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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10127
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/climate

Connie Hedegaard calls for pragmatism and political will to ensure success in Cancun

Brussels, 27/04/2010 (Agence Europe) - Commonsense, ambition and political will. That is what is recommended by Connie Hedegaard, European Commissioner for Climate Action, for the EU's policy on climate and for its strategy in the international talks so that Cancun (COP 16, Mexico, in December) will prove a success, leading to the conclusion of an ambitious and binding global climate agreement for the post-2012 period. The commissioner repeated this on Monday 26 April when addressing the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Bankers' reluctance should not impede or weaken definition of new financial rules
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Political agreement between 27 member states on EEAS sets true negotiation with European Parliament in motion
(EU) EU/BURMA: Commission suggests fine-tuning restrictive measures to reduce their impact on population and environment
(EU) EU/TURKEY/ARMENIA:
(EU) EP/IRAQ:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/2011 BUDGET: Commission presents draft budget for post-crisis economic relaunch
(EU) EU/ECONOMY/GREECE: Agreement at start of May, Rehn states
(EU) EU/ECB: Papademos believes Greek aid plan will be in place by early May
(EU) EU/2020 STRATEGY: New stage in implementation of Europe 2020 strategy
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: discussions on financial supervision package focussed on monitoring of entities which are systemic in nature
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Commission hopes to unlock full potential of cultural and creative industries, hitherto untapped
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Kallas proposes measures for air sector to return to normal
(EU) EP/CLIMATE: Connie Hedegaard calls for pragmatism and political will to ensure success in Cancun
(EU) EU/TRADE: Bilateral relations at heart of Barroso's visit to China
(EU) EU/TRADE: In Beijing De Gucht argues for increase in yuan
(EU) EU/ANTI-DUMPING:
(EU) EU/JHA: “Swift” Negotiating brief satisfactory
(EU) EU/JHA: Madrid seeking to boost cooperation between EU, Latin America and West Africa in combating cocaine trade
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: Council extends ERDF housing support for Roma and other marginalised communities
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Compensation for electricity producers for stranded costs incurred after liberalisation of Hungarian market approved
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: State Street Corp. acquisition of two Intesa Sanpaolo subsidiaries approved
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
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