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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7837

8 November 2000
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ecofin council
Progress in discussions on financing instruments for companies (especially SMEs), lower taxes, funding pensions and exchange rate strategy of applicant countries

Brussels, 07/11/2000 (Agence Europe) - At a session presented by its President, French Finance Minister Laurent Fabius, as having been "exhaustive and useful", the EcoFin Council reached the following results:

  • Follow-up of the European Council of Lisbon and preparations for the Nice Summit. Ministers broached the following issues:

Financing companies. In the light of the contributions from the Economic Policy Committee and the European Commission, the Council turned to the...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: The choice has been made: In future, there will be as many European Commissioners as Member States: - Accompanying measures will therefore be necessary to avoid backsliding 50 years in the construction of a united Europe - Some considerations on other aspects of the reform
Texts of the Week: Jean Louis Bourlanges decries the risk that the IGC could "give birth to a monster"
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM/ESDP: At IGC Italy and Benelux countries propose changes to Treaty to reflect developments since Cologne
(EU) FRY/OSCE:
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: 50th anniversary of Human Rights Convention - New risk of asphyxia for European Court
(EU) SPAIN/IDC:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EUROGROUP: Ministers provide some indications on exchange rates and "interventions", define two economic aspects to monitor and confirm the need to act over pensions
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Progress in discussions on financing instruments for companies (especially SMEs), lower taxes, funding pensions and exchange rate strategy of applicant countries
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: On Wednesday, Commission presents progress reports on candidate countries to European Parliament
(EU) EU/MERCOSUR: Brazil's aim is to nearly double its agricultural exports towards EU, while recognising principals of multi-functionality and food safety
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE/HEALTH: France and Switzerland envisage total ban on bone meal - British Conservatives call for embargo on French beef
(EU) EU/SPORT: Agreement of ministers responsible for sport on Summit's draft declaration on specific nature of sport - Towards EU participation in World Anti-Doping Agency, in search of a European headquarters
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Council "conclusions" on Union's position at COP 6 Conference
(EU) EIB/ROMANIA: EIB grants five loans totalling EUR 397 million for transport projects in Romania
(EU) EU/HEALTH: David Byrne invites consumers to discuss , live, with him on Internet detailed proposals concerning the European Food and Food Safety Authority presented this Friday by Commission
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises Compart to acquire exclusive control over Falck (Italy, steel and energy)
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Hatzidakis rejects Council accusations over claimed EP reluctance to adopt European Commission proposals over maritime safety
(EU) EU/SINGLE MARKET: Wathelet urges European Commission to use Treaty instruments to act against relocations and other distortions
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Busquin pursues his crusade for better dialogue between scientists and citizens
(EU) EP/NETHERLANDS: Finance Minister Gerrit Zalm draws highly positive picture of Dutch economy and supports some harmonisation of pension tax systems in EU countries
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(EU) EU/INDUSTRY: "Big Business and the European Agenda" analyses impact of European Round Table of Industrialists on European policy
(EU) EU/FRAUD: Philip Morris considers that lawsuit in American courts by European Commission aims to impose on it, in the smuggling of cigarettes, a responsibility it rejects
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: EURYDICE celebrates twentieth anniversary with seminar covering future of cooperation in education and by a book on its development
(EU) EU/CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: European trade unions (ETUC) specify demands for Nice Summit
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SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Document N° 2217-2218: the fundamentals of EU/Asia cooperation defined at ASEM III summit in seoul
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 07/11/2000: