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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7983
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/gothenburg summit

Trade union priorities for Summit

Brussels, 13/06/2001 (Agence Europe) - Sustainable development, enlargement and new WTO round are the three fields in which European trade unions expect progress at the Gothenburg Summit, declared the General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) Emilio Gabaglio, stipulating:

1. Sustainable development: for ETUC, the Lisbon Strategy must remain the "central focus for economic and social development", but "integrating the environmental dimension is increasingly...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) NATO SUMMIT: European and American allies discuss Washington's new defence ideas in Brussels - Support for ESDP
(EU) EU/NATO: First meeting of the two Military Committees - EU and NATO to deal with each other on an equal footing
(EU) EU/BANGLADESH: EU observers for general elections
(EU) EP/HUMAN RIGHTS:
(EU) EU/GOTHENBURG SUMMIT/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Report by Presidency indicates alternatives for "organised debate" wanted by all
(EU) EU/FRANCE/GERMANY: Letter in institutions before Laeken
(EU) EU/TREATY OF Nice: Assembly ratifies - Senate must still vote
(EU) EU/DENMARK: White Paper on EU challenge (and opt-outs)
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN COUNCIL OF GOTHENBURG: Debate focuses on Irish "no" to Nice
(EU) EP/ISRAEL: Peres and Arafat accept document from CIA Chief
(EU) EU/IRAN: EU welcomes election of President Khatami
(EU) EU/CAMBODIA: EU insists on Khmer Rouge Tribunal
(EU) EU/SUDAN: Concern over renewed military activity by the SPLA
(EU) EU/ITALY:
(EU) EUROPEAN MOVEMENT/FRANCE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Overview of state of accession negotiations at end of Swedish Presidency
(EU) EU/ECB: Declarations from Chief Economist at ECB fuel rumours of intervention
(EU) EU/BSE: Standing Veterinary Committee to decide on six month renewal of ban on meat and bone meal
(EU) EU/FOOT AND MOUTH: Further relaxation of protective measures in Netherlands - Community measures soon to be lifted except in Great Britain
(EU) EU/TRADE: the "aggionarmento" project of GSP is new positive signal from Union to developing countries, which it also encourages to opt for social and environmental sustainability
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: German solution to problem of public banks takes shape
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: warning to Norwegian natural gas producers
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission approves partnership between bmi british midland, Luftansa and SAS
(EU) EU/BELGIAN PRESIDENCY: Employment quality will be discussed in informal Council this 6 and 7 July - Heavy schedule
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Strategy for the reconstitution of cod and hake stocks
(EU) EU/OMBUDSMAN/ENVIRONMENT: Commission follows Ombudsman's recommendation on access to studies in Gibraltar
(EU) EU/MOTOR INDUSTRY: ESC pleads in favour of an extension following modification, of rule of exemption on automobile distribution
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL MARKETS: Motivated opinion to Sweden for discrimination towards wine
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Mr Monti describes benefits of European competition policy for consumers
(EU) EU/GOTHENBURG SUMMIT: Trade union priorities for Summit
(EU) EU/GOTHENBURG SUMMIT: Unice places emphasis on cohesion and competitiveness following enlargement, and sustainable development (but warns against energy taxation)
(EU) EU/GOTHENBURG SUMMIT: Fourth World Committee appeal
(EU) EU/GOTHENBURG SUMMIT: Social sector NGOs place emphasis on sustainable development
(EU) EP/TRADE/DEVELOPMENT: Mrs Lamy presents new GSP
(EU) EP/ASEM: EP calls for new proposals in view of ASEM summit
(EU) EP/FOOD AUTHORITY:
(EU) EP/TRAFFICKING OF HUMAN BEINGS: EP widens scope decision on penalties - for a victim compensation fund
(EU) EP/SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN: EP widens scope of Commission text
(EU) EU/FRAUD/ENLARGEMENT:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Enterprise:
(EU) Construction:
(EU) Construction:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Water:
(EU) Packaging:
(EU) Banks:
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 13/06/2001: