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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7643

28 January 2000
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/middle east
Arafat to receive EP delegation

Brussels, 27/01/2000 (Agence Europe) - EP President Nicole Fontaine had talks in Brussels on 24 January with Yasser Arafat, President of the Palestinian Authority, and on that occasion recalled that the EU's political role in the Middle East was "far from being up to what it could in fact be playing". As for Mr. Arafat, (see yesterday's EUROPE, p.5), he reaffirmed that the EU had to participate "fully" in the Peace Process, and, welcomed the prospect of receiving Mrs. Fontaine in the...

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TEXTS OF THE WEEK
: The Lamy Plan for relaunching a new round of international trade negotiations, restoring the confidence of the developing countries and improving operation of the WTO
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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/IGC: EP will submit proposals on its own composition
(EU) EP/COMMISSION/IGC: Details on enhanced cooperation
(EU) EU/AUSTRIA: Fontaine worried about a government with Haider
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM/EP: Prodi and Barnier answer MEPs' questions mainly on number of Commissioners and qualified majority
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM/ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE:
(EU) EU/FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Meeting of body chaired by Mr. Herzog - Gathering of civil society in Nice - ATD Fourth World demands
(EU) EP/IGC/CONSTITUTION:
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST: Arafat to receive EP delegation
(EU) EU/CONGO: EU welcomes Pointe Noire and Brazzaville agreements
(EU) EU/TURKMENISTAN: EU welcomes abolition of death penalty
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Commission proposes steel import trade restrictions against Moscow
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: First informal Council under Portuguese Presidency to launch debate on a new partnership between the European Union and Africa (Lisbon, 28-29 January)
(EU) EU/AFRICA: Thursday evening, arrangements for summit envisaged still being discussed by representatives of two parties
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: For first time, civilian and military discuss, in "open skies working group", solutions for European air space congestion
(EU) EU/TRANSPARENCY: Contents and goals of Commission's proposal on access to documents - A more liberal regime that nevertheless raises some criticisms
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: General Affairs Council takes note of initiatives envisaged by Commission for increased shipping safety
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: The setting of alcohol limits at the wheel is the responsibility Member States, declares Commissioner de Palacio
(EU) EU/YOUTH: Deadlock in first Parliament/Council conciliation meeting on "Youth" Programme
(EU) COURT OF JUSTICE: For Advocate General Leger, the presence of traces of heavy metal residue and pesticides in so-called "natural" products is to be regretted but unavoidable
(EU) COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: The European Parliament intends pleading the inadmissibility of the case of certain MEPs in the affair of OLAF enquiries
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
(EU) EP/PROTECTION OF DATA: EP Committee on Citizens' Freedoms and Rights organises a hearing on sensitive issues related to protection of data - Debate on Echelon is relaunched
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission approves acquisition by BellSouth of Vodafone Airtouch's stake in E-Plus
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises Freudenberg and Phoenix to create joint undertaking in the sector of anti-vibrating devices for vehicles
(EU) EU/AUTOMOBILES: Consumer organisations call on European Competition Commissioner to end block exemption
(EU) EU/AUDIOVISUAL: Call for more cooperation between Europe and Latin America in audiovisual and cinema matters
(EU) EP/EUROPOL: Visit to The Hague by delegation of EPP Group headed by Pirker
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission holds public hearings on reform of telecommunications legislation
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SUPPLEMENT
"EUROPE"/Document No 2173/2174: Basic Document for Lisbon Summit of 23/24 March ( II )
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 27/01/2000: