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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10036

9 December 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 2 / 33
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/european council
First summit under Lisbon Treaty

Brussels, 08/12/2009 (Agence Europe) - The last European Council under Swedish EU Presidency will be held in Brussels on Thursday 10 and Friday 11 December. This will also be the last summit presided by a country holding the rotating EU Presidency and, according to the provisions of the new treaty, will bring together only the heads of state and government.

In a letter of invitation to his EU counterparts, Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt states work will open on Thursday at 5.00pm...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: EU-China Relations: Reciprocity is essential
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: First summit under Lisbon Treaty
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: EU calls on Israel and Palestinians to negotiate future status of Jerusalem as “future capital of two states”
(EU) EU/FYROM: Greece prevents Council from convening in March 2010 to set a date for opening membership talks
(EU) EU/TURKEY: No new sanctions but eight chapters will remain pending until Ankara has met its obligations
(EU) EU/IRAQ: EU insists elections scheduled for early 2010 must be held
(EU) EU/CAUCASUS: Timely talks on association agreements
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Deferral of senior officials' meeting shows Union for Mediterranean is bogged down
(EU) EU/POLITICAL PARTIES: EPP Statutory Congress on 9 and 10 December
(EU) ITALY/GERMANY: Joint call for respect of Community method
(EU) EU/TREATY:
(EU) EP/EPP GROUP:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: With Copenhagen conference underway, European Council will table figure for immediate aid to poor countries
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: Citizens' initiative calling on EU to involve farmers' organisations from south in agricultural recovery
(EU) EU/EUROMED: 8th meeting of trade ministers on 9 December
(EU) EP/ENERGY: EPP sets up ministerial working group on energy issues
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Nine member states pledge to develop an offshore wind network in northern seas
(EU) EU/TELECOMS: Commission green light to amended definition of Austrian broadband market access
(EU) EU/INTERNET: Eurostat says one in two Europeans uses internet every day
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: MEPs want tighter financial supervision than sugested by Commission
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Sylvie Goulard highlights importance of information flowing freely in EU's new financial supervision set-up
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: On economic situation as on climate talks, BusinessEurope shows caution
(EU) EU/MULTILINGUALISM: First meeting of “European Master's in Translation” network
(EU) EP/CULTURE: European Book Prize is awarded
(EU) EU/JHA: EU grants asylum to 76,300 people in 2008
(EU) EU/JHA: Peter Hustinx calls for caution with regard to setting up database management agency
(EU) EP/EMPLOYMENT: Hearing on lorry drivers' working time fails to decide whether to include self-employed
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: EAPN letter to heads of state and government to react to lack of commitment to social progress in Commission's EU 2020 Strategy
(EU) EU/EIB: In run-up to Copenhagen, leading international financial institutions pledge to fight climate change
(EU) EU/REGIONS:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Clearance for Slovak bank support scheme
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
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