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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8144

6 February 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/education
On Wednesday, Commission should adopt proposal aimed at extending Tempus programme to Mediterranean countries

Brussels, 05/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - On a proposal by Viviane Reding (Education/Culture) and Chris Patten (External Relations), the European Commission should adopted a proposal on Wednesday 6 February to extend the university co-operation programme Tempus to Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority, Syria and Lebanon. This extension comes within the Community strategy aimed at strengthening the dialogue between cultures. It was announced at the Education...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: The financial framework proposed by the Commission to pay for enlargement and cohesion policy launch debate on Union's own resources in the future
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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST: Javier Solana talks of returning to pre-1967 borders - Chris Patten's appeal to moderates - Daniel Cohn-Bendit calls for European intervention force and for Yasser Arafat and Shimon Peres to be invited to visit EP, Francis Wurtz calls for EU Foreign Ministers to visit Ramullah
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Presidents of EU parliamentary "defence" committees call for integration of European arms policy
(EU) EP/SUMMIT OF BARCELONA: Special Session of the Parliament on 20 March
(EU) EU/ALGERIA: Algerian ambassador convoked Thursday for clarifications over affair of visa refusal
(EU) EU/SOMALIA: EU ready to support IGAD peace efforts
(EU) EU/NIGERIA: EU ready to provide its support following accident in Lagos
(EU) EU/MONTENEGRO: Javier Solana to visit region this weekend - Milo Djukanovic invited to visit Brussels next week
(EU) EP/CONVENTION: MEPs' concern at how work will be organised
(EU) EU/GIBRALTAR: UK and Spain hope to strike agreement on Gibraltar this summer
(EU) EU/PAKISTAN:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EP/AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY: Monti presents "audacious" reform to European Parliament for automobile distribution
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: France, Italy and Netherlands seek to postpone condemnation of tax exemptions granted to hauliers
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: EUR 300,000 for containing Ebola fever in Gabon
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission proposes ratifying Rotterdam Convention on Hazardous Chemicals and wants to go further
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Health Ministers must have more to say, especially on the medicines market, says Villalobos
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: On Wednesday, Commission should adopt proposal aimed at extending Tempus programme to Mediterranean countries
(EU) EU/ARGENTINA: Argentinean anti-crisis plan contains "encouraging" elements according to Commission - Aznar welcomes plan
(EU) EP/STABILITY PACT: By warning Germany, Commission did its duty, says Prodi, defending Verheugen
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Yes to new framework for worker consultation
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Compromise reached with Commission (and illustrated by Prodi) on Lamfalussy Report allows Parliament to accept procedure for implementing future legislation - Commission assures it will support amendment of Article 2002 at IGC
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN COMPANY: MEPs show understanding of Pat Cox's decision not to go before Court of Justice
(EU) EP/EIB: Bank would agree to additional external control, Maystadt tells MEPs, who place emphasis on respect of prudential rules
(EU) EP/DEVELOPMENT: Van den Berg Report urges plenary to demand concrete measures to establish bridges between emergency aid, rehabilitation and long-term development
(EU) EP/TAX/TOBACCO: With amendments, Parliament finally approves excise on tobacco
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Advance on maintenance payments paid by Austria is a "family benefit" that can be exported to another EU Member State
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Rise in business confidence in eurozone
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Industrial producer prices fall in eurozone and EU15 in December 2001
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