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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8212

16 May 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 33
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) esp

15/05/2002 (Agence Europe) - Robin Cook, President of the European Socialist Party (ESP) launched, on 17 May in Vienna, with the Vice-President of the ESP, Heinz Fischer and the Austrian Social Democratic leader, Alfred Gusenbauer, the first annual volume of political essays by the Party entitled: "Visions for Europe", published by the Austrian Social Democratic Party. Dedicated to three crucial themes - security, enlargement of the EU and the future of the EU - and including contributions...

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST: Mr Solana asserts need to move forward, at same time and without delay, on three fronts: security, restructuring and political process - for an in-depth reform of Palestinian Authority
(EU) EU/NATO/GREECE: Spanish Presidency proposes new formulas to settle Greek-Turkish problem
(EU) EP/CONDUCT OF MEPS: Bureau decides to take steps to avoid EP becoming springboard for presidential elections
(EU) EU/PES/ISRAEL: Meeting in Prague with Israeli Labour members
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT: EU stresses serious political consequences of Washington's refusal to ratify Court's Statute
(EU) EU/COUNCIL/CRISIS MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION:
(EU) EU/SPAIN:
(EU) EU/PARLIAMENTS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN: Further Commission aid - Chris Patten goes to the country and Pakistan
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Discussions at Coreper continue on Thursday on hosting thirteen Palestinian activists
(EU) EU/TERRORISM: Presidency insists on including FARC on EU terrorist list - further meeting to review the list this month
(EU) EU/TERRORISM/JHA: Agreement between Fifteen on very general text on exchange of police and judicial information on terrorism
(EU) EU/JUSTICE/CHILD PORNOGRAPHY:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Europe and United States share same aims, says Commissioner Monti and his US counterpart James
(EU) EU/OECD/UNITED STATES: Pascal Lamy and Guy Verhofstadt at OECD - no Lamy-Zoellick meeting - Steel dispute - Farm Bill
(EU) EU/SPORT: Commissioner Viviane Reding wants to take on doping in amateur sporting circles
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Decisive step for European social partners for tele-work agreement
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: By adopting Foster report, Parliament calls on Member States to finance new air safety measures
(EU) EP/RESEARCH: In agreement with Council and Commission, Parliament makes last changes to 6th Framework programme
(EU) EP/ECONOMY: Trentin hopes EU will put up greater fight against recession - Marinos wants more voluntarist employment policies, but also continued budgetary austerity
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2003: Schreyer calls for budgetary discipline to be respected - Färm hopes to reduce administrative expenditure for enlargement
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2003: EP tables on moderate budget increase
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Parliament makes only two minor amendments to draft directive on distance marketing of financial services, to be adopted without conciliation procedure
(EU) EP/SEAT OF PARLIAMENT:
(EU) EP/ASYLUM/IMMIGRATION: Immigration policy must become part of main axis of European foreign policy, feel Mariano Roy and Chris Patten
(EU) ESP:
(EU) EU/RUSSIA/KALININGRAD: Wide-ranging agreement between Council, Commission and Parliament
(EU) EU/EP/TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS: According to European Commission, new strategy not required - Commission and European parliamentarians deplore divergences over several important dossiers
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: France condemned for having failed to put in place complete waste management policy on its territory
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: a well-established legal tradition in Scandinavian countries recognised by European judges
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE/SOCIAL: Consequences of migration on social security at centre of 8th ministerial conference on social security
(EU) EU/COLLOQUIUM: Seminar SCHEDULE for May and June
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