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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8143

4 February 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 42 / 56
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/pes

04/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - Responding to a poll on the Party of European Socialists' website (www.pes.org), 62.3% of people responding to the survey called for an official European capital to be named, against 29.9% who opposed the idea. The cities put forward as alternatives to Brussels included Prague (capital of the Czech Republic) and Thessalonika in Greece.

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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