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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10013

6 November 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ue/football

05/11/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 5 November in Brussels, the presidents of the European Parliament and the European Union of Football Associations (UEFA), Jerzy Buzek and Michel Platini, met to discuss the problems currently confronting sport in Europe, particularly football. Five themes were tackled at the meeting: - protection of the European sports model based on a pyramid structure and concepts specific to sport and the autonomy of sport federations; - Michel Platini's initiative...

Contents

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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