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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7690

3 April 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 27 / 43
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/business
ESBA wants next pluri-annual programme for business to be targeted at needs of SMEs

Brussels, 03/04/2000 (Agence Europe) - The European Small Business Alliance (ESBA) wants the next pluri-annual programme for entrepreneurs to be primarily focussed on the needs of SMEs and the need to encourage the spirit of entrepreneurship in Europe. The programme should place emphasis on measures that could simplify the environment of SMEs and the self-employed. ESBA places special emphasis on the need to promote access for these enterprises to new information technologies and adopt...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Some Commissioners choose to "speak the truth" to friendly countries (be they South American or Mediterranean) straying from the path of false promises - and good for them
(EU) ASTERISKS:
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) AFRICA/EU: Opening of Cairo Summit in search of "better understanding between two neighbour continents", according to Guterres
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT: Political groups welcome Court of Auditors' Report on their financial management
(EU) EP/SOCIALISTS: Guterres to address the Socialist Group in Lisbon
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: Meeting of Seixas da Costa group - Italian document in extension of qualified majority voting
(EU) EU/PORTUGAL: Alvaro de Vasconcelos describes, for "Notre Europe," Portugal's "European Way" during its second Presidency - In favour of a European Senate?
(EU) EU/CFSP/ESDP:
(EU) EP/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/SAVING TAX: United Kingdom gambles everything on information exchange and embarrasses States with banking secrecy
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Continued divergence between Fifteen over budget for "Media Plus" programme
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Agreement between Commission and financial institutions over payments to applicant countries
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: Mr. Fischler will outline his ideas on the new fisheries agreement
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Mr. Patten prepares or concretises agreements with Palestinian territories, Jordan, Israel, Syria and Lebanon
(EU) EP/SEX TOURISM: European Parliament called for more stringent measures to fight against sex tourism
(EU) EP/VOTES: ECB reserves, waste from ships, tropical forests, etc.
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: EP agriculture committee calls for maintaining quota system for bananas
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT:
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/WTO: European Commission pleased and relieved about WTO verdict against American 1916 anti-dumping law
(EU) EU/LESS DEVELOPED COUNTRIES: EIB approves subsidy of EUR 60 million for debt relief in African poor countries
(EU) EU/NICARAGUA: EIB and Nicaragua sign framework agreement
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Essential elements of new Fund programming period are in place and financing may begin in July, but some countries still lag behind
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: KBC may take sole control of KBC-Petercam
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises 3M (USA) to acquire Quante (Germany)
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/ENTERPRISE: UEAPME criticises draft 4th multiannual programme for enterprise being drawn up by Commission services and is willing to negotiate temporary work
(EU) EU/BUSINESS: ESBA wants next pluri-annual programme for business to be targeted at needs of SMEs
(EU) EU/TRADE UNIONS: World Trade Union Congress on Social Justice
(EU) EU/JOURNALISM: Emanuele Gazzo Prize goes to Hartmut Hausmann
(EU) EIB/ITALY:
(EU) EP/TOURISM:
(EU) EU/NEWs OF THE WEEK: From 26 March to 2 April 2000
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VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 03/04/2000: