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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/energy

Thirteen European industrial groups study Transgreen trans-Mediterranean grid project

Strasbourg, 06/07/2010 (Agence Europe) - Thirteen European industrial groups - French EDF, Alstom, Areva, Atos Origin and Nexans, Spanish Abengoa and Red Electrica, German Siemens and Italian Prysmian - signed, on Monday 5 July, in Paris, a memorandum of understanding aimed at the creation of the Transgreen consortium, responsible for studying the feasibility of the high voltage submarine grid project under the Mediterranean Sea, linking Africa to Europe to carry solar energy produced in the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: European governance: Guy Verhofstadt and Pervenche Berès have a few ideas
THE DAY IN POLITICS
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(EU) EU/FRANCE: François Fillon appeals for deepening of internal market within context of tax and social policy harmonisation
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(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: MEPs reject idea of funding transport with structural policy resources
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Blue Wing Airlines from Suriname is now on airline blacklist
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT:
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(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT: Informal EPSCO Council to prepare Belgian Presidency programme on employment, social affairs, equality and tackling poverty
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commision seeks public's views on review of environmental impact assessment directive
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission reckons on 15,600-tonne Biscay anchovy quota
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission increases fishing possibilities for sandeel in North Sea and Skagerrak
(EU) EU/BUSINESS: Internationally active SMEs yield better results
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Thirteen European industrial groups study Transgreen trans-Mediterranean grid project
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Commission wants to invest €10 million in energy efficiency focused private equity fund in China
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Effective UK action on reducing deficit by 2014-15
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Excessive deficit procedure opened against Bulgaria
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Monsanto cannot prohibit the marketing in the EU of soy meal containing DNA sequence patented by it
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court upholds ban on Ryanair's acquisition of Aer Lingus
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Joint Planeta-Bertelsmann control of Círculo
(EU) EU/NATURALISATION: EU member states granted citizenship to 696,000 persons in 2008
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