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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7868

21 December 2000
Contents Publication in full By article 3 / 53
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/treaty of nice
Minority blocking in Council (and the holding of European Councils in Brussels) complicate finalisation of Treaty text

Brussels, 20/12/2000 (Agence Europe) - The finalisation of the text of the Treaty of Nice raises some difficulties, mainly concerning the future qualified majority voting (and resulting "minority blocking") based on the new breakdown of votes within the Council. The new weighting will take effect in January 2005, although no candidate country has yet adhered to this, and the declaration included in Annex III affirms that qualified majority will correspond to a percentage of votes lower than...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Nice Treaty was assessed too often, even by the Institutions, in a national perspective - Dangers do not lie so much in text as in method followed to achieve it
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/TREATY OF NICE: Preliminary Commission judgement on Treaty of Nice highlights both progress and shortcomings - Invitation to be vigilant and imaginative in order to defend Community method
(EU) EU/TREATY OF NICE: Minority blocking in Council (and the holding of European Councils in Brussels) complicate finalisation of Treaty text
(EU) EU/PERU: Commission releases 1.7 million euro for observation of Peruvian elections on 8 April
(EU) EU/RELIGIONS: EU citizens are tolerant, poll notes
(EU) EU/BURMA: EU's readiness to send Troika in January
(EU) EU/IVORY COAST: EU draws conclusions from anomalies in 10 December elections
(EU) EU/SRI LANKA: EU urges parties to negotiate durable peace taking account of Tamil aspirations, while respecting territorial integrity
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/"EUROPEAN SOCIETY": Special Employment Council finalises political agreement on statute of European company - Favourable reaction from Commission
(EU) EU/AIR TRANSPORT: First results of Wednesday Council
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Results of last "Agriculture" Council for year 2000 on eggs, pigmeat, sugar, vines and olive oil
(EU) EU/CANADA: Ottawa Summit launches several new initiatives
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Council report gives wealth of positive results
(EU) EU/CHAD: Friends of the Earth call on EIB not to finance pipeline between Chad and Cameroon
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: EIB grants EUR 30 million loan for mine on Atlas
(EU) EU/BANANAS: Agriculture Ministers have approved new CMO for bananas with "first come, first served" system, which should resolve dispute in WTO, and with a tariff preference of EUR 300 per tonne for ACP countries
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: European Commission feels that German proposal for "flexible" transition periods for free movement of people represents a "useful contribution" to preparation of EU position
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(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: European Commission launches consultations on future legislation on financial conglomerates
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Busquin sees in vote in British Parliament on research into stem cells an example of different European cultures and values
(EU) EU/FRAUD: Olaf receives report from relevant Spanish bodies on fraud in aid of flax
(EU) EU/FRAUD: OLAF gives details in butter fraud case
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises Vodafone and British Telecom to take control of Spanish mobile phone operator, Airtel
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Preferential interconnection charges for Belgian press must be reviewed
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VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 20/12/2000: