proceeds with the spending increases scheduled for this year.
	www.businessweek.com /@@aaaaaaaa/2001/01_08/b3720192.htm (753 words)

	Irish Times Article - Solbes says pact breach could affect markets (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		EU Monetary Affairs Commissioner Mr Pedro Solbes, warning that a decision to halt budget discipline enforcement against France and Germany could affect bond markets and interest rates, said yesterday he would propose a mechanism better adapted to economic reality.
		Mr Solbes told the European Parliament that last week's finance ministers' decision to suspend sanctions against Berlin and Paris had created a "very bad precedent" for the 10 countries that join the bloc next year.
		Mr Solbes said the EU executive would prepare an initiative on better economic governance taking into account the current debate on how to improve the pact's rules.
	www.ireland.com /newspaper/finance/2003/1203/305013400BZSOLBES.html (352 words)

	Online NewsHour: The World Market -- September 27, 1999
		PEDRO SOLBES: Well, I think it's also Europe is growing rather well.
		PEDRO SOLBES: Well, I think it's a substantial part, because even in Europe the situation was with certain growth, it was not so high like in the states so the estate has acted as a real engine of the global recovery all over the world.
		PEDRO SOLBES: Well, our experience in Europe is that it's really difficult to present a public opinion that we are criticizing some governments because they are not respecting human rights and at the same time we are cooperating with them.
	www.pbs.org /newshour/bb/economy/july-dec99/economy_9-27.html (1606 words)

	EU stability pact too rigid, says Solbes -DAWN - Business; 05 February, 2004
		In the pre-release of an interview to be published in the latest edition of the business weekly WirtschaftsWoche, Solbes was asked about the shortcomings of the stability pact, which puts tight limits on public spending in countries sharing the euro.
		Solbes comments echo remarks made by EU Commission President Romano Prodi who last month described the pact as a "static instrument" that "is not going to help growth."
		The two men had already voiced support for an easing of the pact rules with a view to "combining (budgetary) discipline with growth considerations".
	www.dawn.com /2004/02/05/ebr7.htm (452 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Business \| Solbes warns on EU budget fudge
		Economic and monetary affairs commissioner Pedro Solbes said a political compromise outside the eurozone framework would amount to abandoning the pact.
		In issuing the warning, Mr Solbes has further upped the stakes in the row over the French and German budget deficits.
		Mr Solbes also raised the question why a new EU constitution should be agreed upon when governments are not even willing to keep to the rules of existing treaties.
	news.bbc.co.uk /go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/2/hi/business/3283487.stm (353 words)

	Solbes critica el perfil de algunos gestores de las empresas privatizadas - elmundo.es economía (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		El ministro de Economía, Pedro Solbes, ha revelado en una entrevista que el Gobierno ha analizado el perfil de determinados presidentes de empresas privatizadas que operan en sectores estratégicos, y reconoció que se ha "sorprendido" de las características de algunos.
		Solbes adelantó que Blas Calzada será sustituido este año al frente de la Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores (CNMV).
		Tenemos que competir en mercados cada vez más abiertos", añadió Pedro Solbes.
	elmundodinero.elmundo.es.cob-web.org:8888 /mundodinero/2004/08/03/Noti20040803210731.html (458 words)

	Economy, currency and enlargement - EU-Erweiterung
		The final goal of this coordination is the adoption of the Euro by all the new Member States, which will have to fulfil the same criteria as the current members of the EMU.
		Pedro Solbes, former member of the European Commission for Economic and Monetary Affairs, is finance minister in Spain.
		An essential means to this end is the incorporation of these countries to the Exchange rate Mechanism II, based on an agreement about the central exchange rate.
	www.bpb.de /themen/IS2ST8,0,0,Economy_currency_and_enlargement.html (580 words)

	Comunicació UB (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Pedro Solbes presenta una miscel·lània d'homenatge a Ernest Lluch i glossa la seva figura com a universitari i polític compromès
		Solbes, que va ser el primer professor auxiliar de Lluch durant la seva etapa valenciana, va presentar el llibre en què es ret homenatge al treball acadèmic i investigador d'Ernest Lluch, a través de cinquanta-un articles.
		Pedro Solbes va pronunciar, així mateix, la lliçó inaugural del curs a Econòmiques sota el títol «La economía española: una visión de largo plazo» a l'Aula Magna de la Facultat.
	www2.ub.edu.cob-web.org:8888 /comunicacions/cgi/principal.pl?fitxer=noticies/noticia003516.htm (410 words)

	CNN.com - Solbes welcomes euro-dollar parity - June 26, 2002
		MADRID, Spain -- European Monetary Affairs Commissioner Pedro Solbes welcomed the euro's rise against the dollar on Wednesday, saying parity with the U.S. currency would not have an immediate impact on European economies.
		The euro was trading around 98.92 at mid-morning in London, and Solbes said the single currency could reach dollar parity by the weekend.
		However, Solbes said that while the euro's recent rise could make European exports more expensive, it would not hurt the economies of 12-nation eurozone in the medium-term.
	archives.cnn.com /2002/BUSINESS/06/26/euro.dollar (421 words)

	RTE Business - Too early to assess savings plan impact - Solbes
		EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Pedro Solbes has welcomed the savings plan introduced by Finance Minister Charlie McCreevy in the Finance Bill last week, but says it is too early too say whether it will affect inflation.
		Speaking to reporters at the National Euro Conference in Loughrea, Co Galway, Mr Solbes, who was briefed on the measure by Mr McCreevy this morning, said it was not possible to assess it without knowing how many people would use it or how much it would cost.
		News At One: Pedro Solbes, EU Commissioner, discusses his meeting in Dublin with Mr McCreevy this morning with Jim Fahy, Western Correspondent
	www.rte.ie /business/2001/0219/economy.html (268 words)

