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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7928

21 June 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 36 / 50
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/appointment

21/03/2001 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has appointed Mr Barry McSweeney, European official of Irish nationality aged 50, to the post of Director General of the Joint Research Centre in Ispra, on a proposal by Vice-President Neil Kinnock and in agreement with President Romano Prodi and Philippe Busquin, Commissioner for Research.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: In preparations for the Stockholm Summit, the General Affairs Council itself decided not to play the role of coordinator - Its reform has become indispensable and urgent
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/FRANCE/GERMANY: Schröder affirms Macedonian President should be in Stockholm during Summit
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Javier Solana on visit with "Mitchell Committee"
(EU) EU/PES: Socialist and Social Democrat Summit in Stockholm on 22 March
(EU) EU/CYPRUS: Verheugen meets Annan's Special Envoy
(EU) EU/BENELUX: Summit before Stockholm
(EU) EU/FRANCE/ELECTIONS:
(EU) EP/LIFTING IMMUNITY/FORZA ITALIA: Mr Baron and Mr Schulz call on Mrs Fontaine to hand, without further delay, to competent EP bodies, request for lifting parliamentary immunity of Mr Berlusconi and Mr Dell'Utri
(EU) EP/FYROM: Foreign Affairs Committee places emphasis on disarmament of irregular troops at border between Macedonia and Kosovo
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN MOVEMENT/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Meeting in Brussels with some sixty research centres and think tanks
(EU) EU/ETHIOPIA/REITREA:
(EU) EP/BELGIUM:
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) EP/MUSLIM WOMEN:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/STOCKHOLM SUMMIT/COMMISSION: Prodi expects summit to give results on liberalisation of energy, financial markets, Single Sky, the Community patent, quality of labour and the impact of an ageing population
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL MARKETS: Coreper said to agree on draft resolution on Lamfalussy report - withdrawal of aerosol clause
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission wants to launch a dialogue for the share-out of third generation mobile phone networks
(EU) EU/FOOT-AND-MOUTH: Veterinary Committee decides to retain measures imposed in United Kingdom - Those affecting France may be relaxed - New measures for the Netherlands
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission clears two operations
(EU) EU/RACISM:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES:
(EU) EU/OLAF/FLAX:
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Visit by David Byrne to Slovenia
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Commission produces mitigated assessment of Euro-Mediterranean cooperation in transport and energy sector and set priorities for 2000-2006 period
(EU) EP/ENERGY: EP calls for inclusion of energy efficiency in Lisbon Strategy
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: European Parliament wants EU to have greater role in regulating the Internet
(EU) EU/INTERNATIONAL TRADE: Lamy open to developing countries regarding intellectual property
(EU) EU/CUBA: Commission adopts 8 million euro humanitarian intervention plan - Aid allocated to Cuba to take different form
(EU) EU/EMPLOYERS/RUSSIA: Unice priorities to enhance economic relations between EU and Russia
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) ACP/EU: Joint parliamentary assembly and Commissioner Poul Nielson preoccupied by fact that no EU national parliament has ratified Cotonou agreement
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT/HEALTH: European mobilisation following case against South African legislation on medicines pushes various actors in dossier
(EU) EU/STRUCTURAL FUNDS: Commission approves 23 financial support programmes to Spanish regions in context of Objectives 1 and 2
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises RWE (Germany ) to take control of Hidrocantábrico
(EU) EU/APPOINTMENT:
(EU) EU/APPOINTMENT:
(EU) EU/RACISM: Positive development in behaviour of European citizens with regards to immigrants and minorities - Only 14% "intolerant", according to Vienna monitoring centre
(EU) EU/STUDENTS:
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN MOVEMENT/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EU/CERCLE EUROPEEN DE CONFRONTATIONS:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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(EU) Insurance:
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(EU) Biotechnology:
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VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 21/03/2001: