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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10043

18 December 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 34
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha
Europol and Interpol join forces against piracy in Gulf of Aden

Brussels, 17/12/2009 (Agence Europe) - The international criminal police organisation (Interpol) and the European police office (Europol) announced on Wednesday 16 December that they would be joining forces to combat piracy off north-east Africa, where there is a surge in acts of piracy against ships navigating there. This announcement was made during the visit by Interpol Secretary General Ronald K. Noble to the headquarters of Europol in The Hague. Interpol and Europol have signed an...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Financial services and the rest of the brave new market without frontiers - Michel Barnier and Mario Monti set out their ideas
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/BELARUS: Stronger EU ties with Belarus as long as significant moves towards democracy are made
(EU) EP/AFGHANISTAN: MEPs divided between support for EU in Afghanistan and doubts about whether stability is possible
(EU) EP/WESTERN SAHARA: Case of Sahrawi activist Aminatou Haidar hangs on diplomatic solution
(EU) EP/SUBSIDIARITY: Parliament wonders whether it is possible to tackle crucifix question in schools from subsidiarity angle
(EU) EP/COMMISSION: All relevant parliamentary committees for hearings of commissioners-designate are now known
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/UN/CLIMATE: All-nighter likely in Copenhagen to negotiate and clean up two draft texts to be put to Heads of State on Friday
(EU) EU/NUCLEAR/HEALTHCARE: Ensuring safe delivery of radioisotopes for use in medicine
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: agreement on bus and coach passengers' rights
(EU) EU/JHA: Alleged to have put pressure on investigating judges, Eurojust president resigns
(EU) EU/JHA: Europol and Interpol join forces against piracy in Gulf of Aden
(EU) EU/JHA: Dismantling of child pornography network in Poland
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EP/2010 BUDGET: EP formally endorses EU's budget for 2010
(EU) EP/BUDGET/SOCIAL: Parliament approves 15.9 million euros for redundant workers in construction and automotive sectors in Sweden, Austria and Netherlands
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET: MEPs stress link between recognition of professional qualifications and cross-border service provision
(EU) EP/WTO/DOHA: With 2010 breakthrough in prospect, European Parliament urges Commission not to give way on agriculture
(EU) EU/TRADE: Commission stresses advantages for transatlantic market of removing non-tariff measures
(EU) EU/TRADE: Community monitoring system for imports of steel products to remain in place until end of 2012
(EU) EU/SWITZERLAND:
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: signature of report in agro-food and fisheries sectors
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: 6 million euros to improve humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: EU countries' opinions differ over future of rural development policy
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission rejects two bids to change rules on sugar
(EU) EU/TELECOMS: German telecoms regulator is urged to create better conditions for competition in retail access market
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission once more tackles banana cartel
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission welcomes E.ON projects to increase competition on German gas market
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission approves Austrian short-term export credit insurance scheme
(EU) EU/ENERGY: No special risk of electricity supplies being disturbed this winter in EU
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: EU inflation rate up 1% in November - rise of 0.5% in eurozone
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) CORRIGENDUM:
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