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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8212

16 May 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 3 / 33
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/conduct of meps
Bureau decides to take steps to avoid EP becoming springboard for presidential elections

Strasbourg, 15/05/2002 (Agence Europe) - The Bureau of the European Parliament decided on three measures, Monday evening, of an ethical and security nature, to avoid the EP becoming a "springboard" for presidential elections, announced David Harley, spokesman for President Pat Cox.

The EP's Quaestors were asked by Mr. Cox to draw up a parliamentary "code of conduct", within two to three weeks to enable Parliament to suspend people guilty of aggression against MEPs. Rules will also be drawn...

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
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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