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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/convention

Visit of Mr Giscard d'Estaing to Sweden

Paris, 18/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - A press release has indicated that the President of the Convention on the future of Europe, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, is holding meetings in Stockholm on 18 February, at the urgent request of Prime Minister Göran Persson. Mr Giscard d'Estaing had a working meeting in the morning with Lena Hjelm-Wallén, Deputy Prime Minister and representative of the Swedish government at the Convention and then a working-lunch with Göran Persson and Lars Danielsson,...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: The debate on the reform of the CAP has already begun (through the agricultural chapter of accession negotiations) and there is no point in concealing the fact
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/ACP/ZIMBABWE: Council decides to immediately impose targeted sanctions
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Council reaches agreement on mission, arrangements and funding for police force to take over from UN in Bosnia-Herzegovina from 1 January 2003
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: EU continues discussions on Middle East but no agreement on concrete details of political approach
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: Council to follow work of Convention - Sketch of programme for Barcelona Summit - Enlargement - Cohesion policy
(EU) EU/EXTERNAL AID: General Affairs Council confirms its commitment in favour of greater effectiveness of EU external aid - In favour of creation of financial reserve useable for CFSP
(EU) EU/NATO: NATO Assembly turns to transatlantic relations - Structure of deployment and command of Alliance must better correspond to new tasks, says President Estrella
(EU) EU/MONTENEGRO:
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Visit of Mr Giscard d'Estaing to Sweden
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: New Civil Society contact group to hold monthly meeting with Presidium
(EU) EU/UNITED KINGDOM/GERMANY:
(EU) EP/FUTURE OF EUROPE/ITALY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: Confirmation of divergent positions on reduction of aid to tobacco producers - Discussion begins on agricultural chapter of enlargement
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: Several hundred European beekeepers protest in Brussels, calling for change to EU honey legislation
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission proposes new VAT rules for travel agents
(EU) EP/COMMISSION:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Violence towards women at centre of informal meeting of ministers of equal opportunities - Anna Diamantopoulou pleads in favour of integrated approach
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: ICAO Conference should adopt action plan on air safety
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN: ECHO Director in Kabul
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/WTO: Decision on FSC postponed till 29 April - Washington challenges EU calculation of sanctions
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: EUR 700,000 for UN humanitarian services
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Erkki Liikanen urges for intensified dialogue between Europeans and Russians
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: European Commission proposes ways to achieve sustainable relaunch of Barcelona process
(EU) EU/EURO/FRANCE: Franc is no longer legal tender - Upholders of the sovereign State believe this is not an irreversible step
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Conference-debate and round table on liberalisation
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission gives conditional clearance to acquisition of Royal Canin by Masterfoods
(EU) ESC/FEBRUARY SESSION: Convention Vice-Chair Jean-Luc Dehaene to attend
(EU) EU/STABILITY PACT:
(EU) EP/BRUSSELS FEBRUARY SESSION: Preparing for Barcelona, economic impact of 11 September attack, International Criminal Tribunal, democracy in Turkey
(EU) EU/LIBERAL GROUP: Graham Watson highlights priorities of Lisbon strategy - Importance of guarantees for European arrest warrant
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Juan Carlos Aparicio calls for information society for all
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: EAPN puts requests to Barcelona Summit
(EU) EU/BUSINESS:
(EU) EP/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: A Community employer may practice social dumping in another Member States that allows its employers to pay lower wages than guaranteed minimum
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EU/NORWAY:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 493
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