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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10054

13 January 2010
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 17
GENERAL NEWS / € value in different currencies on 12/01/2010

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Growing awareness about essential role of agriculture and cohesion policy for EU
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT: Stefan Füle calls for enlargement to continue in strict compliance with Copenhagen criteria, and promises close cooperation with Catherine Ashton on neighbourhood policy
(EU) EU/FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Charter of Fundamental Rights, “witness to our diversity, 3rd generation economic and social rights”, says Viviane Reding who believes “Lisbon Treaty is real revolution for justice”
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: Highly motivated to eradicate poverty, Andris Piebalgs gives assurance development policy will not be used as foreign policy instrument
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN AFFAIRS: Informal meeting of EU27 to discuss implementation of Lisbon treaty, “2020” strategy and citizenship
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EP/ECONOMY: Olli Rehn believes consolidating public finance and investment in sectors “of the future” go together
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Further increase in seizures of counterfeit euro banknotes - 12% drop for coins
(EU) EP/COMMISSION: De Gucht promises to work closely with Parliament on EU trade policy
(EU) EP/TAXATION/CUSTOMS UNION/AUDIT: Algirdas Šemeta says that tax revenue and budgetary expenditure are two sides of same coin
(EU) EP/COMMISSION: Rumiana Jeleva is called upon to shed light on her financial interests and role in Global Consult
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission launches monitoring of patent settlements concluded between pharmaceutical companies as part of antitrust drive
(EU) EU/JHA: Amnesty International calls on EU to do more for human rights
(EU) EU/JHA: EU timorous in taking in Guantanamo detainees
(EU) EU/JHA: France condemns violence against immigrants in Italy
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/OMBUDSMAN:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 12/01/2010:
 USD  1.4481  HUF  268.18  NOK  8.1825  CNY  9.8863  NZD  1.9573 
 JPY  132.41  LTL  3.4528  HRK  7.2753  HKD  11.2301  PHP  66.106 
 BGN  1.9558  LVL  0.7093  RUB  42.6974  IDR  13281.14  SGD  2.0133 
 CZK  26.258  PLN  4.0838  TRY  2.1084  INR  66.2100  THB  48.839 
 DKK  7.4405  RON  4.1405  AUD  1.5668  KRW  1627.40  ZAR  10.8264 
 EEK  15.6466  SEK  10.2215  BRL  2.5309  MXN  18.4995  GBP  0.89720 
 CHF  1.4743  CAD  1.4959  MYR