Addressing the European Trade Union Confederation in Brussels today, the Minister for Finance said that poorer members of the European Economic Community (EEC), including Ireland, were entitled to expect further aid to compensate for the effects of the economic and monetary union.

Report shows shots of Minister for Finance, Albert Reynolds, addressing the conference in Brussels.

Money being printed.

Nuclear power station.

People coming out of a Volkswagen factory.

East-west Berlin border.

Interview with Albert Reynolds.

The reporter is Tommie Gorman.

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