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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/japan

Condolence and solidarity after the Japanese earthquake

Brussels, 11/03/2011 (Agence Europe) - As soon as news emerged about the earthquake in North-East Japan on Friday, messages of solidarity and condolence flooded in from the European Union along with offers of aid.

Speaking from the special European summit in Brussels on Friday, the president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, and the president of the European Council, Herman Van Rompuy, issued a joint statement: “We are deeply concerned at the news of the devastating...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: A few comments on the fringes of the European Council debates
EUROZONE SUMMIT
(EU) ECONOMY: Eurozone to close ranks
EXTRAORDINARY
EUROPEAN COUNCIL
(EU) LIBYA: Member states call for Gaddafi to go and examine “all options” for protection of people - NTC is “political interlocutor”
(EU) LIBYA: European Council prepared to boost emergency humanitarian aid
(EU) IMMIGRATION: Member states convene extraordinary JHA Council
(EU) MOROCCO: EU welcomes Morocco's “exemplary” reformist approach
(EU) JAPAN/PACIFIC: All necessary assistance will be provided
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/JAPAN: Condolence and solidarity after the Japanese earthquake
(EU) EU/CÔTE D'IVOIRE: Gbagbo's threatened cocoa trade moves are illegal
(EU) EU/AZERBAIJAN: Concern about arrests ahead of a demonstration
(EU) EP/BELARUS: European Parliament slams “climate of fear”
(EU) EP/PAKISTAN: EP condemns brutal murder of Shahbaz Bhatti
(EU) EP/CHINA:
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Quartet disagrees about resuming talks
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: Ashton welcomes changes announced by King of Morocco
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: €55 million to expand road network to isolated areas
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Economic governance, agreement expected
(EU) EU/NVIRONMENT: GMO, e-waste, climate and mercury at Monday's European Council
(EU) EP/JHA: Hungarian media law, Commission work must continue
(EU) EU/JHA: Media law, Budapest attacks “witch hunt”
(EU) EU/ANTI-TRUST:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Further breakdown in mackerel negotiations
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Reviewing lorry safety standards
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/EIB:
CALENDAR OF EVENTS
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SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/DOCUMENTS No 2548: Declaration adopted by the extraordinary European Council of 11 March 2011
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 11/03/2011: