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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7978

7 June 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/eib/research
Busquin and Maystadt sign cooperation agreement on Thursday to make research investment more dynamic

Brussels, 06/06/2001 (Agence Europe) - Commissioner Philippe Busquin and the president of the European Investment Bank (EIB), Philippe Maystadt, are to sign, on Thursday in Brussels, a cooperation agreement aimed at making investment in research and technological innovation in Europe more dynamic. The agreement must best serve to combine the actions and financing of the framework programme on research with the EIB loan possibilities and those of its venture capital fund, the EIF. With the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: A brief chronicle on the debate on the future of Europe - Giscard d'Estaing returns to crucial problem of dual Europe, which he finds inevitable
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/TREATY OF NICE: Danish Parliament approves Treaty ratification
(EU) EU/UNITED KINGDOM: EU and euro no real stakes in 7 June elections
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST:
(EU) EU/LIBERALS: Session in Brussels with Hoyer and Verhofstadt
(EU) EU/JEAN MONNET: "Notre Europe" recalls action by Jean Monnet Committee for United States of europe
(EU) EP/VIETNAM:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: EP and Council reach agreement on takeover directive, retaining line defined by Council
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL MARKETS: Commission adopts two decisions instituting regulatory committee to accelerate integration of European stock markets
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Infringement procedure against Belgian La Poste
(EU) EU/EIB/RESEARCH: Busquin and Maystadt sign cooperation agreement on Thursday to make research investment more dynamic
(EU) EU/ALBANIA:
(EU) EU/BUDGET:
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: EU regrets American protectionist attitude on steel
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission provides itself with emergency procedure to answer humanitarian disasters
(EU) EU/CHINA/ENERGY/RESEARCH: Commission proposes negotiating cooperation agreement with China in nuclear energy sector
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Commission pursues proceedings against Germany for poor application of directive on liberalization of gas sector
(EU) EU/INTERNET/JUSTICE: Security of electronic networks and management of digital rights at centre of Commission concerns over the next two years, says Liikanen
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Action programmes, climatic change, electrical and electronic waste and chemical products on menu of Council
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: In uncertain economic context, EU 15 decide to maintain course of budgetary consolidation
(EU) STATE AID/COMPETITION: Commission takes several decisions
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission and Guinea Bissau agreed last Thursday on 5-year renewal of fisheries protocol
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission adopts new guidelines for State-funded advertising of farm products
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: Parliament amends Commission's action programme in first reading
(EU) EP/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Just two weeks from Gothenburg Summit, EP regrets it is kept out of reviewing strategy on sustainable development
(EU) EP/ROAD SAFETY: EP specifies demands at first reading regarding safety belts for children
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Council and EP reach agreement on artists' resale right
(EU) EU/PHARMACEUTICAL INDUSTRY: Commission and MEPs maintain pressure on pharmaceutical industry for a global strategy in favour of access to medicines in poor countries
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Industrial producer prices rise in Euro zone and in EU in April
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Document N° 2240: future of Europe speech by European Commission President Romano Prodi to the Institute for Political Studies in Paris
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 06/06/2001: