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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7987

18 June 2001
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/defence
Flahaut meets Rumsfeld

Washington, 18/06/2001 (Agence Europe) - Belgian Defence Minister Andre Flahaut was in Washington on Monday for a one-day working visit with his American counterpart, Donald Rumsfeld. The talks were, notably, to be on European defence. At the Pentagon, Mr. Flahaut was also to make a speech on the planned American missile defence.

Contents

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: