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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8085

7 November 2001
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/mediterranean
Brussels conference dominated by issue of peace and violence in the Middle East and anti-terrorism

Brussels, 06/11/2001 (Agence Europe) - The Euro-Mediterranean conference that opened in Brussels on Monday evening was virtually taken over by exchanges of views - heated at times - on the Middle-East situation and, to a lesser extent but with relative agreement, by the repercussions of the 11 September attacks.

The presence of Yasser Arafat obviously played a part in concealing the original aims of the conference (a mid-tem review of the Barcelona Process between the Marseilles Summit in...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: A few lessons to be drawn from the media agitation surrounding Romano Prodi, the fear of a Board, a claimed plot against Italy and other more or less pleasant "affairs"
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Brussels conference dominated by issue of peace and violence in the Middle East and anti-terrorism
(EU) EP/LAOS: Arrest of Dupuis raises indignation among his colleagues
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE/GERMANY:
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE/FRANCE:
(EU) EU/UNITED KINGDOM: What the Permanent Representative Nigel Sheinwald is expecting from the Laeken Summit
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Finance ministers confirm agreement on tobacco excise and note progress made by Ireland in budgetary adjustment
(EU) EU/EUROGROUP: Ministers remain relatively confident about growth prospects - Pedro Solbes says five countries have met their public deficit targets this year
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Commission concerned about discrimination on Italian law on repatriation of capital
(EU) EU/CLIMATE CHANGE: Ministers take over from experts in the Marrakesh negotiations as they enter decisive phase
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EU/ENERGY/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission stresses difficult progress in justice and home affairs in "globally positive" assessment
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Spanish banks suspected of concerted agreement
(EU) EU/WTO: Lamy stresses EU's flexibility - Fischler assures EU will play a positive role in agricultural talks
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Research Ministers approve GMES
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Lomdon may resume exports of sheep and goat meat
(EU) EU/RESEARCH/BIOTERRORISM:
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: Thursday's Council to focus on new Union policy geared to eradicating poverty and the financing of public aid to development
(EU) EU/CULTURE COUNCIL: Viviane Reding calls on ministers to be bold enough to allocate necessary means to culture policy
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission pursues investigation concerning Microsoft
(EU) COURT OF JUSTICE: Judge Leif Sevón from Finland is appointed President of Finland's High Court
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Advocate General Philippe Léger, who proposes Greece should be found guilty, supports European Commission's fight for the survival of sea turtles
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Union contributes EUR 145 million to business sector investment of 4 regions of the United Kingdom
(EU) EU/CONFERENCES: Programme of conferences and other events in November
(EU) EU/ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE: Conference on organised civil society and European governance, with the participation of Michel Barnier and Isabelle Durant
(EU) EU/AERONAUTICS:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 06/11/2001: