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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10013

6 November 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/regional policy
Pawel Samecki's thoughts on new cohesion policy

Brussels, 05/11/2009 (Agence Europe) - Speaking on Thursday 5 November at the annual conference of the Association of European Border Regions (AEBR) in Ghent (Belgium), Regional Policy Commissioner Pawe³ Samecki spoke of the work being carried out on the budget and future of cohesion policy, and the imminent coming into force of the Lisbon Treaty. He said that “we should not be distracted from careful planning for the future by the supposed implications of draft documents that have not...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Getting rid of some of the myths, another Lisbon treaty advantage
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/INDIA: Summit, not one minute too soon
(EU) EU/SERBIA: Serbian authorities feel "encouraged" to continue on road to EU accession
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) EP/EUROMED: Concerns over Middle-East peace and acknowledgement of shortcomings of Union for the Mediterranean
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TELECOMS: Political will helps Conciliation Committee agree on Telecoms Package
(EU) EU/TELECOMS: Commission asks Dutch regulator to change how it calculates fixed termination fees
(EU) EU/ECB: ECB maintains its rates and prepares for phasing out its enhanced credit support measures
(EU) EU/ECONOMY/CLIMATE: Working group on internal share-out of financial burden to be created in near future
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY: Tougher EU controls on pears from Turkey
(EU) EU/EPIZOOTICS: Avoiding transmission of H1N1 flu to pigs
(EU) EU/EPIZOOTICS:
(EU) EU/EPIZOOTICS:
(EU) EU/ANIMAL HEALTH:
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Extraordinary Environment Council on 23 November, just before Copenhagen global conference
(EU) EP/CLIMATE: Environment committee approves list of sectors exposed to carbon leakage
(EU) EU/ENERGY: New step forward for North Stream
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Pawel Samecki's thoughts on new cohesion policy
(EU) EP/REGIONS: Van Nistelrooij report gives marginalised communities opportunity to benefit from EU regional funds for housing
(EU) EP/SOCIAL/EQUALITY: Parental leave is only first step towards work-life balance
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Informal EP/Commission/Council trialogue on 16 November to reach first reading agreement on Göncz report (Progress microfinance instrument)
(EU) EP/EQUALITY/WOMEN: Call for targeted EU policy on violence against women
(EU) EU/JHA: EU to give green light to SWIFT at end November
(EU) EU/DRUGS: Europeans' cocaine consumption on the increase
(EU) EU/TRADE: United States, Mexico and EU request WTO panel over Chinese restrictions on exports of raw materials
(EU) EU/ACP: €200 million to facilitate access to energy for ACP countries
(EU) EU/FRAUD: Prison term against Chinese textiles importers
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Consultation on interconnection of business registers to improve corporate information access
(EU) UE/FOOTBALL:
(EU) ITALY/USA: First sentences for Cia renditions in Europe
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in EU Official Journal
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