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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8125

10 January 2002
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/middle east
Mr Piqué Mission - Solana-Moubarak Meeting

Madrid/Cairo, 09/01/2002 (Agence Europe) - 09/01/2002 (Agence Europe) - The President of the EU Council, Josep Piqué, will be going on mission to the Middle East where he will certainly be meeting the Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat. In reply to questions on the role of Arafat, the Spanish Minister of Foreign Affairs repeated that the Palestinian Authority had a President elected by the Palestinians, which would remain the position of the...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Jean-Louis Bourlanges says Nice Treaty will never be ratified - Greens seeking "new majority"
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/KOSOVO: Javier Solana's appeal during Presidential Election
(EU) EU/SECURITY: First COPS meeting under Spanish Presidency
(EU) EU/ITALY: Friday Meetings between Mr Berlusconi and Mr Piqué, Mr D'Estaing and Mr Amato
(EU) EU/UNITED KINGDOM:
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Mr Piqué Mission - Solana-Moubarak Meeting
(EU) EU/TURKEY/CYPRUS: According to Mr Cem an agreement on Cyprus could be reached before end of year
(EU) EP/CFSP:
(EU) EPP/HUNGARY/ROMANIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EURO/COMMISSION: Latest positive balance sheet from Prodi and Solbes - We are carefully monitoring prices, explains Romano Prodi, announcing document on co-ordination of economic policies in the next few months
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Romano Prodi stresses regional dimension and future Mediterranean Bank
(EU) EU/LEBANON: Association Agreement to be initialled in Brussels on Thursday
(EU) EU/ALGERIA/WTO:
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT: Informal Council in Burgos to hold political debate on employment strategies and aims for coming years - Discussion with social partners
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission reaches new stage in design of car dealer scheme, moving towards review of current rules
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: No infringement proceedings against Germany for irregular awarding of Equal initiative contracts to EFP
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/REFORM:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission tells France to look at French side of SEB/Moulinex deal and approves deal for rest of Europe subject to conditions
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Investigation into allegations of illegal beef cartel in France
(EU) EU/FOOT AND MOUTH:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission publishes second EU Scoreboard on State Aid
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Green light for Belgian "Leader+ programmes"
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Slight fall in business climate indicator in December
(EU) EU/INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY:
(EU) EU/TRANSPARENCY:
(EU) EP/STATUTE OF MEPS: Discussions on statute, organised by Rapporteur Willi Rothley with a handful of MEPs, place emphasis on pensions, travel allowances, parliamentary immunity and the right of expression
(EU) EP/EURO: Randzio-Plath and Maaten find changeover to euro has been "brilliant"
(EU) EP/MONEY LAUNDERING: Turco questions Commission about third countries
(EU) EU/EURO:
(EU) EU/ARGENTINA:
(EU) EU/OMBUDSMAN:
(EU) EP/EURO: Huhne calls for British referendum in spring 2003
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Hermange Report on Social Agenda
(EU) EMU/UNITED KINGDOM: Chatham House conference with Sirkka Hämälainen from the ECB and Jon Carr from the Bank of England
(EU) EP/IMMIGRATION:
(EU) EU/GERMANY/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: G10 Central Bankers hoping for revival
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Central banking Publications shows number of central bankers in Euro-zone level is extremely high
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Industrial production prices fall in November
(EU) EU/EUROTRADE:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: National federation of Savings Banks (France) asks Commission to broaden definition of corporate social responsibility
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS: 18th Edition of the Euro-Guide
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Latest Eurydice network publications
SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Document N° 2265: Future of Europe - the position of the Liberal group at the European Parliament
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