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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10156

10 June 2010
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/financial services
France and Germany want EU to make faster progress on short-selling and speculation on sovereign debt

Brussels, 09/06/2010 (Agence Europe) -Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel, and President of France Nicolas Sarkozy are urging the European Commission to speed up its work on new EU rules on short-selling and naked credit default swaps (CDS) to hedge against the risk of a country defaulting on its sovereign debt. In a joint letter to the Commission published on Tuesday 8 June, they write: “Considering recent market developments, we believe there is an urgent need for the Commission to speed...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Euro-Mediterranean cooperation both necessary and possible but should be relaunched on efficient basis
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/POLAND: Commission and Warsaw agree on priorities of Polish EU Presidency (second half of 2011)
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Prospect of opening 13th chapter in membership talks by end of month
(EU) EU/TURKEY/ISRAEL: Egemen Bagis floats idea of NATO or EU intervention to carry humanitarian aid to Gaza
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/BIOFUEL: Towards new rules to ensure sustainability
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN ENERGY COMMUNITY: European Parliament and national parliaments want faster application of common rules
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Commission advances options for modernising education and vocational training
(EU) EU/DIGITAL: European Commission welcomes launch of supercomputing infrastructure for European researchers
(EU) EU/DIGITAL: Report highlights progress on child safety made by mobile industry
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Commission has doubts over Bulgarian statistics for 2009
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: France and Germany want EU to make faster progress on short-selling and speculation on sovereign debt
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: SEPA bank transfers to be compulsory by 2012
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Local and regional authorities will shoulder their responsibilities for European integration - Backing for report by Felipe González Reflection Group
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Mercedes Bresso re-elected President
(EU) EP/REGIONAL DEVELOPMENT: Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou reports calls for more flexibility in granting funding to disadvantaged regions
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Blue fin tuna fishing closed early
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Next week EP will urge greater aquaculture competitiveness
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/JHA: EU puts robust counter-drug policy in place
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission orders recovery of €112 million from MOL in Hungary
(EU) EU/STATE AID/ITALY: Fiat Powertrain investment project gets go-ahead
(EU) EP/TRADE: European Parliament consults industry on future regulation on marks of origin for products imported into EU
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: Council agrees on minimum size for food labels- EP vote on 15 June
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Details of Council compromise on patient rights to payment of healthcare in other EU countries
(EU) EU/HEALTHCARE: Council recommends that people eat less salt
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: General Court overturns Commission decision refusing to send institution documents relating to procedure on company merger
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Advocate General's opinion on “imperative grounds of public security” in case of deportation of EU citizen from Germany
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Meeting of Mediterranean organic farming experts in preparation for new Community rules
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan for modernisation of schools in Serbia
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