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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10033

4 December 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 35 / 35
GENERAL NEWS / € value in different currencies on 03/12/2009

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Farming and Europe: Key implications of recent developments
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Suspension of other chapters in accession talks would destroy Turkey's motivation to join EU, says Egemen Bagis
(EU) EU/SERBIA: Road to implementation of SAA interim agreement seems to be open - A decision at Monday's Council?
(EU) EU/ACP: Joint Assembly calls for more democratic global governance giving developing countries more influence
(EU) EP/SYRIA: Commission has hope of rekindling cooperation, but Parliament has doubts
(EU) EU/FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS:
(EU) EP/INTERGROUPS: Political parties negotiate Intergroup membership
(EU) EU/CHRISTIANITY: COMECE says Lisbon Treaty paves the way for in-depth dialogue between religions and EU institutions
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Conundrum of Minarets in Switzerland
(EU) CORRIGENDUM:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECB: ECB leaves interest rates unchanged but starts withdrawing special recovery stimulus measures
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Raised eyebrows at Swedish Presidency's management of good fiscal governance talks
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: No headway on VAT on postal services
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Political agreement in Council on revised directive on parental leave, due to come into force by 2012
(EU) EU/ADMINISTRATION: Discussions on increasing officials' salaries to continue next week
(EU) EU/TRADE: Political energy at 7th WTO ministerial summit feeds weak hope that Doha Deal might be done in 2010
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Rail passengers now enjoy new rights throughout European Union
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Road safety, a priority for next decade
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Parliamentarians and fishermen call for decentralisation and regionalisation of Common Fisheries Policy
(EU) EU/STATE AID:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: End of abuse of dominant position investigation into GDF Suez
(EU) EU/STATE AID: In-depth investigation into new tax-based funding system for Spanish public broadcaster RTVE
(EU) EU/COMPETTION:
(EU) EU/OMBUDSMAN: Quizzing of three candidates for post of European Ombudsman
(EU) EU/RESTAURANTS:
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN/FTA: Go-ahead for negotiations on multilateral EU-EFTA-Mediterranean rules of origin regime
(EU) EU/EIB: €300 million for small businesses in Italy
(EU) EU/EIB/SOUTH AFRICA:
(EUI) EU/EIB/MONTENEGRO:
(EU) EU/EIB/BELGIUM:
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Françoise Grossetête regrets failure of Council talks on crossborder care
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 03/12/2009:
 USD  1.5120  HUF  269.90  NOK  8.4390  CNY  10.3224  NZD  2.0881 
 JPY  133.17  LTL  3.4528  HRK  7.3060  HKD  11.7180  PHP  69.928 
 BGN  1.9558  LVL  0.7079  RUB  44.0300  IDR  14248.95  SGD  2.0848 
 CZK  25.810  PLN  4.0977  TRY  2.2413  INR  69.6650  THB  50.074 
 DKK  7.4417  RON  4.2105  AUD  1.6276  KRW  1746.64  ZAR  11.0339 
 EEK  15.6466  SEK  10.3159  BRL  2.5811  MXN  19.1502  GBP  0.90915 
 CHF  1.5083  CAD  1.5873  MYR