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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10338

17 March 2011
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/nuclear

16/03/2011 (Agence Europe) - Günther Oettinger wants greater assurance about safety of Belene nuclear power station. On Tuesday 15 March, EU Energy Commissioner Guenther Oettinger told Bulgaria's energy minister Traicho Traikov to get greater assurances about the safety of the Belene nuclear power station that Bulgaria is planning to build as a replacement for the Kozloduy plant. Traikov said that the Belene reactors were sufficiently reliable, even in the event of an earthquake, but the...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Effective functioning of democracy with regard to European economic governance, the problem of Greece and other questions
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Van Rompuy under fire EP over Libya and Pact for Euro
(EU) EU/POLAND: Van Rompuy wants Poland to join “Pact for Euro”
(EU) EU/BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Police mission mandate soon to be revised
(EU) EP/POLITICAL PARTIES: Improving status and funding
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Navigating off-course and limited visibility for UFM
(EU) EU/SYRIA:
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/NUCLEAR: Energy Council to discuss Japanese catastrophe on 21 March
(EU) EU/NUCLEAR: EP concerned about safety after Japanese catastrophe
(EU) EU/NUCLEAR:
(EU) EU/NUCLEAR: Klaus and Türk against exploiting Japanese case
(EU) EU/NUCLEAR: Greens recommend getting out of atomic energy
(EU) EP/NUCLEAR: GUE/NGL wants debate, Mélenchon recommends shut-down
(EU) EP/NUCLEAR: Franco in favour of improved international safety standards
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Wind sector to cover 45% of renewables by 2030
(EU) EU/TRADE:
(EU) EU/CIVIL PROTECTION: EU responds to Japan's request for help
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY: Improving checks on imported meats
(EU) EU/GMO: First of series of debates to bring greater clarity
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Seven ministers call for 30% emissions reduction by 2020
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Hedegaard hails Chinese emphasis on green growth
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Infringement proceedings continued
(EU) EU/JHA: Property rights: Commission proposes greater legal clarity
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION: EU practices under scrutiny of Council of Europe
(EU) EU/JHA: Schengen, Luxembourg supports accession of Romania and Bulgaria
(EU) EU/JHA: New charge against migrant detention in Greece
(EU) EU/FRAUD: Cigarette smuggling network broken up
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission presents CCCTB
(EU) EU/TAXATION:
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Member states split over short-selling and CDS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Manchester deal confirmed
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Michel Barnier issues reminder about bank bonuses
(EU) EP/ECONOMY: Hearing of Peter Praet, candidate for board of ECB
(EU) EP/ECONOMY: Economic governance: Left/Right gulf back
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Further increase in eurozone inflation in February
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EP/WOMEN: Directive to tackle violence against women
(EU) EESC/BUDGET: Draft 2012 budget shows real-term reduction
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/DATA PROTECTION: Industry calls for flexible framework
(EU) EU/YOUTH: Respecting rights of young
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