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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10507
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INSTITUTIONAL / (ae) treaty

MEP Andrew Duff presents agenda for Convention

Brussels, 01/12/2011 (Agence Europe) - Taking the view that the Franco-German pairing and the Polish and Danish Presidencies of the Council of Ministers of the EU are reacting with “confusion” and a certain amount of “panic” to the nature and scope of changes needed to be made to the European Treaty, the MEP Andrew Duff (ALDE, United Kingdom) presented the press on Thursday 1 December with an agenda for a Convention for which he is calling, which he would like to see from March to...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Has a two-speed Europe become unavoidable?
SOVEREIGN DEBT CRISIS
(AE) EU/EURO: France and Spain roll over their debt
(AE) POLAND: Donald Tusk wants speedy change to Lisbon Treaty
(AE) BANKING: Commission extends crisis rules for banks
ECONOMY-FINANCE
(AE) ECONOMY: First Council debate about tighter budget discipline
(AE) AUDIT: Commission scales back its plans
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
(AE) ECB: Draghi wants a budget deal before anything else
(AE) BUDGET: Agreement on cash for ITER
(AE) BUDGET: EP approves crisis budget for 2012
(AE) DEVELOPMENT: Parliament endorses changes to Financing Instrument
(AE) CROATIA: European Parliament approves Croatia's accession to EU
(AE) COHESION: EP approval for 95% co-funding rate
(AE) JHA: Kaliningrad - Parliament validates Commission project
SECTORAL POLICY
(AE) TRANSPORT: Commission makes ground attack in aviation sector
(AE) JHA: Businesses pledge to step up protection for young people on Net
(AE) JHA: Corruption is making crisis worse, says Transparency International
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Wine - a 13th country against end of planting rights
(AE) AGRICULTURE: €30 million for promotion in third countries
(AE) ENERGY: Buzek, “responding to challenges through new technologies”
(AE) REGIONS: Greens at EP concerned about extremely remote regions
(AE) COHESION: Local development will be central to negotiations
SOCIAL
(AE) SOCIAL: No compromise on EGF extension
(AE) SOCIAL: Agreement on social security for self-employed cross-border workers
(AE) SOCIAL: Council appeals for radical reforms in employment field
(AE) IRAN: EU issues stronger sanctions
(AE) SYRIA: Council of Ministers tightens sanctions against Bashar al-Assad
(AE) IRAQ: EU wants “suitable and satisfactory” outcome for Camp Ashraf
(AE) CÔTE D'IVOIRE: Ashton welcomes transfer of Laurent Gbagbo to The Hague
(AE) ALBANIA: Catherine Ashton welcomes inaugural meeting of parliamentary committee on electoral reform
(AE) EU/LEBANON: Ashton welcomes Lebanon's contribution to special tribunal
(AE) TIBET: Tibetan Prime Minister calls on EU to support Tibet
(AE) SYRIA: Damascus suspends involvement in UfM
EXTERNAL RELATIONS
(AE) RUSSIA: Energy, possible South Stream exemptions
(AE) TURKEY: Stefan Füle pleased with Turkey's plans to strengthen freedom of expression
(AE) KOSOVO: Stefan Füle encourages Pristina in its dialogue with Serbia
(AE) TRADE: EU/Russia - an end to old dispute relating to Siberian overflight
(AE) EASTERN PARTNERSHIP: More financial means for civil society
(AE) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Promoting local democracy in Euro-Mediterranean area
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) TREATY: MEP Andrew Duff presents agenda for Convention
(AE) OMBUDSMAN: Commission's “restrictive” language policy under fire