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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10276
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/patents

Verhofstadt's firm backing for 'strengthened cooperation'

Brussels, 13/12/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday, the European Commission is due to unveil a proposal for “enhanced cooperation” to create an EU Patent. On Monday, the leader of the ALDE group, Guy Verhofstadt (former prime minister of Belgium) urged the Council to end the EU patent stalemate and reach an agreement rapidly (see EUROPE 10275): “The world will not stand still whilst member states delay a key element for enhanced competitiveness over a linguistic dispute. Europe's...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: “Eurobonds” project needs to mature but is not completely dead and buried
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Palestinian state will be recognised “when appropriate”
(EU) EU/KOSOVO: EU wants government in place quickly after elections
(EU) EU/TAJIKISTAN: First meeting of Cooperation Council
(EU) EU/SOMALIA: Operation Atalanta makes good progress
(EU) EU/ESDP: Weimar Group calls for new dynamism
(EU) EU/CÔTE D'IVOIRE: EU decides on sanctions against Gbagbo camp
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: 9th session of Association Council
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: 27 welcome proposals on milk
(EU) EU/HAITI: Another 10 million coming soon to fight cholera epidemic
(EU) EU/UN/CLIMATE: Limited agreement at Cancun, yet hope for improvement
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: UITP wants public transport included in low carbon policy
(EU) EU/PATENTS: Verhofstadt's firm backing for 'strengthened cooperation'
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: Progress on consumer rights
(EU) EU/OECD: Eurozone stable but reform agenda required
(EU) EU/CUSTOMS: Increased security from 1 January 2011
(EU) EU/ADMINISTRATION: Better protecting data in institutions
(EU) EU/JHA: UNHCR concerned by infringements of EU asylum policy
(EU) EU/JHA: Stockholm attack worries EU
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EUI) EP/JHA:
(EU) EP/JHA:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: transfers of funds by migrants down in 2009
(EU) EU/POVERTY: 116 million people faced with poverty in 2008
(EU) EU/UNITED NATIONS/ASEM: Conference on full employment and decent work
(EU) EP/ACCOMMODATION: ERDF support required for sustainable development
(EU) EP/ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS: Nine member states criticised for failing to guarantee health care
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: “Civil servant”/“person to be treated as such” - meaning is determined only by law of employing state
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Go-ahead given to ALSO-Actebis merger
(EU) EU/EIB/ITALY: €600 million loan to Enel Green Power
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan to Danisco to finance RDI
(EU) EU/EIB/TUNISIA: Loans for “green growth”
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Oil:
(EU) Graduate employees:
(EU) Business schools:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 895
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