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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10004

23 October 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 3 / 35
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/european council

22/10/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 21 October, German MEPs Jorgo Chatzimarkakis (FDP), Jo Leinen (SPD), Klaus-Heiner Lehne (CDU), Herbert Reul (CDU) and Luxembourg Socialist Robert Goebbels submitted a written declaration on the nomination of the new President of the European Council. According to the text, which has to be signed by at least half of all MEPs within a maximum period of three months for it to be deemed a resolution adopted by the European Parliament, the new president...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Enlargement: Turkey is a special case and requires special solutions
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/EXTERNAL RELATIONS: MEPs want power to control EEAS - Pressure on future HR to be confirmed by EP
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN COUNCIL:
(EU) EP/UNITED STATES: Parliament recommends strengthened transatlantic cooperation for security, financial regulation and climate
(EU) EP/GEORGIA: Commission and Parliament call for action to assist displaced persons in wake of Georgian conflict
(EU) EP/SAKHAROV: Sakharov Prize 2009 is awarded to Memorial
(EU) EP/TUNISIA: Hélène Flautre, Catherine Trautmann and Marie-Christine Vergiat denounce repeated and unbearable human rights violations
(EU) EP/CONFERENCE OF PRESIDENTS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/BUDGET: Commission's draft review of EU budget takes cash from farming and cohesion and gives it to growth, jobs and tackling climate change
(EU) EP/2010 BUDGET: European Parliament increases draft budget to ensure EU is able to provide a more effective response to financial crisis
(EU) EP/BUDGET: European Parliament approves EU Globalisation Adjustment Fund aid for Rheinland-Westphalien in Germany
(EU) EU/CHINA/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Member states to allow accused persons to have right to interpretation and translation in criminal proceedings
(EU) EU/JHA: ECRE backs new asylum rules
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: In EU, 60% of cross-border internet shopping cannot be completed - Strategy for removing obstacles to e-commerce
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: Prospect of European safety standards being adopted for sleeping products for newborn babies and young children
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Plan to reduce red tape would allow businesses to save €40 billion in total
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Council invites EU to ratify IMO convention on ship dismantling - European strategy receives green light
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Commission launches reflection on digital single market for creative content online
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: First wave of modified rural development programmes for tackling new challenges and crisis
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: 2007-13 ERDF and cohesion fund projects in Bulgaria progressing, with more than € 1 billion already allocated
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: action plan on future of European Research Council
(EU) EU/TRADE: Commission proposes label of origin pilot scheme
(EU) EU/TRADE: Medvedev confident of Russia's accession to WTO
(EU) EU/WTO:
(EU) EU/TRADE:
(EU) EU/EIB: Western Balkans Investment Framework launched
(EU) EU/EIB: Further loans for car industry
(EU) EU/EIB/HUNGARY:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court clarifies translation “slip” in Schengen Borders Code
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: An employer cannot reduce compensation for dismissal because of parental leave
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 22/10/2009: