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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8231
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/terrorism

12/06/2002 (Agence Europe) - The President of the Liberal Group at the European Parliament, Graham Watson, made the following comments on the information by Attorney General John Ashcroft on the arrest of the person suspected of having tried to explode a "dirty bomb" in the USA. He appealed to EU Ministers of Justice, "to resolve all pending problems and adopt anti-terrorist legislation when meeting up on Thursday" in Luxembourg.

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/SEVILLE SUMMIT: Prodi places emphasis on "how to govern the Union" and immigration - Ramon de Miguel assures MEPs that Summit will not deal with issues for which European Convention is responsible and raises India/Pakistan conflict - Cox (and Poettering) expect concrete decisions from Summit in view of conclusion of inter-institutional agreement
(EU) EP/JORDAN: "You have built bridges, where others might promote division", were the words of King Abdullah to MEPs in a reference to European construction after centuries of conflict - appeal against stereotypes and for European leadership in Middle East
(EU) EP/SESSIONS: Parliament adopts timetable for 2003 with six sessions in Brussels and twelve in Strasbourg, but no Fridays
(EU) EU/SEVILLE SUMMIT/ESDP: Aznar "neither optimistic nor pessimistic"
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Special E15 meeting on 20 June in Madrid to try and adopt draft recommendations on broad economic policy guidelines
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Participation of military in decisions involving organisation of European air space still holding up discussion on the creation of a "single European sky"
(EU) EU/INTERNAL AFFAIRS COUNCIL: Combating illegal immigration, trafficking in human beings by sea and determination of Member State responsible for examining a request for asylum at centre of Thursday's work - Meeting of Joint Committee with Iceland and Norway
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Detail of Commission's amended proposal on liberalisation of electricity and gas markets
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Loyola de Palacio welcomes Russia-Ukraine declaration on gas consortium with European companies
(EU) EU/FISHERIES COUNCIL: Political agreement on fixing quotas for certain deep water species - conclusions on illegal fishing
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT: Presidency and Commission put pressure on four countries that have blocked adoption of common position on agriculture - MEPs criticise Council for "dragging its feet"
(EU) EP/JUSTICE: EP approves new version of draft framework decision on freezing goods and evidence
(EU) EP/IMMUNITY: Parliament amends its inspection procedure for respecting parliamentary immunity of MEPs
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(EU) EU/EP/CONSUMERS: David Byrne presents Parliament with Commission's intentions regarding drawing up future framework-directive ion fair trading practices
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Public hearing on unbundling the local loop
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Commission takes stock of prospects regarding third generation mobile communications
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Siemens may acquire stake in AeroLas
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: European Parliament wrong in allocating European parliamentary transport market to Strasbourg co-operative "Taxi 13"
(EU) EU/EIB: 200 million euro loan to bolster electricity networks in Ireland
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: OECD Development Assistance Committee congratulates EU for reforming its aid management and development policy
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