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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7978

7 June 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 34 / 41
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) banks

American group FLEETBOSTON is preparing to disburse $1.01 billion (that is, $33.44 per share) with a view to acquiring the asset management business of LIBERTY FINANCIAL. This acquisition will allow the group to rise from 42nd to 29th among asset managers worldwide.

Contents

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
(EU) Enterprise:
(EU) Delivery services:
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Banks:
(EU) Banks:
(EU) Chemicals:
(EU) Distribution:
(EU) Luxury goods:
(EU) Tourism:
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: