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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10139
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ecofin council

Items on Council agenda include framework for alternative investment funds and coordination of eurozone economic policies

Brussels, 12/05/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 18 May, European finance ministers are to meet to discuss the possibilities of enhancing economic policy coordination in the European Union and especially in the eurozone, hardly 10 days after having adopted an unprecedented plan aimed at safeguarding financial stability (EUROPE 10137). They will seek to confirm the existence of qualified majority on the proposal for a directive on the management of alternative investment funds.

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: European somersault over euro is not isolated measure
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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA: Summit will place on record Euro-Latin American Foundation and infrastructure funding facility
(EU) EU/NEIGHBOURHOOD: Commission gives positive assessment of 5 years of ENP
(EU) EU/SOUTH AFRICA: New stage in constructive political dialogue to face global challenges together
(EU) EU/UNITED KINGDOM:
(EU) EU/ALBANIA: EU indicates that domestic political crisis could become serious obstacle to European integration
(EU) EU/TUNISIA: Process for granting “advanced status” launched
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Commission wants more unified economic policy
(EU) EU/EMU: Estonia invited to join euro on 1 January 2011
(EU) EU/EMU: New excessive deficit proceedings
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Items on Council agenda include framework for alternative investment funds and coordination of eurozone economic policies
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: European agri-food model, role of women and Mercosur on agenda for Monday's meeting
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Seven countries say resumption of Mercosur trade relations is “highly negative signal” for European agriculture
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: MEPs want to stem fall in agricultural productivity
(EU) EP/DEVELOPMENT: European Parliament wants to join up EU policies
(EU) EP/YOUTH: Charlemagne Prize goes to Germany this year
(EU) EU/CULTURE:
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Geoghegan-Quinn outlines new European research and innovation strategy
(EU) EP/JHA:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/CONFERENCE:
(EU) CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission approves tax exemptions for Finnish Real Estate Investment Trusts
(EU) EU/STATE AID: In-depth inquiry into capital injections for state-owned company, Elan Skupina, in Slovenia
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Final clearance for Swedish restructuring aid to Carnegie Investment Bank
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Airlines critical of current model for opening and closing European airspace
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Hedegaard calls business heads to round table meeting on moving to low-carbon economy
(EU) EP/PLENARY: Economic governance tops the agenda
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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