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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8215

22 May 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/stability pact

21/05/2002 (Agence Europe) - France will naturally respect its commitments under the Stability and Growth Pact and it would be a totally unfounded argument to imagine the contrary, President Chirac said in Madrid last Friday. "France plans to return to a balance in its medium-term public finances", he said, on the fringe of the EU/Latin American Summit. Nonetheless, he added, "the growth and competitiveness policy also means reducing taxes and charges that today paralyse our production...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: In framework of present wide ranging debate on EMU, institutional reforms that Commission submits to Convention would make co-ordination of economic policy stronger and more democratic
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/CONVENTION: Commission on Wednesday to approve its "plan for the European Union" for the Convention - Ambitious plan for CFSP, Area of Freedom, Security and Justice and EMU
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: After week of debate, EU agrees on status and countries for 13 deported Palestinians
(EU) EU/PRESIDENCY/SPAIN: Mr Aznar in favour of European Council President with five year mandate, assisted by five or six peers
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Javier Solana meets Colin Powell - Tony Blair wants meeting forum
(EU) EU/ESDP/GREECE:
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: First EU military exercise begins on Wednesday
(EU) EU/IRAQ: EU supports Kofi Annan's initiatives for finding a solution to problem of weapons of mass destruction
(EU) IRELAND:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: Views differ in Council on proposal of regulation on "sales promotion" - majority current would prefer directive
(EU) EASTERN EUROPE/EBRD:
(EU) EU/PATENT: Council adopts conclusions on Community Patent, but without reaching political compromise on question of competent jurisdiction
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Council reaches political agreement on "traditional" public procurement directive
(EU) EP/COMPETITION:
(EU) EP/ECB: To provide boost to economic recovery, Mr Duisenberg calls on Member States to show wage moderation and respect stability pact
(EU) EU/JHA: Tony Blair hopes Seville Summit will "relaunch" common asylum and immigration policy by making link between development aid and fight against illegal immigration - Speech by Peter Hain
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Commission prepares to sound alarm regarding fall in productiveness of work in EU
(EU) EU/PAKISTAN: Commission adopts five-year strategy
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN: Madrid Summit tackles American protectionist traits - Latin American countries call for EU to open markets
(EU) EU/ANDEAN COMMUNITY: Relative satisfaction from Andean countries, after promise for co-operation agreement preparing for possible free trade negotiations tied to Doha results
(EU) EU/MEXICO: Madrid Summit confirms strengthening of relations
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light to Innogy acquisition by RWE (electricity)
(EU) EU/CULTURE/BROADCASTING: EU to debate cultural co-operation in enlarged Europe and storage of digital content - Exchange of views on Television without Frontiers Directive
(EU) EU/MEDIA: Eight candidate countries admitted to MEDIA programme
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Verheugen defends his financial and budget plans: "Total expenditure for enlargement would, in the end, be even higher than the EUR 40 billion which the Commission proposed by taking the 2004-2006 reference period" - The Nice Treaty coming into force remains necessary precondition to conclusion of enlargement negotiations
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT: Reimer Böge's restrained report on funding enlargement
(EU) EU/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Parliament fears failure of Johannesburg Summit - concrete suggestions so Union can prevent fiasco
(EU) EU/STABILITY PACT:
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/SESSION: Debates on immigration, racism, transport and meeting with ESC President
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN MUTUALITY:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 506
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