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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8080

27 October 2001
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 38
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/council
Parliament wants General Affairs Council to meet ideally once a week and to play an effective role

Brussels, 26/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the European Parliament adopted the report by the Luxembourg Socialist Jacques Poos on the reform of the EU Council of Ministers by 422 to 23 with 17 abstentions (see full description in EUROPE of 27 September, p.6, and A Look Behind the News of 4 October). The report stressed the need to give more weight to the General Affairs Council and distinguish between a legislative Council (whose work is public) and an executive Council. The...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: The European Investment Bank (EIB) is increasingly an instrument at the service of Community policies and will play a significant role in tackling the economic slowdown
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL: Preparation of Doha meeting - MEPs and European parties - EU mission in Central Asia?
(EU) EUFYROM: Solana confident over revision of Constitution
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/RUSSIA/MIDDLE EAST:
(EU) EU/FRANCE/GERMANY/AFGHANISTAN:
(EU) EP/PALESTINE:
(EU) EU/GUINEA:
(EU) NATO/TERRORISM:
(EU) PES/MUSLIMS:
(EU) EP/COUNCIL: Parliament wants General Affairs Council to meet ideally once a week and to play an effective role
(EU) EP/ITALY:
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Ideas of Agora Network on future Convention
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN INTEGRATION: Colloquium on 7 and 8 November in Lausanne
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN POLITICAL PARTIES: Colloquium in Eupen on 30 November
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Several additional chapters closed on Friday
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Informal meeting with Monti, Liikanen and Busquin
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Bucharest Conference adopts new projects for EUR 3 billion - Patten insists on regional cooperation
(EU) EU/MERCOSUR: Mercosur to present, on Monday, its offer for negotiation of free trade agreement
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: Political agreement on four issues, conclusions on climate negotiations, political debate on labelling and traceability of GMOs
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE/BEEF: Commission criticises Jean Glavany
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Agreement on reducing ozone concentrations
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: Preliminary results of EuropeAid activities show progress in implementation of reform in Community's external aid management
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Aceralia, Arbed and Usinor propose to sell off business activities
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light for Interbrew's acquisition of Beck's
(EU) EU/DANGEROUS CHEMICALS: Commission restricts creosote applications
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: EP and Council begin difficult discussion on definition of "self-employed" drivers to reach conciliation agreement on working hours of hauliers
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission "recommends" flexibility measures for management of time slots during winter 2002
(EU) EU/BUDGET: Proposals, on Tuesday, on recasting of financial regulation
(EU) EP/INTERNATIONAL MONETARY SYSTEM: EP stresses role of both IMF and ECB - Robert Goebbels unhappy with vote on Tobin Tax
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Increase in aid for goats and sheep
(EU) EP/WTO:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Greek legislation on storage of petroleum products, posting of workers in Germany, quasi-monopoly of transport of patients in Rheinland-Palatenate
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Two Urban programmes in France
(EU) EP/CYPRUS:
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EP/BUDGET/DEMOCRACY:
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ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 26/10/2001: