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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10100

18 March 2010
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 28
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/acp
Joint council Friday in Brussels to try and conclude negotiations for Cotonou agreement review

Brussels, 17/03/2010 (Agence Europe) - The 78 ACP countries (Africa/Caribbean/Pacific) and the 27 EU member states linked by the Cotonou agreement will meet on Friday 19 March in Brussels for an ACP/EU Council to examine the second five yearly review of this agreement concluded in 2000 for a 20 year period (EUROPE 10064). During this session, co-chaired by Soraya Rodriguez, the Spanish secretary of state for international cooperation, and Magloire Ngambia, the Gabonese Minister for the...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: The text on the new Euro-US partnership raises a number of key questions for the European Union
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/GEORGIA: Herman Van Rompuy and Nika Gilauri call for negotiations to open soon on association/free trade agreement
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: King of Jordan meets Catherine Ashton and calls on international community to provide response to Jewish settlements in East Jerusalem
(EU) EU/IRAN:
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Commission adopts negotiation directives for ECHR accession
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: New Swift negotiating mandate
(EU) EU/ENHANCED COOPERATION: First initiative on divorce
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Commission assesses stability or convergence programmes of 14 countries - Risks for budgetary cleansing exist
(EU) EU/ECONOMY/CLIMATE: Deadlock at working group on burden sharing for EU's contribution to funding poor countries' climate change adjustments
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Mario Draghi says Governments must not shy away from too-big-to-fails, says
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Call for transatlantic cooperation on derivatives rules
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL:
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY:
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: EU convergence process on innovation could be reversed under impact of crisis
(EU) EU/CHINA: EU ambassador takes firmer line against Chinese protectionism - Barroso and De Gucht expected in Beijing on 29 April
(EU) EU/TRADE: Commission adopts support measures worth euro 190 million for ACP banana exporting countries
(EU) EU/ACP: Joint council Friday in Brussels to try and conclude negotiations for Cotonou agreement review
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission ends EDF investigation
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: Member states highlight positive benefits of environmental policies to green growth recommended in EU2020 strategy
(EU) EU/BIODIVERSITY: Potoènik sounds alarm on dragonflies, beetles and butterflies
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Sacrificing European fishing on the altar of free trade is unimaginable, says Alain Cadec
(EU) EP/COURT OF AUDITORS: Budgetary control committee approves members
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Judgments delivered in 2009 among highest ever
(EU) EP/WOMEN'S RIGHTS: Implications of maternity and paternity leave: Parliamentary committee calls for impact assessment
(EU) EU/COPYRIGHT: European Broadcasting Union wants European copyright laws updated and makes proposals
(EU) EU/EIB: Loans for extension of motorways and SMEs in Poland
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
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