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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8159

27 February 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 45
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/council/france/germany
Warm welcome for Schröder/Blair letter - Pöttering stresses role of European Commission, Leinen focuses on Treaty amendments

Brussels, 26/02/2002 (Agence Europe) - Commenting on the Schröder/Blair letter on reforming the European Council and the Council (see yesterday's EUROPE, p 5), German Social Democratic MEP Klaus Hänsch, Member of the Praesidium of the Convention on the future of Europe, said that it appears that some EU heads of state at least cannot put up with the way the European Council operates and want the reform process to get started. He said that the ideas in the letter were not new, but what is...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: A few more comments on so-called "bilateral alliances" and on Council reform - Valéry Giscard d'Estaing's "political tendency"
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Summit in Washington on 2 May preceded by ministerial meeting in April - Powell and Pique highlight common concerns in Washington and Europe - Pique calls for lifting of restrictions on Yasser Arafat's movements
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Greece confirms its reservations about Istanbul compromise and prepares counter-proposal
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Arafat wants new negotiations over security issues
(EU) EU/DENMARK/ENLARGEMENT: Rasmussen plans to conclude in December
(EU) EP/CONVENTION:
(EU) EP/CONVENTION:
(EU) EU/UNITED KINGDOM:
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Paavo Lipponen fears Convention will minimise role of "small countries" and European Commission - Plea for Community Method
(EU) EP/COUNCIL/FRANCE/GERMANY: Warm welcome for Schröder/Blair letter - Pöttering stresses role of European Commission, Leinen focuses on Treaty amendments
(EU) EU/PE/COLOMBIA:
(EU) EP/CZECH REPUBLIC:
(EU) EU/IRELAND: European Movement urges for ratification of Nice Treaty
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE: First contribution by European Movement
(EU) EU/MADAGASCAR: Union welcomes efforts made by the OAU
(EU) EU/ALBANIA: EU has hopes for the new government
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EIB: Commission to propose arrangements, on Wednesday, for creation of Euro-Mediterranean bank
(EU) EU/GCC: Ministerial meeting on 27 and 28 February in Spain
(EU) EU/JORDAN: Visit by new Jordanian Foreign Minister
(EU) EU/CHINA: Commission proposes concluding agreement on maritime transport
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE/WTO: EU defends its policy relating to sugar export, faced with an imminent complaint from Brazil
(EU) EU/MERCOSUR/CHILE: Pascal Lamy in Argentina, Brazil and Chile - Franz Fischler meets his Argentinean counterpart - Problem of beef
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Guidelines for negotiations with United States - Possible that agreement will be reached on freezing assets - Discussion of Europol
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: EP's Economics Committee adopts Huhne report on prospectuses, Goebbels report on insider dealing and Lipietz report on financial conglomerates
(EU) EU/BELGIUM/ECHELON: Belgian parliamentary report appeals for creation of European intelligence service
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN: 57.5 million euro for reconstruction
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission initiates in-depth investigation into sand-lime brick sector
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission allows three operations
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/OLAF: Commission to check allegations of poor professional conduct contained in van Buitenen Report before acting
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Berlin recommends a minimum agricultural policy for future
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Presidency memorandum in favour of creation of common insurance framework for agriculture
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE/FRAUD: Appeal by Willi Rothley and others against Parliament's OLAF decision is inadmissible
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: European Commission decision requiring recovery of state aid for Italian shipyard has been annulled
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY:
(EU) EP/CONVENTION: Recommendation by Committee on Budgets on budget for Convention on future of Europe - Bourlanges and Boge: it has not to be a precedent
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Langenhagen calls for relaxation of embargo affecting products of animal origin from China
(EU) EP/TOURISM: Helena Torres Marques calls for Article in Treaty devoted to tourism
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Fatuzzo Report calls on Barcelona Summit to take concrete decisions on pensions
(EU) EP/EDUCATION: De Sarnez Report calls for European quality label for higher education
(EU) EU/COUNCIL/HOME AFFAIRS:
(EU) EU/ESC/INTERNET: ESC appeals to Member States to ensure disabled people have access to websites and calls for European directive to cover this
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Rural development aid for Sicily
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Aid for networking Italian rural communities
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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