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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7972

28 May 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 46
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/sudan

28/05/2001 (Agence Europe) - Several MEPs - John Corrie, Glenys Kinnock, Johan van Hecke, Hanja Maij-Weggen, Mario Mauro - are to take part in the afternoon of 29 May, at the European Parliament in Brussels, in the launch of the European campaign "Peace First" Oil Fuels War in Sudan, by the European Coalition on Oil in Sudan (ECOS). Participants include Egbert Wesselink, Pax Christi, the expert John Ryle who has just returned from Sudan, Telar Deng from the New Sudan Council of Churches, and...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Mr Jospin for a "federation of nation-states", for establishment of a "permanent Council of Ministers" and for possibility of dissolving EP - No space for Commission in a "Convention"?
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Yasser Arafat visits Brussels on Thursday
(EU) EU/PES: Summit in Gothenburg on 14 June
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONS: Commissioner Barnier's suggestions for association of national parliaments' exercising European legislative authority
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN:
(EU) EU/FRANCE/GERMANY:
(EU) EP/COUNCIL: Mr Poos proposes weekly meeting of GAC
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Political consensus on new legislation against trade in human beings, but no agreement on sanctions
(EU) EU/JUSTICE COUNCIL: Monday's debate confirms divergence over protocol proposed for completing convention on judicial cooperation in criminal matters
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: EU adopts recommendation on mobility of students and teachers in Europe
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Scandinavians better respect deadlines for transposition of Community legislation, while Greece, France and Ireland remain at bottom of "single market scoreboard"
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Commission to carefully examine Italian government decree limiting EDF's influence in Montedison
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Attempt at conciliation over draft directive on takeover bids
(EU) EP/SUDAN:
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/ASIA: Joint declaration closing EU/ASEM ministerial meeting does not avoid delicate issues - Programme to fight against trafficking of human beings
(EU) EU/FOOT AND MOUTH DISEASE: relaxation of EU measures and partial lifting of restrictions by us
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission allows EUR 448 million restructuring aid for French company sernam and its sale to Geodis
(EU) EU/COAL: Commission authorises France to pay state aid of EUR 991 million to its coal industry
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EP/CHILDREN:
(EU) EU/REGIONS: communication on implementation of strand C of Interreg III - promoting sharing of experience between European regions
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Commission to provide EUR 1120 million for regional development of Attica in 2000-2006
(EU) EU/EIB: EUR 140 million for transeuropean roads in Greece
(EU) EP/THIRD MAY SESSION: Treaty of Nice and future of Europe, sustainable development, men/women equality - Reconciliation process between two Koreas
(EU) EUROPEAN OMBUDSMAN: Mr Söderman calls on Commission to put an end to sexual discrimination against national experts, through obligation to work full-time
(EU) EU/EURO: Programme to fight against Euro counterfeiting
(EU) EU/EURO: Slight progress in use of Euro this quarter
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(EU) EU/PUBLIC SERVICES:
(EU) EP/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: trade union coordination group demands "social scoreboard" from Commission
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: negotiations over temporary work break down over definition of "comparable worker" - European employers express disappointment and regret
(EU) EU/YOUTH: President Prodi confirms that White Paper on Youth Policy will be published under Belgian presidency of EU - Full support for Viviane Reding's initiative
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: large differences in age of starting first foreign language in EU
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
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WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: N° 461
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 28/05/2001: