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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8069

13 October 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 8 / 33
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/future of europe
Giscard d'Estaing believes Convention will have great room for manoeuvre - Federal project not yet realistic

Brussels, 12/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - Exchanging views with the European Parliament's Constitutional Affairs Committee chaired by Giorgio Napolitano (Democratici di Sinistra), the Former French President Valéry Giscard d'Estaing drew a parallel with the Philadelphia Convention of 1887 to justify the legitimacy and room for manoeuvre of the future EU Convention to prepare for institutional reform. Convened with the aim of improving the confederate system, the 1887 Convention drew up a...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: During informal Defence Council, EU states willingness to fill gap left by US redeployment - Solana urges for strengthened European intelligence
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS/TERRORISM:
(EU) EU/FYROM:
(EU) EU/CIVIL PROTECTION: Margot Wallstrom announces action plan in response to possible large-scale terrorist attacks
(EU) EU/AFRICA: Second Europe/Africa ministerial conference backs new vision of global partnership
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES:
(EU) EU/ITALY:
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Giscard d'Estaing believes Convention will have great room for manoeuvre - Federal project not yet realistic
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN POLITICAL PARTIES: Presidents of PES, EPP, ELDR, Greens and EFA write to Verhofstadt, Michel and Prodi
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Friends of Europe want citizens to get involved
(EU) EP/GREENS-EFA GROUP: Daniel Cohn-Bendit to stand for Presidency post
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EUROGOUP: On Monday, finance ministers should show reasonable confidence regarding economic situation in Europe
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: The Fifteen hope to reach agreement on how to conduct negotiations with third countries on tax on savings
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Council expected to give guidelines on European arrest warrant and definition of terrorism and sanctions
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL/JHA: Ministers to adopt ambitious conclusions on combating funding of terrorism
(EU) ECB:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Questions of air safety and situation of European companies to dominate debates at 16 October Transport Council
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Monday's Council to devote most of its work to seeking agreement on tricky issue of postal services liberalisation
(EU) EU/BUDGET 2001: On Monday, Council and Parliament to examine funding of humanitarian aid for Afghanistan, Palestine and Chechnya
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Airline companies call on Commission to extend duration of measures proposed on 10 October
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Tax on eastern cereals possibly axed
(EU) EU/WTO: In run-up to Singapore meeting, addendum to work programme on agriculture sparks criticism
(EU) EP/WTO: Harlem Désir proposes Parliaments call for root-and-branch reform of how World Trade Organisation operates
(EU) EU/ACP: Poul Nielson to visit Caribbean on 14-19 October
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE/GMOS:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Not only does it not fully comply with the "Habitats" Directive, Greece is said to be threatening the very survival of sea turtles
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: UNICE sees weaknesses in statute of European Company
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Negotiations of European social partners begin on teleworking
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Conciliation agreement on compound feed for animals
(EU) EP/TRADE MARK LAW: Parliament calls for Commission report on introducing international exhaustion of rights conferred by patent into community legislation
(EU) EP/TURKEY: Lamassoure stresses progress made by Turkey but raises questions concerning the Kurds, Armenia and Cyprus
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