	Germany faces fiscal clampdown
		It is our duty," said Pedro Solbes, the European Unions's monetary affairs commissioner in an interview with FT Deutschland.
		Mr Solbes said the Commission could put forward its recommendation by the end of this year if its forecast in November were to show that Germany's budget would exceed the EU's stability pact deficit ceiling of 3 per cent of gross domestic product.
		Mr Solbes dismissed the possibility of big countries such as Germany and France - which also risks a third year above the deficit limit - being able to flout the pact.
	www.freerepublic.com /focus/f-news/966813/posts (1034 words)

	Information map of the European Union - Visit of EU Commissioner Pedro Solbes to the Czech Republic 19 and 20 May 2003 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Visit of EU Commissioner Pedro Solbes to the Czech Republic 19 and 20 May 2003
		Pedro Solbes, will pay a two-day visit to the Czech Republic on 19 and 20 May 2003.
		Solbes visit represents an opportunity to exchange views on preparations of the Czech Republic for EU membership and joining the Euro.
	www.evropska-unie.cz /eng/print.asp?id=2148 (153 words)

	Spain's current economic situation 'excellent'; trend will continue - Solbes - Forbes.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Speaking at a conference organised by Cinco Dias, Solbes said he expects this positive trend 'will be maintained' over the coming months.
		On the outlook for inflation in Spain -- currently running at an annual rate of 3.7 pct -- Solbes said he sees a 'clear improvement' in the trend in consumer prices in 2006, with crude prices expected to have less of an impact.
		Solbes also highlighted the main problem for the Spanish economy as being the ongoing substantial inflation differential with the rest of the euro zone and its impact on competitiveness.
	www.forbes.com /markets/feeds/afx/2005/10/17/afx2279824.html (493 words)

	CNN.com - Italy sells utility stake to trim debt - Oct. 30, 2003
		European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Pedro Solbes said on Wednesday the European Commission was keeping a close eye on Italy's budget policies, which have relied heavily on one-off measures instead of economic reforms to cut debt.
		Italian newspapers said Solbes was worried about Italy's debt, expected to equal 106 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) this year and 105 percent in 2004.
		The Treasury said in a statement that the placement, advised by investment bank Lazard, would cut its Enel stake to just under 61 percent from around 68 percent.
	cnn.com /2003/BUSINESS/10/30/enel.italy.reut/index.html (391 words)

	Spain lays out stall to EU on Endesa takeover conditions
		The outcome of the political tug-of-war over plans by German energy giant E.ON to take over Spanish electricity supplier Endesa will be clear by the end of the month, Finance Minister Pedro Solbes, seen here in June 2006, said.
		The outcome of the political tug-of-war over plans by German energy giant E.ON to take over Spanish electricity supplier Endesa will be clear by the end of the month, Finance Minister Pedro Solbes said.
		Solbes told a news conference that Madrid had written to the European Commission clarifying its position as Spain seeks to secure a deal in its national interest in a strategic sector.
	www.turkishpress.com /news.asp?id=142069 (494 words)

	The European Commission - Commissioner Pedro Solbes (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Pedro Solbes was born in Pinoso (Alicante) in 1942.
		He graduated in European Economics from the Université Libre de Bruxelles and in Law from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid and received his Doctorate in Political Science from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid
		In September 1999 he became Member of the European Commission responsible for Economic and Monetary Affairs.
	ec.europa.eu.cob-web.org:8888 /archives/commission_1999_2004/solbes/portrait_en.htm (147 words)

	Spain govt raises 2007 GDP growth forecast to 3.3 pct from 3.2 pct - Solbes - Forbes.com (via CobWeb/3.1 ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		MADRID (AFX) - The Spanish government has raised its 2007 GDP growth forecast to 3.3 pct from the previous forecast for 3.2 pct, Economy Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Pedro Solbes said.
		Speaking at a conference in Madrid, Solbes said he expects inflation to stand at about 3 pct by end-2006.
		Yesterday, the National Statistics Institute said Spain's preliminary harmonised index of consumer prices rose 2.6 pct in October from a year earlier, slowing from the 2.9 pct rise seen in September.
	www.forbes.com.cob-web.org:8888 /afxnewslimited/feeds/afx/2006/10/31/afx3133732.html (408 words)

	EU's Solbes To Be New Spain Economy Minister-Paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		EU's Solbes To Be New Spain Economy Minister-Paper
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		Domestic Politics European Union MADRID, March 20 (Reuters) - European Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Pedro Solbes will be appointed economy minister in the incoming Socialist government of Spain, financial daily newspaper Expansion reported on Saturday.
	www.webprowire.com /summaries/732616.html (226 words)

	Pedro Solbes Member of the European Commission responsible for Economic and Monetary Affairs Economic governance in the ...
		Pedro Solbes Member of the European Commission responsible for Economic and Monetary Affairs Economic governance in the EU: towards closer economic policy coordination, April 19, 2002
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	www.paris-europlace.net /eu/doc60425.htm (2899 words)

	The European Commission - Commissioner Pedro Solbes
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		Solbes visits the New York Stock Exchange (27 April 2001).
		Solbes' speech at the Euro party (18 December 2001)
	ec.europa.eu /archives/commission_1999_2004/solbes/picturegallery_en.htm (87 words)

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