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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10116
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/economy

Socialists, unions and anti-globalisation organisations push for “Robin Hood” tax

Brussels, 12/04/2010 (Agence Europe) - European Socialists, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and anti-globalisation organisations like Oxfam are keeping up the pressure on the European authorities to take their proposal on introducing a “Robin Hood” tax on financial transactions seriously. European finance ministers are meeting informally this week in Madrid where they will have a discussion on how to create innovative financial resources for paying part of the cost of the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Economic governance in Guy Verhofstadt's sights
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/POLAND: EU expresses condolences and sends support to Poland after tragic death of President Lech Kaczyñski
(EU) EU/HUNGARY:
(EU) EU/EPP/UNITED KINGDOM:
(EU) EU/EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Committee on budgets criticises budgetary structure proposed for European External Action Service
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Spain and two co-presidencies of Union for Mediterranean prepare "political initiative" to save June Barcelona "Summit"
(EU) EU/KENYA: EU calls on Kenya to cooperate with ICC
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission launches public debate on future of Common Agricultural Policy - Dacian Cioloº defends keeping instruments for crisis prevention
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: George Lyon calls for “coherent and credible” post-2013 common agricultural policy
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: agreement on finalising aid plan for Greece
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Socialists, unions and anti-globalisation organisations push for “Robin Hood” tax
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Decisions by future supervisory authorities must apply directly to financial entities, says Michel Barnier
(EU) EU/JHA: Washington to tax formalities for entering USA
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: To get out of crisis, education must be at heart of priorities, Spanish Presidency says ahead of informal meeting in Madrid
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Commission wants to put media spotlight on poverty in Europe
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Euro-Mediterranean audio-visual circles call for common TV channel
(EU) EU/UN CLIMATE: Bonn talks result in work programme
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Birdlife International condemns opening of new spring hunting season in Malta
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EP/INDUSTRY: Internal market committee calls for compulsory labelling for textiles
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Spanish Presidency wants to use science to tackle poverty
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Agenda for next TEC still to be decided
(EU) EU/EIB: Bank ready to back projects in Kazakhstan
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) World Trade:
(EU) Banks:
(EU) Disasters:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 866
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