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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7992
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ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) telecommunications

The Dutch operator has proposed to its Belgian counterpart BELGACOM merging on an equal footing. The precarious financial situation of KPN (over 23 bn euro in debt) in fact obliges the group to seek a rapprochement with a partner.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Short account of debate over future of Europe - Lamy plan aiming for form vanguard of Europe on a Franco-German enhanced Union between two forgot Community method
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/VIOLENCE: Extraordinary JHA Council on 13 July
(EU) EU/BALKANS: General Affairs Council decides to appoint Léotard as EU Representative in Macedonia - Badinter in Skopje to provide aid of a constitutional kind
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL: Middle East - Conclusions on China - Meeting with Mary Robinson
(EU) EU/TURKEY: EU concerned at dissolution of Virtue Party
(EU) GREECE/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: "Salamanca Declaration" sets out demands of regional and local authorities in new EU institutional reform process
(EU) EP/IMMUNITY: EPP blocks Duff report proposing two solutions for amending review procedure for requests to lift parliamentary immunity
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/TREATY OF NICE: Mr Prodi insists on ratification
(EU) EP/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Mr Lamassoure for "right to secession"
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EMU: According to Commission report on public finances in 2001, four countries have not take advantage of growth to reduce their deficits
(EU) EU/CLIMATIC CHANGE: Informal ministerial consultations have begun in The Hague to prepare Bonn conference (COP6) - EU 15 Coordination meeting on Tuesday
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Denmark will not limit access to its labour market
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/WTO: New US legislation on FSC is akin to illegal subsidy, according to interim conclusions reached by WTO panel
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Following Association Council, Joint Parliamentary Committee to look at pre-accession strategy
(EU) EU/CHILE/MERCOSUR: EU/Mercosur and EU/Chile cooperation councils will discuss, on Tuesday in Luxembourg, trade negotiations and preparation of EU/Latin America summit
(EU) EU/EGYPT: Singing in Luxembourg of new Association Agreement
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Presentation of Commission proposals relating to labelling and traceability of GMOs postponed to 13 July
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission aid to victims of earthquake in Peru expected on Tuesday
(EU) EU/DRUGS:
(EU) EP/TRADE UNIONS:
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL: Council to try to reach agreement on three texts of "telecommunications package" (universal service, data protection, radio spectrum)
(EU) EU/TRADE POLICY: Definitive anti-dumping duties imposed on Poland, Russia and China
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Tuesday's Research Council to hold first policy debate on proposal for 6th Framework Programme
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Commission hopes to strengthen international dimension of European research
(EU) EU/GLOBALISATION:
(EU) EP/EURO: Maaten Report calls for amendment to date of company January account reports and an early issue of banknotes in euro
(EU) COURT OF JUSTICE: A Swiss company not authorized to recover its credit from Djibouti on EDF funds
(EU) COURT OF 1ST INSTANCE: Hearing in Rothley case probably postponed until 10 July
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Second phase of investigation concerning planned acquisition of Lenzing by CVC
(EU) EU/EUROBAROMETER: According to investigation in May 2001, information on Euro starts to bear its fruits
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Privatization:
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Brewing:
(EU) Materials:
(EU) Internet:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Real estate:
(EU) Luxury:
(EU) Oil:
(EU) Energy:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: N° 465
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VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 25/06/2001: