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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8041

6 September 2001
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/governance
Lukewarm EP welcome for White Paper - Mr Prodi emphasises role of European Parliament

Strasbourg, 05/09/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday evening in Strasbourg, MEPs gave the European Commission's White Paper on Governance which had just been officially presented to them by President Romano Prodi (see yesterday's EUROPE, p.7) a lukewarm welcome.

On behalf of the EPP-ED group, Inigo Mendez de Vigo (Spain) congratulated President Prodi for the "forty dense pages of the White Paper". He said that all the MEPs agreed with the analysis, which was clear in the White Paper, but...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: European initiatives and positions that take on board the demands of the anti-globalisation protesters and THAT sometimes go further - the EU, an objective ally of those who want to change the way the world is organised
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/MACEDONIA: Visit by Mr Patten and Mr Solana to Skopje
(EU) EP/ESP: Mr Cook spells out priorities for European socialists
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Mr Solana pushes for Peres-Arafat
(EU) EU/UN/RACISM: EU contribution to final declaration drafting committee
(EU) EP/FRANCE:
(EU) EP/PRESIDENCY:
(EU) EU/CYPRUS/TURKEY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/CHINA: Fourth EU/China Summit in Brussels on Wednesday with Chinese Prime Minister Zhu Rongij
(EU) EU/FRANCE/GERMANY: Informal summit in Berlin - Chancellor Schröder ready to discuss Tobin tax
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT/LANGUAGES:
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Work resumes after the break to prepare for the November 2001 summit
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission inspects European producers of plastic film
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/BIOTECHNOLOGY: Commission invites all interested parties to discuss the future of biotechnology in Europe to develop a Union strategy
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/TECHNOLOGY:
(EU) EP/TERRORISM: EP calls for abolition of extradition for terrorist acts and a European arrest warrant
(EU) EP/ECHELON: Parliament calls for a European surveillance system to be set up
(EU) EP/GOVERNANCE: Lukewarm EP welcome for White Paper - Mr Prodi emphasises role of European Parliament
(EU) EP/G8 SUMMIT: Debate focuses on the violence at Genoa
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT: Broad welcome for progress in negotiations, fears expressed about some countries
(EU) EP/ENTERPRISE/SOCIAL: European Parliament approves Menrad and Mayer Reports on the European Company and worker consultation
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Parliament approves Commission proposal to abolish 108% clause in ecopoint system, against rapporteur
(EU) EP/ROMANIA:
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY: After Spain, several other Member States report contaminated batches of olive residue oil - Information exchange on this subject on 13 September
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Volume of retail trade up in both Eurozone and EU
(EU) EU/EURO: The Bank of England prepares its staff for potentially joining the Eurozone
(EU) CORRECTION:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Publication of a study aiming to extend knowledge about European agricultural service companies
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE/GREECE:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 05/09/2001: