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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7964

14 May 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 38 / 39
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT / European library
N° 459

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High-ranking civil servant and professor at Science Po and at the Ecole normale supérieure de Cachan, Bruno Rémond proves with this new work that he is decidedly one of the...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Divergence over take-over bids infers different understandings of important aspects of European economic and social policy
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL/BALKANS: Concern for southern Serbia - European Union appeals for stability and cooperation in Macedonia and Montenegro
(EU) EU/FRANCE/GERMANY:
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Defence Ministers agree over exercise programme that will enable to test European crisis management instrument
(EU) ITALY/GENERAL ELECTIONS: Towards clear victory of Centre Right
(EU) EU/ITALY: First comments on Italian elections
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE/COMMISSION: Schroeder is going in right direction, says Prodi, while criticizing his proposals for Council
(EU) EP/BERLUSCONI AFFAIR: Fontaine believes her cautionary stance to be vindicated by State Council
(EU) EU/INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT: EU welcomes ratification by Andorra
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/KOREA: Union will establish diplomatic relations with North Korea - details remain to be defined
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Spain prevents adoption of common position on free movement of persons - No official link with future regional policy, but all points towards a "comprehensive solution" having to be found in Gothenburg
(EU) EU/CROATIA: Croatia sees in initialling of Association Agreement as first step towards EU accession
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Positive assessment by Mr Hombach over "quick start" projects
(EU) EU/COMMISSION:
(EU) EU/UN/DEVELOPMENT: Failure of first two action plans widely criticised at opening of third United Nations Conference on LDC (Brussels, 14-20 May)
(EU) EU/ENERGY COUNCIL: Council urged to focus on three means of reducing EU dependence on imports
(EU) EU/ENERGY COUNCIL: Issue of liberalization of gas and electricity markets unresolved
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY: Council supports strategy for combating South Korean dumping in shipbuilding sector
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission unconditionally approves acquisition by Industri Kapital of Perstop AB activities in chemical sector
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL MARKETS: Commission hands EP core outlines of first Directives taken in implementation of Lamfalussy report (prospectus and market abuse)
(EU) EU/CHINA: Commission must adopt communication on redefining EU/China relations
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Fifteen and candidate countries press for comprehensive negotiation round at WTO
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: First - informal - meeting of trade ministers to seek to give body to project for Mediterranean multilateral free trade area
(EU) EU/TRADE UNIONS/LDC: Emilio Gabaglio warns against growing deterioration of living and working conditions in less developed countries
(EU) DEVELOPMENT/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) EU/AGERIA: 9th round of talks for association agreement
(EU) EU/EGYPT: Ensuring coherence of association agreement and country's programme for economic reform
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission proposes gradual introduction of zero sulphur fuels
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission takes three positive decisions
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WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
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