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European Commission President Romano Prodi…

European Commission President Romano Prodi and Greek Prime Minister Costas Simitis exchange banter in Athens yesterday evening during a ceremony officially marking Greece’s assumption of the six-month, rotating European Union presidency. All 20 EU commissioners attended, as well as Simitis’s Cabinet and the leader of the opposition New Democracy party, Costas Karamanlis.

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