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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10036

9 December 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 4 / 33
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/fyrom
Greece prevents Council from convening in March 2010 to set a date for opening membership talks

Brussels, 08/12/2009 (Agence Europe) - After lengthy talks begun on Monday evening (see yesterday's EUROPE) and continued on Tuesday 8 December, the General Affairs Council finally came to an agreement on a message that was far less discouraging than foreseen for the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM). Thus, in conclusions adopted on Tuesday, the EU27 will simply “note” that the Commission recommended in its last progress report that member states should open accession talks...

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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