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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10054

13 January 2010
Contents Publication in full By article 9 / 17
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/taxation/customs union/audit
Algirdas Šemeta says that tax revenue and budgetary expenditure are two sides of same coin

Brussels, 12/01/2010 (Agence Europe) - Three Parliamentary committees - economic and monetary affairs, budgetary control and internal market - grilled Commissioner-designate for Taxation, the Customs Union and Audit Algirdas Šemeta (see EUROPE 10048) for three hours on his programme. This “very wide” portfolio which the former Lithuanian finance minister has inherited is relatively homogeneous in that “tax revenues and budgetary expenditure are two sides of the same coin”. Among the...

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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:
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