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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10160
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/citizens' initiative

Council obtains general approach for agreement with Parliament in first reading

Brussels, 15/06/2010 (Agence Europe) - The General Affairs Council, under the presidency of Miguel Ángel Moratinos on Monday 14 June in Luxembourg, managed to obtain a “general orientation” on the proposal for a regulation from the Commission on 31 March last for implementing the citizens' initiative -, one of the new additions included in the Lisbon Treaty. The EU27 objective is to reach an agreement with the European Parliament in the first reading. If this transpires, the necessary...

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