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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7795

9 September 2000
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) charter of fundamental rights
Adopting of draft Charter could be delayed

Brussels, 08/09/2000 (Agence Europe) - The Convention that is preparing the draft EU Charter of fundamental rights must meet, Monday and Tuesday in Brussels, to adopt a final draft. Monday afternoon and Tuesday morning, the three components of the Convention (EP, National parliaments and government representatives) must separately meet to take a stance on the draft, before the plenary session of Tuesday morning. However the consensus risks being very hard to reach; the draft made public at...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: Preparatory group on 11 September
(EU) EU/AUSTRIA: In the report handed to President Chirac, the three Wise Men say that keeping up bilateral sanctions would be counter-productive
(EU) EU/GREECE/FRY:
(EU) CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Adopting of draft Charter could be delayed
(EU) EP/TIMOR:
(EU) EP/AFGHANISTAN:
(EU) EP/FIJI: EP insists on democratic progress by end-November and considers that a high-level international mediator may have to be appointed
(EU) EP/TURKEY/KURDS: Parliament condemns Turkish bombing of Kurdish villages in Northern Iraq in August
(EU) EP/BURMA: Commission and High CFSP Representative hope to meet Aung San Suu Kyi, says EP
(EU) EP/BURUNDI: EP supports resumption of EU structural aid under certain conditions
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Saturday and Sunday, after exchange of views on Eurogroup, the euro's fall and the oil crisis, EU15 discuss practical and institutional issues and meet "civil society"
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Mr Cem rejects all links between "accession partnership" and Cyprus problem and criticises latest European Parliament stances
(EU) EU/CHINA: Making an initial assessment of the partnership with China, European Commission suggests broadening dialogue to drug trafficking, organised crime, money laundering and illegal immigration
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Americans seem to hesitate before introducing "carrousel" sanctions in banana and hormones affairs - Chirac and Blair make a move
(EU) EP/VOTES: EP approved "water" Directive in third reading
(EU) EP/BUDGET: Parliamentary Budgets Committee frees credits for European Commission delegations in third countries
(EU) EP/TRANSPARENCY: Conference of EP Presidents gives priority to search for compromise with Council in case of "top secret" documents
(EU) EP/CLONING: Parliament remains divided over case of "therapeutic cloning" - Careful attitude by European Commission
(EU) EP/HEALTH: European Parliament defines broad lines of overall strategy to combat AIDS
(EU) EP/AUDIOVISUAL: EP defines broad lines of European television policy, calling for revision of Broadcasting Directive
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY: Commission gathered the "wood industry" in shadow of Conference on Kyoto protocol and follow-up of its Communication on sector competitiveness
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission continues infringement procedure against Finland for non-respect of "water pollution by nitrate of agricultural origin" Directive
(EU) EU/ROAD TRANSPORT: 20% of vehicles controlled in EU infringe legislation on transport of hazardous goods
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE/CONSUMERS: Commission proposes that it be compulsory that eggs indicate how hens were farmed
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission welcomes inventory of high risk sites in mining, extractive and ore-processing industries in Danube region - Useful contribution to upcoming review of Community legislation
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/INDUSTRY: European trade unions call on Commission to propose establishment of European Observatory on Industrial Change and on Parliament to go back on its position
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