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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10048

5 January 2010
Contents Publication in full By article 2 / 20
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/european council
Informal summit on economy on 11 February

Brussels, 04/01/2010 (Agence Europe) - The informal meeting of heads of state and government to discuss the economy, announced by the new permanent president of the European Council in December 2009 (see EUROPE 10039), will take place in Brussels on Thursday 11 February. This date was confirmed by Herman Van Rompuy on his video blog (http: //vloghvr.consilium.europa.eu/) on Monday 4 January. “This is my first official working day. I'm preparing already the next European Council on 11...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Van Rompuy assumes permanent presidency of European Council and expresses some clear ideas about how this body should function as an EU institution
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Informal summit on economy on 11 February
(EU) EU/SPANISH PRESIDENCY: “Transition Presidency” begins - Zapatero, Van Rompuy and Barroso hold working meeting in Madrid
(EU) EP/RUSSIA:
(EU) EU/IRAN:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Rehn wants to prioritise growth and employment
(EU) EU/TAXATION/CUSTOMS: Algirdas Šemeta is ready to look into feasibility of internationally coordinated tax on financial transactions
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: 2010 European Year for Combating Poverty and Social Exclusion, to be launched in Madrid on 21 January, will have total budget of €17 million
(EU) EU/JHA: Spain plans to step up European counter-terrorism cooperation
(EU) EU/JHA: France hopes to take European PNR forward
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Opening-up of rail international passenger transport market to competition sparks little reaction
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT/SAFETY: EMSA, FRONTEX and CFCA undertake to cooperate on maritime surveillance
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Commission does not foresee any further risk to Russian oil to EU
(EU) EP/CLIMATE: Finalising climate negotiations and integrating climate change into every EU policy are Commissioner designate Hedegaard's priorities
(EU) EU/CONFERENCES: Workshops, colloquies, conferences and seminars on European integration this January
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 04/01/2010: