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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10113
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/lisbon treaty

Yes to treaty review for increasing number of MEPs from 736-754 but without convention

Brussels, 07/04/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 7 April, the European Parliament's constitutional affairs committee decided not to organise a Convention before the treaty revision needed for taking in a further 18 MEPs. By adopting (as expected: EUROPE 10087) the two draft reports by Íñigo Méndez de Vigo (EPP, Spain), MEPs are supporting amendment of Protocol No. 36 (transitional measures on the composition of the EP) through an intergovernmental conference (IGC) but without a prior...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Euro is indispensable, no serious alternative exists
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: MEPs reiterate expectations for economic governance and 2020 strategy objectives
(EU) EP/LISBON TREATY: Yes to treaty review for increasing number of MEPs from 736-754 but without convention
(EU) EP/ACP: Joint Parliamentary Assembly urges EU to increase financial aid to EU and ACP banana-growers to ward off Latin American competition
(EU) EU/MADAGASCAR: April Foreign Affairs Council to examine political situation in Madagascar
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EP/JHA: Parliament wants more guarantees on future Swift negotiations
(EU) EU/MINORITIES: Commission calls for structural funds to be used for social and economic integration of Roma
(EU) EU/MINORITIES: Conclusions from second European Roma summit to be sent to June EPSCO Council in Luxembourg - towards improvement in living conditions for 10 million Roma
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: New US attack against draft hedge fund directive
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Two VAT exceptions
(EU) EU/GAMBLING: Online gambling industry disappointed at details of opening up French market
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: 4th quarter GDP unchanged in euro area and up 0.1% in EU27
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Industrial producer prices up by 0.1%
(EU) EU/ECONOMY/GREECE:
(EU) EU/ANTI-DUMPING: ECIPE think tank says reform of EU trade defence mechanisms will take time
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Energy Commissioner Gunther Oettinger visits Russia for first time
(EU) EP/HEALTH: Perello Rodriguez and Mikolasik reports back organ donation and European transplant cooperation
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Conference on Mediterranean broadcasting and pooling resources to cope with pace of technological change
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Paving the way for solar energy in the Mediterranean
(EU) EU/REGIONS:
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/EIB/ANGOLA:
SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Documents No. 2532: The social and economic integration of the Roma
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