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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8143

4 February 2002
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/irak
Bagdad wants to send delegation to Madrid

Baghdad, 04/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - Reuters has indicated that reports from the Iraqi news agency, INA, suggest that a Council of Ministers presided by Saddam Hussein has approved the Minister of Foreign Affairs' proposal to send a delegation to Madrid to start discussions with the Spanish Presidency of the Council of the European Union. According to Reuters, European diplomats confirmed on Monday that Iraq had requested high level discussions with the Spanish Presidency. Discussions would...

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: In letter to Javier Solana, Francis Wurtz calls on Council and EP to also invite Yasser Arafat
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Josep Piqué writes to Shimon Peres about destruction of Palestinian infrastructure funded by EU
(EU) EU/IRAK: Bagdad wants to send delegation to Madrid
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Spanish regionalists reject PSOE/PP agreement on appointing Spanish parliamentary representatives to the Convention
(EU) EU/CONVENTION:
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Costas Simitis calls for political Union and decentralised federalism and stresses importance of social cohesion
(EU) EP/NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS: Napolitano Report opposes idea of second chamber of national deputies, calling for genuine inter-parliamentary agreement between national and European parliaments
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Albert Bore is PES candidate for Presidency of Committee of the Regions - Michel Delebarre leads the Group
(EU) EU/CHURCHES: Churches call for specific hearing in the context of Convention on the Future of Europe
(EU) EU/SUDAN: EU welcomes ceasefire agreement in Nuba mountains
(EU) EU/SPAIN:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission unveils Marco Polo programme to promote freight intermodality
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Loyola de Palacio in relentless battle to achieve Open Skies agreement with United States
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Economic and Financial Committee disagree on how Council should react to Germany's budget deficit
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Industry and Research Ministeries want 3% of GDP for R&D
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission presents its new draft regulation on automobile distribution on Tuesday
(EU) EU/GCC: Preparation of the ministerial session end February in Grenada
(EU) EU/WTO:
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Loyola de Palacio calls for greater European co-ordination in European security energy stocks system
(EU) EU/NUCLEAR: Commission proposes to extend joint undertaking status of Hochtemperatur-Kernkraftwerk
(EU) EU/TERRORISM: Mr Rajoy confirms that Presidency would like official legal list of terrorist organisations
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Commission to approve, on Wednesday, a proposal for giving foreign residents the same social rights as European citizens
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Given ageing population, Lanzarotte seminar tackles extension of professional life and guaranteed pension schemes
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Spain proposes very outlying regions should discuss reform of cohesion policy in "permanent forum"
(EU) EP/AGENDA: Prodi to speak on von Wogau Report - Cox's reform projects - Resolution on terrorism
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Josep Piqué reaffirms EU's "specific position" on Iran and North Korea
(EU) EU/JUSTICE: Colloquy on European penal area on 6 and 7 March
(EU) EU/AGENCIES/SPANISH PRESIDENCY:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL AFFAIRS:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) COURT OF JUSTICE: Former Judge Sevon believes the captain of a ship must use every possible means of identifying dangers that lie ahead to avoid shipwreck
(EU) EU/INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Commission pursues infringement proceedings against Belgium and Denmark
(EU) EU/EIB: EUR 250 million for projects to promote Italian SMEs
(EU) EU/EURO: In just one month, the euro is used in 95% of cash transactions
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: According to the Commission, the surge in inflation noted in January is not necessarily linked to the changeover to euro notes and coins
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Fall in EU current trade deficit during third quarter 2001
(EU) EU/BELGIUM:
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COMPANY: Spanish Presidency, Commission and European social partners all welcome Pat Cox's decision
(EU) EU/AUTOMOBILES: BEUC calls for Commission to make wide-reaching changes to current car industry exemption scheme
(EU) EU/PES:
(EU) EU/ITALY:
(EU) EU/EIB: Loans to Mediterranean countries in 2001 reached record figure of EUR 1.5 billion - EUR 36.8 billion to different countries world-wide
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission call for Community to join international protocol on the fight against acidification, eutrophication and ground-level ozone
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