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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7705

27 April 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 49 / 52
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) telecommunications

The American group QUALCOMM has invested $144 million for a 10% stake in NETZERO, company specialised in free Internet access.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Current IGC cannot answer fundamental questions raised by Jacques Delors, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and Helmut Schmidt, but Franco-German initiative under preparation could open new doors
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: "Common Statement" in view of meeting of NGOs on 27 April - NGO collectives in France and Italy
(EU) EU/AUSTRIA/IGC: Threat of a veto on the Treaty of Nice
(EU) EP/TIMOR: Concern about the situation of Muslims in Dili
(EU) EU/PES/ENLARGEMENT: Round table in Prague with leaders of Socialist parties from applicant countries
(EU) EU/ZIMBABWE: Robin Cook welcomes resumption of dialogue
(EU) BOSNIA:
(EU) EU/IGC:
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: EU observatories on human rights in the Occupied Territories and Israeli settlements note improvements, but also ongoing phenomena that are cause for concern
(EU) EP/DIPLOMACY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission decides the orientation of proposals it will submit in June for new regulatory framework to implement the Lisbon objectives
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: The European Commission recommends to Member States the total "unbundling" of access to local loops and is prepared to act under rules of competition
(EU) EU/SPORT: European Commissioner for Sports concerned at EU's loss of influence in World Anti-Doping Agency
(EU) EU/EMU/AUSTRIA: Updated stability programme presented by Vienna leads to very critical comments from Commission
(EU) EU/CHINA/WTO: Lamy to go to China in week of 15 May in the hope of concluding negotiations on Chinese accession to WTO - Contents of European demands
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: European Commission defines new guidelines for development cooperation policy - Priority given to eradicating poverty and refocusing activities
(EU) EP/SCHENGEN: Parliament not to take a stance on United Kingdom's participation in some of the provisions of the Schengen Agreement
(EU) EP/JUSTICE/HOME AFFAIRS: Parliamentary Committee on Freedoms calls for common asylum procedures to rest on only three instruments
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Reports on several subjects approved
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Community legislation voted by European Parliament on genetically modified organisms (GMO) divides political forces and pressure groups - Council to deliberate in June
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Busquin presents, on Thursday, new group of bio-science scientists
(EU) EU/ISRAEL:
(EU) EU/CULTURE: European Commission will award prize to first film at end of Producers Fortnight in Cannes, on 19 May
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE: ESC plenary session on Thursday in Brussels
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Mario Monti announces statement of grievances on merger of American giants MCI WorldCom/Sprint (telecommunications)
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Privatisations:
(EU) Vehicles:
(EU) Hotels:
(EU) Media:
(EU) Leasing:
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Aeronautics:
(EU) Paper:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Automobile:
(EU) Automobile:
(EU) Airlines:
(EU) Services:
(EU) Cement:
(EU) Cement:
(EU) Energy:
(EU) Publishing:
(EU) Media:
(EU) Media:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Telecommunications:
SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Document N° 2188-89: The European Parliament's position on EU institutional reform
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 26/04/2000: