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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/brazil

President Lula wants to conclude EU-Mercosur free trade agreement before leaving office in December

Brussels, 16/07/2010 (Agence Europe) - The resumption of negotiations on a free trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, with Venezuela in the process of joining the bloc), which had been suspended since 2004, was at the heart of discussions at the 4th bilateral EU-Brazil Summit in Brasilia on 14 July. Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and his guests, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy and European Commission President José...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Enhanced cooperation, pragmatism and twenty-five years of Schengen Agreement
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/UNITED NATIONS: EU calls for additional rights to ensure “effective participation” by its representatives in General Assembly work
(EU) EU/SUDAN: Kristalina Georgieva urges Khartoum to comply with humanitarian law
(EU) EU/SERBIA: Belgian Presidency hopes to make further strides
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Still no European public prosecutor office in sight
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Prospect of European security plan in place by 2014
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: EU sets up e-justice internet portal
(EU) EU/RESEARCH COUNCIL: EU wants to strengthen competitiveness through research and innovation
(EU) EU/BRAZIL: President Lula wants to conclude EU-Mercosur free trade agreement before leaving office in December
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY: EFSA reports fewer pesticide residues are now found in food in the EU
(EU) EP/BIODIVERSITY: Following failure to meet 2010 Objective, MEPs call for halting of loss of biodiversity by 2020 as bare minimum
(EU) EU/ANIMAL DISEASES: Commission looking at lifting the ban on feeding bone meal to non-ruminants
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Increase in land area under organic agriculture
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: New rules on aid to fruit and vegetable producer organisations are step in wrong direction
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Major conference on agriculture policy post-2013
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: UK will have to repay €223 million
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Problem of legal basis for recovery plans
(EU) EP/EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES: What is the future of gender equality in the EU? Debate with Viviane Reding
(EU) EP/EMPLOYMENT: Towards a “green job” creation strategy
(EU) EU/CELEBRATION:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: European Commission prepares ambitious action plan to strengthen road safety
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Oettinger recommends guaranteed prices for renewables
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission makes €15 million available for emergency aid to combat malnutrition and curb epidemics in Ethiopia
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Advocate general says Maastricht can legally prohibit admission to “coffee shops” on people not resident in Netherlands
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Advocate general says risk of undermining social security system may justify restrictions on principle of free provision of services
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: United Kingdom may refuse to repay VAT to taxable persons not established in EU on goods and services used for insurance and financial operations
(EU) EU/EURO: Commission unveils draft regulation to facilitate professional cross-border transport of euro cash by road
(EU) EP/REGIONS: Bulgarian contribution to Danube Strategy
(EU) EU/TECHNOLOGY: ICT research to help rail industry
(EU) EU/EIB: €200 million to PSA Peugeot Citroën for development of plug-in hybrid vehicle
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/CORRIGENDUM:
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