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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8171

15 March 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 37 / 42
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) finance

The Dutch bank-insurance group ING has signed a contract with the Mexican financial services group BITAL, one of the country's largest retail banks, to take a 17.5% stake in the group for $200 million.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: The Barcelona Summit will rekindle, without spectacular results, the Lisbon Programme on the path to an efficient and competitive Europe
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/BALKANS: A Signing of institutional agreement between Serbia and Montenegro - Three-year moratorium on referendum on independence - Kostunica and Djukanovic at Barcelona Summit
(EU) EU/BARCELONA SUMMIT: Juncker and Verhofstadt expect European Council to give real social impetus
(EU) EU MIDDLE EAST: Mr Aznar criticises occupation of Palestinian territories
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST A: lima Boumediene-Thiery calls for MEPs to assemble in Jerusalem
(EU) EU/CHECHNYA: Radicals denounce EU approach to conflict
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Parliamentary Committee on Culture worried about Berlusconi's control of Italian media
(EU) EU/AFRICA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/SOCIAL SUMMIT: Henceforth, Social Summit to be integral part of Spring European Councils, says Spanish Presidency
(EU) EU/BIOTERRORISM:
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: EU15 agreement on timetable for increasing public development aid
(EU) EU/MEXICO: Commission suggests Council speed up customs dismantling with Mexico in automobile sector
(EU) EU/RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission intends setting up action pal for eco-technology
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/STEEL: Consultations to continue until 7 May
(EU) EU/ECB: Central Bank confirms optimism
(EU) EP/ECONOMY: Parliament calls for structural reforms to be speeded up and hopes ECB will cut its interest rates
(EU) EP/UNITED STATES/WTO: Parliament adopts more hard-line position on "protectionist" decision taken by USA on steel
(EU) EP/FOOD: Parliament opens road to final adoption of directive on safety of dietary supplements
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: European Parliament amends proposal on tobacco aid regime to avoid political debate over future of the sector
(EU) EP/WOMEN: Parliament timidly condemns violation of women's rights linked to fundamentalist regime
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Parliament strengthens directive on ambient noise
(EU) EP/DATA PROTECTION: EP approves statute of European inspector and location of control office in Brussels
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Mr Monti meets BEUC representatives
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: commission Closes investigation into gas interconnector between United Kingdom and Belgium
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light for RBPE and Cinven joint venture
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan for Gabon submarine telephone cable
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Several Member states taken to Court
(EU) EU/BARCELONA SUMMIT: Environmental NGOs deplore fact that sustainable development was overlooked in Summit preparations
(EU) EU/BARCELONA SUMMIT: No Franco-German clashes in Barcelona, according to Fabius and Eichel
(EU) EU/BARCELONA SUMMIT: Joint report by French and German employers on Barcelona priorities
(EU) EP/REGIONS/ITALY: Talks between presidents of Italian regional councils in Strasbourg
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Investments:
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Finance:
(EU) Aeronautics:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Catering:
SUPPLEMENT
"EUROPE"/Documents No. 2273/2274: European council of Barcelona: what European parliament expects of spring Summit
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 14/03/2002: