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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8146

8 February 2002
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/convention
Valéry Giscard d'Estaing says he will report to Parliament and plenary on the Convention - Convention to meet twenty-odd times a year

Strasbourg, 07/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - The nearly two hour meeting on Wednesday afternoon in Strasbourg between the Chairman of the Convention on the future of Europe, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, and the Presidents of the European Parliament's political groups (extended to the Vice-Presidents), looked at organisational issues and enabled the former French President to give assurances that he is prepared to report not only to the Conference of Presidents and Constitutional Committee, but...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: True and false regarding warning to Germany over its budget deficit - Artificial dramatisation
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/CONVENTION: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing says he will report to Parliament and plenary on the Convention - Convention to meet twenty-odd times a year
(EU) EU/GYMNICH: Josep Pique sets out directions for debates of informal Council of Caceres
(EU) EU/NATO/BALKANS: Lord Robertson and Ambassador Casajuana discuss co-operation in Balkans
(EU) EP/NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS: Let's be rid of all mutual distrust, says Napolitano
(EU) EP/NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS:
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/GREECE:
(EU) EP/HUMAN RIGHTS:
(EU) EU/PAKISTAN:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECB: Wim Duisenberg announces he's stepping down as ECB President on 9 July 2003 but will stay longer if European Council asks him to
(EU) EU/ECB: ECB decides to maintain its base rates unchanged and shows confidence in resumption of economic growth in Europe - Duisenberg: Early warning mechanism is essential element of Stability Pact
(EU) EU/COLOMBIA: Commission launches "Peace Laboratory in the Madaleno Medio"
(EU) EU/OECD/UNITED STATES: Union makes offer to help save American steel industry and ward off threat of high-risk trade war
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Franco-Spanish and Franco-Italian Interreg programmes
(EU) EU/WTO: At special session on agriculture in Geneva, EU representative warns developing countries against temptation to raise tariffs
(EU) EU/EIB: Maystadt announces increase in his institution's capital for 2003 and hopes new "Euro-Mediterranean" bank will be created on basis of EIB structure
(EU) EU/JUSTICE: First consultation document on adopting minimum common standards for protecting suspected criminals
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES:
(EU) EP/BSE: Parliament requests Commission should be able to impose sanctions on Member States and multinational companies failing to comply with Community legislation
(EU) EU/EP/CLIMATE: Parliament gives go-ahead to ratification of Kyoto Protocol by Community
(EU) EP/EXTERNAL RELATIONS: EP sets up delegations for relations with third countries - Philippe Morillon President of new EP/NATO Assembly delegation - Glenys Kinnock co-President of ACP/EU Assembly
(EU) EP/MOROCCO: Parliamentary delegation to visit Morocco on 11/15 February
(EU) EP/ASSISTANTS: Assistants' Association has new President
(EU) EU/WORLD SOCIAL FORUM: Concrete proposals for a new world order - Forum goes from making protests to making proposals, says Jean Lapeyre (ESC) - Supporting network of parliamentarians from every continent
(EU) EP/GLOBALISATION: European Parliament takes part in "E-parliament"
(EU) EU/EIB: EIB increases and diversifies funding in Balkans
(EU) WTO/EUROPEAN COMMISSION:
(EU) WTO/EU/UNITED STATES/CHINA:
(EU) EU/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Temping labour market in Italy a little more liberalised
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: For Leendert Geelhoed, France is late in transposing EC directive on protection of laboratory animals
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Two rulings on social security for migrant workers
(EU) EU/SPORT: Reding presents athlete's passport
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