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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8152

16 February 2002
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS /
Parliament's decision giving the go-ahead to the European Company and the integrated financial market are signs of strength and self-confidence

Priority to the general European interest. The European Parliament has consolidated its position in the Union's institutional framework by explicitly providing in two cases priority to the general European interest in defending its prerogatives. It's a sign of strength and self-confidence. No way do I wish to criticise the previous battles in which Parliament took the risk of delaying the Community decision if it felt that its institutional powers were not being fully respected: these were...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
TIMETABLE