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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7987

18 June 2001
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/poland
Warsaw sets out its progress in border protection before Member States

Brussels, 18/06/2001 (Agence Europe) - On the initiative of the Swedish Presidency, the diplomatic representatives of ten EU member countries in Warsaw (Germany, Belgium, France, Greece, the Netherlands, Portugal, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Finland and Italy) began a two-day mission of inspection along the border between Poland and the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad on Monday. This enclave, situated between Poland and Lithuania, will be totally surrounded by EU territory once these two...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
In Gothenburg, the most important thing occurred on the fringe of the Summit, but the choice of &quo:
Short account of the debate on the future of Europe - The Irish problem remains open and candidate c:
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Candidate countries generally pleased with Gothenburg Summit
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Content of Solana's report to European Council of Gothenburg
(EU) EU/BELGIAN PRESIDENCY:
(EU) EU/POLAND: Warsaw sets out its progress in border protection before Member States
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT: Duff queries viability of Cyprus' accession process
(EU) EU/VIOLENCE: Reding reacts to rioting in Gothenburg
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Flahaut meets Rumsfeld
(EU) EP/COMPOSITION:
(EU) EP/HUMAN RIGHTS: Central African Republic, Guatemala, Chad, Egypt, Malaysia, Afghanistan, Nepal and Angola
(EU) EU/INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL: Council common proposition for rapid establishment of International Criminal Tribunal
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Green Paper on reform of fisheries policy divides Fifteen in Council, mainly over fleet policy
(EU) EU/CHINA: Mr Lamy meets Mr Guangshang to resolve last points of disagreement before Chinese accession to WTO
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Council to give position on changes to TSE regulation - Political agreement foreseen for olive oil, CAP simplification and hops
(EU) EU/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Gothenburg Summit made "large stride forward", according to Ms. Wallstrom - "an initial modest step" says EEB
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: Patten would like Barcelona process to come up with concrete results
(EU) EU/DATA PROTECTION: Commission adopts decision on standard contractual clauses for data transfers to third countries
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Commission launches "eEurope+" to associate candidate countries with Lisbon strategy
(EU) EU/EMPLOYERS:
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Parliaments calls to intensify financial efforts in favour of ultra-peripheral regions
(EU) EP/VETERINARY POLICY: In absence of reliable marker vaccines, Parliament is favourable towards continuation of non-vaccination to fight against classic swine fever
(EU) EP/FISHING:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Inflation in euro-zone reaches highest rate since 1993 in May - Commission considers fall below 2% ceiling in 2001 unlikely
(EU) EU/EURO/UNITED KINGDOM: Kenneth Clarke calls on Tony Blair to organise referendum on euro
(EU) EU/ISRAEL: Meeting of economic and social committees
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Monti denies all "politicisation" of GE/Honeywell case and deplores criticism from some media
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission defines principals of competition in terms of organisation of packaging-waste disposal market
(EU) PES/WTO: Socialist Group publishes Position Paper on prospects for next WTO negotiations
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Lamy goes to Airbus A380 development site
(EU) EU/STATISTICS:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Commission adopts Communication on health and safety of independent workers
(EU) EU/BELGIAN PRESIDENCY: Independent Trade Unions (CESI) present their memorandum to Guy Verhofstadt next Thursday
(EU) EU/TRADE UNIONS: Managers call for European platform for recognition of qualifications and diplomas
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: N° 464
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 18/06/2001: