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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8038

1 September 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/wto
Greens Group deplores secrecy surrounding negotiations in Mexico

Brussels, 31/08/2001 (Agence Europe) - In a press release published on Thursday, the Greens/EFA Group condemned the secrecy surrounding the informal negotiations starting on Friday in Mexico between eighteen members of the WTO with a view to preparing the fourth ministerial meeting of the Organisation that will be held in Qatar in November (see EUROPE of 30 August, p.4).

Caroline Lucas, from Britain, mainly deplores the fact that the Mexican authorities had refused to disclose the venue of...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/MACEDONIA: EU sends additional monitors to back the implementation process of 13 August agreement
(EU) EP/AUSTRALIA: Fontaine writes to Howard urging him to show compassion towards Afghan refugees on Tampa ship
(EU) EP/BERLUSCONI AFFAIR:
(EU)EP/ELDR GROUP:
(EU) EP/GUE GROUP:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/CHINA: IVth EU-China Summit on Wednesday
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission decides to take part in funding 103 LIFE projects to support environmental innovation
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Eichel and Fabius disagree over Tobin tax but remain confident about growth prospects
(EU) EU/EURO:
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES:
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: 61.4 million euro for rural development in Denmark in framework of "Leader +" programme
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: Commission hesitates to broaden positive list of products that may be treated with ionisation
(EU) EU/ESTONIA: Opening of zero duty tariff quotas for import into EU of processed agricultural produce originating in Estonia
(EU) OECD/STEEL:
(EU) EP/SEPTEMBER SESSION: Debate on Middle East, with Louis Michel, and on G8 meeting in Genoa - other changes to the agenda
(EU) EP/CULTURE: Ruffolo report calls on Commission to create European Cultural Cooperation Observatory
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: On Monday, Parliament will open its plenary session with a broad debate on the European Company, worker involvement and setting up of European Works Councils
(EU) EP/COMMUNITY LEGISLATION: On Monday, Parliament to examine Koukiadis Report on control of implementation of Community legislation in 1999
(EU) EP/JUSTICE: EP to call for legislation alignment against terrorism and replacement of extradition by a European arrest warrant - Commission proposals on these two issues end-September
(EU) EP/WTO: Greens Group deplores secrecy surrounding negotiations in Mexico
(EU) EU/CZECH REPUBLIC: Commission denies intention to reject steel restructuring plan
(EU) EU/CYPRUS: Russian-Cypriot discussions on island's EU membership - Denktash sticks to his guns
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VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 31/08/2001: