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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8001

7 July 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 56 / 57
SUPPLEMENT / Europe/document n° 2244
Priorities of the Belgian EU Council Presidency as explained to the European Parliament by Guy Verhofstadt

On 4 July 2001, the new President of the European Council, Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt, presented the European Parliament with the work programme for the Belgian EU Council term of presidency (see EUROPE of 5 July, p.5).

SPEECH BY MR GUY VERHOFSTADT, PRESIDENT OF THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL, TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT

President of the European Parliament,

President of the European Commission

Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is a great honour for me to present to you the work programme of...

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/BELGIAN PRESIDENCY: Mr Michel meets Mr Sharon
(EU) EP/BERLUSCONI CASE: President of Spanish Supreme Court regrets that EP may consider itself a "foreign" institution
(EU) EU/ESDP:
(EU) EU/MACEDONIA:
(EU) EP/CHINA: European Parliament declares its opposition to Olympic games being held in Beijing
(EU) EP/HUMAN RIGHTS: European Parliament proposes the creation of a European day against the death penalty
(EU) EP/CONGO: EP condemns the pillaging of natural resources in the DRC
(EU) EU/MOROCCO:
(EU) EU/ASIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Finance Ministers to discuss European tax during public debate on Belgian priorities at Ecofin Council on 10 July
(EU) EU/EUROGROUP: Eurogroup to examine budgetary situation in Germany, France, Italy and Portugal
(EU) EU/CLIMATIC CHANGE: Australia confirms to European Troika that it will not ratify Kyoto Protocol without Americans - ball is in Japanese court where Troika will go on 9 and 10 July
(EU) EU/BRAZIL: Commissioner Lamy tries to rally Brazilian industrialists and civil society to EU/Mercosur bilateral negotiations and WTO multilateral negotiations
(EU) EU/FISHING:
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Ms de Palacio defends liberalisation of electricity market in Paris
(EU) EU/AEROSPACE: Eurospace Advisory Group begins work
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: investigation into Tetra Laval's acquisition of Sidel
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: OM Group may acquire Degussa unit
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: European Banking Federation vigorously opposes ten year transition period for Landesbanken
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY: Experts of Fifteen and Commission study, on Friday evening, proportionate and coordinated response to be given to contamination of batches of Spanish olive oil residue
(EU) EP/PENSIONS: Parliament mixes position of Socialists and Liberals by adopting nearly one hundred amendments to Directive on pension funds
(EU) EP/PERU:
(EU) EP/FRY: "Yes" to macro-financial aid if Belgrade cooperates with ICT
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2001: Commission agrees to increase funding to Balkans in context of EP vote on supplementary budget No 4
(EU) EP/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: EP refuses Commission decision-making powers for radio spectrum policy
(EU) EU/COHESION/ENLARGEMENT: In memorandum on cohesion, Italy insists on more subsidiarity in EU policy and on continued aid to disadvantaged regions of Union
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Commission calls for information from Netherlands on possible infringements to ESF
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Commission carried out assessment on Objective 1 aid programme
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY/FRANCE:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: provisional measures omposed on IMS Health
(EU) EU/TRADE UNIONS/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission publishes guidelines to integrate environmental considerations into public procurement procedures
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Green light from Commission to Leader+ programme in Ireland and Sweden
(EU) EU/COMMISSION:
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Commission approves seven aid programmes for Italian regions
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES:
(EU) COURT of JUSTICE: Six Italian universities are "condemned" for not having taken account of the length of service of their foreign language teaching assistants when setting their pay.
(EU) EU/ECB:
(EU) EU/WTO/GLOBALISATION: Alternative summit before Laeken - "Our World is Not for Sale" campaign in Geneva
(EU) EU/SOCIAL DIALOGUE: Gabaglio (ETUC) and Müller (UEAPME) sign joint declaration on social dialogue
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) OECD/TAXATION:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/AGRICULTURE:
TIMETABLE
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ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Privatisation:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Electricity:
(EU) Mechanical equipment:
(EU) Transport:
(EU) Engineering:
(EU) Publishing:
(EU) Lenses:
(EU) Publishing:
(EU) Winemaking:
(EU) Real estate:
SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Document N° 2244: Priorities of the Belgian EU Council Presidency as explained to the European Parliament by Guy Verhofstadt
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 06/07/2001: