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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8213

17 May 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 40
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/euro/united kingdom

16/05/2002 (Agence Europe) - In an interview with BBC (television), Tony Blair said that "I would have no problem with history recording me as the person who said to the British people" that it was in their interest to sign up to the euro. "It is an economic union, we should not for political reasons stand aside", he stated.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Short account of Convention - Strengthening of CFSP is obvious, but methods raise many problems
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/CONSTITUTION: Parliament adopts with significant majority report by Mr Lamassoure in favour of supple demarcation of power between EU and Member States - Commissioner responsible for subsidiarity, chamber within Court of Justice - regions with legislative powers: report from Constitutional Committee
(EU) EP/CONVENTION/UEN:
(EU) EP/COUNCIL: Mr Solana and Mr Barnier underlined possible improvements not requiring Treaty revision - Mr Solana ready to share his experiences on CFSP with Convention and IGC - Role of European Council and Council Presidency - Fears from several MEPs
(EU) EU/FRANCE: Pierre Sellal new Premanent Representative
(EU) EP/NETHERLANDS: Success of right-wing Pim Fortuyn party recently announced
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/CRISIS MANAGEMENT/JUSTICE: Fifteen promise to commit close to 300 judicial experts to crisis management in 2003
(EU) EU/KALININGRAD: EU rules out establishment of corridor between Kaliningrad an Russia - Russia reacts firmly
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Bolkestein in United States next week
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Internal market "Scoreboard" shows that, although there has been progress, many shortcomings remain
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission publishes recommendation on independence of statutory auditors
(EU) EU/OECD/UNITED STATES: Condemnation of protectionism during Ministerial in Paris
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Monti and James give details about cases currently under investigation, during conference on world competition policy - FXAII, Sogecable, Visa, Microsoft
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY: Commission seminar in July
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Inflation in April in euro zone upwardly reviewed
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Equal conference on "NetWorking for Inclusion"
(EU) EU/MEDIA: 8 films backed by EU Media in Cannes - Ms. Reding to hand over Media Prize
(EU) EU/EURO/UNITED KINGDOM:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Infringement procedure against Germany over light quadricycles
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: "Energy" labelling of electric ovens and air-conditioning equipment compulsory in 2003
(EU) EP/NUCLEAR: Initiative by several EPP members to rid EU of nuclear
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EP/LATIN AMERICA: Parliament calls for Euro-Latino-American free trade area by 2010 and calls for Madrid Summit to be pro-active
(EU) EP/MEXICO: President Fox would like "strategic association" with EU
(EU) EP/FOOD SAFETY: Modification of controls of salmonella and zoonosis, to give greater weight to combating resistance to antibiotics
(EU) EP/FOOD SAFETY: Parliament in favour of simplification of rules for marketing products of animal origin
(EU) EP/ECONOMY: Despite vain attempt by Socialists to gain greater flexibility, Parliament calls for full compliance with Stability Pact
(EU) EP/BEPG 2002: Parliament seeks to strengthen coordination of economic and social policies to prevent recession
(EU) EP/OMBUDSMAN:
(EU) EP/MEDITERRANEAN: Parliament stresses Euro-Mediterranean area cannot be reduced to little more than free trade area
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: EP refuses to take hasty stance on control of deep sea species
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: EP accepts one year extension of EU/Guinea protocol
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: EP approves new EU/Seychelles fishing protocol
(EU) EU/INDIA:
(EU) EP/UKRAINE:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: COFACE calls for explicit mention of family dimension in Treaty
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/AGRICULTURE: Towards integrating equal opportunities between men and women in EU agricultural sector
(EU) EU/CULTURE/RESEARCH: Commission conference on safeguarding cultural heritage
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
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