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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7846

22 November 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 50 / 54
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) banks

In the United States, CITIBANK PRIVATE BANK (90 offices in 31 countries with 154 billion in managed assets) has acquired WINTER CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Partially differing interpretations of strategy defined by European Commission for enlargement negotiations - Essential conditions to avoid frustration and disappointment
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Following first Capabilities Commitment Conference, Richard broaches "plans for strengthening capabilities", notably regarding strategic intelligence
(EU) EU/ESDP: Candidates for accession and partners provide indications of their contributions to European force
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: EU calls on Israelis and Palestinians to respect commitments taken in Charm El Cheikh and in Gaza
(EU) EU/CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Six Member States oppose reference in Article 6 of Treaty, with the silent complicity of the others
(EU) EP/CHARTER OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: "Nations without State" Intergroup welcomes Parliament's approval of Charter
(EU) EP/CONSTITUTION:
(EU) EP/YOUTH:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/GAC/BALKANS: The Fifteen come to agreement on regulations on financial assistance and on the reconstruction agency
(EU) EU/CROATIA: Negotiations for stabilisation and association agreement can get under way, arms restrictions are abolished
(EU) EU/MACEDONIA: Draft stabilisation and association agreement approved, trade concessions granted, arms restrictions abolished
(EU) EU/SERBIA: Application of exceptional trade measures
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Ministerial negotiating sessions with "Helsinki Group" confirm (and, in some cases, improve) results of last week
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Council approves more robust reform of CMO for fruit and vegetables and EU stance for agriculture negotiations in framework of WTO - Other results
(EU) EU/MAD COW: Agriculture Council agrees unanimously on common management of new mad cow crisis - Reassuring consumers while avoiding excessive measures
(EU) EU/TOURISM: On Wednesday, Ministers of the Fifteen to discuss informally a policy of sustainable development for tourism in Europe
(EU) EU/ALGERIA: EIB loan of EUR 94.65 million for motorways
(EU) EU/GHANA: EIB grants overall loan of EUR 10 million from risk capital resources for SME
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Anna Diamantopoulou, Nicole Péry and Maj Britt Théorin call for concrete legislative measures to fight against violence to women
(EU) COURT OF JUSTICE: European Commission and France opposed to measures aimed at eradicating water pollution by nitrate in Brittany
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Increased support for European genomics research
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Parliament and Council to try on Wednesday to come to agreement (conciliation procedure) on rail liberalisation
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission estimates cost of Galileo (satellite navigation) at 3.25 billion euros
(EU) EP/MARITIME TRANSPORT: Three parliamentary reports strengthen package of measures aimed at improving maritime safety
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: Adoption of operational programme for "Objective 1" in Sachsen-Anhalt
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Call for another IGC to define distribution of competencies in EU - Other requests
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Viviane Reding and Jack Lang at e-Education Conference
(EU) EU/YOUTH: Children present European institutions and governments with their recommendations to combat discrimination and violence of which they are victims - Participation of Viviane Reding
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Privatisation:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Internet:
(EU) Banks:
(EU) Luxury goods:
(EU) Electrical household appliances:
(EU) Agri-foods:
(EU) Chemicals:
(EU) Oil:
(EU) Cement:
(EU) Pharmacy:
(EU) Rubber:
(EU) Energy:
(EU) Tobacco:
(EU) Air:
(EU) Air:
(EU) Video games:
(EU) Internet:
(EU) Internet:
(EU) Media:
(EU) Banks:
(EU) Banks:
(EU) Optics:
(EU) Steel:
(EU) Forest products:
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 21/11/2000: