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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10219
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/foreign affairs

MEPS want hearings for five new eu ambassadors designated by Ashton and EUSR in Sudan

Brussels, 21/09/2010 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament foreign affairs committee decided on Monday evening (20 September) to organise hearings for five of the 27 new heads of EU delegations, designated last week by High Representative for Foreign Affairs Catherine Ashton (EUROPE 10215, last Wednesday) in an effort to ensure that they possess the right knowledge and experience to take up these very important and key strategic posts for the EU. This will involve hearings for Markus...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: European Council itself will define orientations and contents of Union foreign policy - Clarification from Herman Van Rompuy
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/UN/DEVELOPMENT: Barroso urges shared responsibility for attaining MDGs in 2015 and announces €1 billion to encourage ACP countries
(EU) EP/CHINA: EU to tackle human rights at next summit
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Herman Van Rompuy denounces “false debate” on decline of community method and defends role of member states
(EU) EU/FOREIGN AFFAIRS: MEPS want hearings for five new eu ambassadors designated by Ashton and EUSR in Sudan
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: A confused return to work on how to bring Union for Mediterranean out of quagmire
(EU) EU/LIBYA: Talks resume in hopeful atmosphere but Libya refuses to enter EuroMed process
(EU) EP/MINORITIES: Several political groups support European Commission's approach to ensure law applying to Roma is respected
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Hammarberg calls for improvements in Paris to respect migrants' rights
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: Agreement on retention of common agricultural policy twin pillars after 2013 - Differences over future allocation of direct aid
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission produces new proposals on passenger name record exchanges
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: New EU financial supervisory structure to be set up on 1 January 2011
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Commission concludes Lithuania and Romania have done what was necessary to correct excessive deficit
(EU) EU/TRADE: Next Transatlantic Economic Council is postponed
(EU) EU/JAPAN:
(EU) EU/DIGITAL: Commission strategy relating to new generation networks gives rise to comment
(EU) EU/GENDER EQUALITY: Commission adopts 2010-2015 strategy
(EU) EU/EIB: €550 million in loans to UniCredit for SMEs and environmental projects in Italy
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
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