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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7691

5 April 2000
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/institutional reform
Mr. Brok and Mr. Tsatsos have discussed with Seixas da Costa group European Parliament draft resolution and informed Parliamentarians of development of discussions between member States

Brussels, 04/04/2000 (Agence Europe) - Elmar Brok (Christian Democrat, Germany) and Dimitri Tsatsos (Socialist, Greece), the two European Parliament representatives to the IGC (Intergovernmental conference on institutional reform), on Monday afternoon, informed their colleagues of the EP's Constitutional Affairs Committee of the work by the preparatory group for the Intergovernmental conference headed by Francisco Seixas da Costa. Mr. Tsatsos anticipated that - the group would gather again...

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) AFRICA/EU: Debates between Heads of State and Government focus on debt. - Africa hopes for more active European assistance in support of its development effort
(EU) EU/LIBYA: Ghadafi's "double language" (encouraging in bilateral contacts, discouraging in public speech) disappoints European officials and distances prospects of normalisation
(EU) CORRECTION:
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: Mr. Brok and Mr. Tsatsos have discussed with Seixas da Costa group European Parliament draft resolution and informed Parliamentarians of development of discussions between member States
(EU) EU/BOSNIA: Patten welcomes arrest of Momcilo Krajisnik
(EU) EP/SEAT:
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM:
(EU) EU/AUSTRIA:
(EU) EP/ZIMBABWE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/MERCOSUR/CHILE: Trade negotiations begin on Thursday and Friday 6 and 7 April with Mercosur and 10 and 11 April with Chile - Goal to reach agreement by 2005 confirmed
(EU) EU/BUDGETS: Difficult start for 200 budgetary procedure especially over way to finance aid promised to Balkans and Kosovo in particular
(EU) EU/ECONOMIC AND MONETARY: Franco Modigliani Nobel Prizewinner accuses ECB of "programming" 10% unemployment and encourages Europe not to give up until unemployment has been brought down to 3%
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Fischler would like a rapid opening of genuine negotiations on the new partnership with Morocco in the fisheries sector - Future of the common policy
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Nuts may benefit from rural development programme, confirms Mr. Fischler
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Parliament/Council agreement on working hours of trainee doctors and seafarers
(EU) CORRECTION:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: European Commission opens final phase on consultation before adopting rules relating to exemptions in favour of aid to SMEs, training and "de minimis"
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission pursues infringement procedures against several Member States not complying with legislation on water pollution by farm nitrates
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission initiates infringement proceedings against Portugal to push it to rapidly submit complete list of sites for protection under the Habitats Directive
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Finland to be taken before the Court of Justice as its hunting legislation does not comply with the "Wild Birds" Directive
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Go-ahead for joint venture Voith/Siemens
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light for joint venture NEC/Mitsubishi
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Commission denies with "indignation" information published in Germany on so-called internal plot to remove Prodi
(EU) EU/MEDIA: Economic ad Social Committee proposes that code of good conduct and self-regulation guaranteeing pluralism and quality of information, including on the Internet
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Document N° 2183: Legislative Programme of Prodi Commission - Priorities of European Parliament
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 04/04/2000: