Summary: September 11, 2003: Message of President Prodi to the Swedish Government on the death of Anna Lindh (Brussels)
"Dear Prime Minister,
The whole European Commission is in great sorrow after learning that Mrs Anna Lindh, Minister for Foreign Affairs in your government, passed away this morning. I was filled with dismay when I heard the news of the vicious attack of which she was a victim yesterday. I am deeply saddened that she did not survive this brutal aggression.
The members of the Commission join me in addressing our most sincere condolences to her family, to your government and to the whole Swedish nation.
We will remember Mrs Lindh as a dedicated, courageous and intelligent politician, but first and foremost a warm and generous person. I have worked closely with Anna for years and liked her enormously. She has taken an active part in the construction of our European Union and her death will be deeply regretted by the Commission and all her European colleagues.
Yours sincerely,
Romano Prodi"
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