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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8066

10 October 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 7 / 37
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/terrorism
Reactions of political groups to American strikes

Brussels, 09/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - At the European Parliament, the President of the EPP-ED Group, Mr. Poettering said that the American strikes on Afghanistan "are no clash between civilisations, but the defence of civilisation's common values against a criminal regime" which aggresses the values of Islam as much as those of Western civilisation (also see yesterday's EUROPE, p. 7). The President of the GUE/NGL Group, Mr. Wurtz, while stressing that the fight against terrorism "must...

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: Council adopts conclusions on Western Balkans - Other results
(EU) EU/ERITREA: Immediate recall of EU Heads of Mission in Eritrea
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: European Union calls on parties to implement commitments in good faith and to open direct dialogue
(EU) EU/BURMA: Council considers improvement of political climate encouraging and adopts measures to support the process
(EU) EU/HUMAN RIGHTS:
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS:
(EU) EP/TERRORISM: Reactions of political groups to American strikes
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE/TERRORISM: Action plan of justice ministers
(EU) EP/SECURITY: Parliament tightens security of its buildings
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EURO: In its report on preparation of economic operators for single currency, the Commission criticises slowness of SMEs and lists 40 good practices to be implemented in Member States
(EU) EU/AFRICA: Ministerial work on 10 and 11 October in Brussels to focus on New African Initiative for development of Africa, impact of 11 September on development cooperation and follow-up of the Cairo Summit
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: Second Association Council meeting allows for terrorism, immigration and trade to be discussed
(EU) EU/EEA COUNCIL: Liechtenstein, Norway and Iceland take measures to freeze assets of people linked to terrorism
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: European aid for Afghans to prioritise cross-border operations and not place any financial burden on neighbouring countries - Guy Verhofstadt, Romano Prodi and Poul Nielson say refugee camps will be temporary
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission allocates EUR 5.1 MILLION to West Africa
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission adopts communication on Wednesday announcing provisional relaxing of rules on aid to companies and new safety rules after September attacks
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: ICAO agreement on air safety and introduction of new noise emission standards - towards a solution on hushkits
(EU) EU/BIOTECHNOLOGY: Pooling results of scientific research into safety of GMOs is Commissioner Busquin's objective
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Joint Council/Commission report on national social inclusion action plans
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Bilateral Diamantopoulou/Guigou meeting on ESF
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Last results of Monday's Council
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/STANDING EMPLOYMENT COMMITTEE: discussion of employment 2001 package
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Veto on Schneider/Legrand merger?
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Go-ahead for Scholz/ALBA joint venture
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/CONFERENCES/REGIONAL:
(EU) EP/FRY: EP approves extension of EU guarantee for EIB loans in FRY
(EU) EP/HEALTH: EP opposes patents on human genes and calls for review of European Patent Office activities
(EU) EP/ASYLUM/IMMIGRATION: Parliament rejects minimalist approach to asylum rights and wants more regulated immigration in EU
(EU) EP/POVERTY:
(EU) COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Four Indian steel companies win case, Saxonia has means to pay back unlawful State aid, motorway catering firm challenges the attribution of petrol stations to Carrefour in context of TotalFina-Elf Aquitaine merger
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Rejection on Netherlands' appeal concerning biotechnological inventions - "Pramigiano Reggiano" protection extends to "Parmesan" translation
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Conference stresses role of local authorities regarding immigration and integration
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 09/10/2001: