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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8210

13 May 2002
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/general affairs/iran
No agreement on negotiating directives for EU/Iran Agreement - Discussions come up against inclusion of political clause in agreement

Brussels, 13/05/2002 (Agence Europe) - On Monday, the Fifteen did not manage to approve an negotiating brief for an agreement between the European Union and Iran. Talks faltered on whether to not to include political clauses in the agreement. Discussions have now been postponed to the General Affairs Council of 17 June, with the return of Coreper working groups in the meantime. The Council is totally divided on the issues. The United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands and Portugal...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: The real motivations and ambitions of the 9 May 1950 "Schuman Declaration" - A useful reading for the fifteen Heads of Government signatories of the "Laeken Declaration"
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS/IRAN: No agreement on negotiating directives for EU/Iran Agreement - Discussions come up against inclusion of political clause in agreement
(EU) EU/DEFENCE/GENERL AFFAIRS COUNCIL: At the end of first meeting with Defence Ministers, Council welcomes work of first panels
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Council once more insists on regional cooperation
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: GENERAL AFFAIRS: Fifteen to try to reach agreement this week on conditions for hosting 13 Palestinians
(EU) EU/COUNCIL/FRANCE:
(EU) EU/CONVENTION:
(EU) EU/ANGOLA: Council welcomes progress towards democracy and underlines readiness to support peace process - Commission prepares 125 million in humanitarian aid
(EU) EU/GREENS: Congress in Berlin, with Joschka Fischer and Michaele Schreyer
(EU) EU/FRANCE: Pierre Vimont Cabinet Director for Dominique de Villepin
(EU) EU/CYPRUS/TURKEY: According to Mr Yilmaz, Turkey should make proposals on Cyprus
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: General guidelines for Johannesburg Summit
(EU) ACP/EU: General Affairs Council favorably welcomes negotiating mandate proposal for partnership agreements - talks continue
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL/COMMISSION: Council in favour of enhancing Commission's "strategic participation"
(EU) EU/EMU: Commission report on Public Finances reasserts requirement that all Member States have "close to balanced" budgets in 2004
(EU) EU/FISHERIES:
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN: Madrid Summit to adopt action plan, political statement and declaration on "common values" - Commission programmes for 2002/2006
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA: Ecofin Council makes contribution to EU/Latin America Summit placing emphasis on Argentinean reforms
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Member States cannot invoke unclear, un-translated and non-consolidated provisions of international convention as reason for not applying it within time set
(EU) EU/FOOD: Final Round Table on Agriculture and Food identifies ways to develop quality production
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission may examine merger between Sogecable and Via Capital
(EU) EU/WTO: A hundred or so NGOs discover secret" nature of EU preparations for new round on services
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/WTO: WTO will not necessarily pass down its verdict on FSC on 18 June
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Divergences persist between Council and Parliament on financing of civil aviation safety measures
(EU) EP/ECONOMY: According to Marinos report, stability pact emerged weakened from compromise on German and Portuguese deficits
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: In response to Bouwman report, Commission prepares in-depth study on situation of "new workers" in cases of employer insolvency - near certain adoption in 3 June Council
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION: Hostility in Nordic countries towards Commission proposal to create European Border Control Guard
(EU) EU/ASYLUM:
(EU) G8/JUSTICE:
(EU) EU/REGIONS:
(EU) EU/AUDIO-VISUAL:
(EU) EP/MEDICINES: Draft reports by Grossetête and Müller do not question balance of pharmaceutical regulation review but insist on safety of medicinal products and strict control of all information diffused directly to consumers
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: BEUC welcomes Commission's innovative approach in strategy for 2002-2006, but warns against certain pitfalls
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 505
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