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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8238

22 June 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/competition
Meeting with Mario Monti and Rupert Murdoch about Telepiù/Stream

Brussels, 21/06/2002 (Agence Europe) - Australian businessman, Rupert Murdoch, the Head of the audio-visual News Corp empire, met Commissioner Mario Monti (Competition) on Friday in order to discuss the project for a merger between two paying television channels, Stream and Telepiù. Spokeswoman, Amelia Torres confirmed that discussions were taking place between the two men but refused to unveil the exact nature of the talks, although she hinted that a possible merger was the reason for the...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL OF SEVILLE: Heads of State and government recognise that EU Treaty is not mutually binding in defence matters - Ireland stresses that participation in CFSP doesn't affect its traditional neutrality
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL OF SEVILLE: Heads of State and government have first quite lively exchange of views on Council reform - Immigration: search for compromise on sanctions - Rumours on a new report on October summit - ESDP: more hopeful about solving Greek problem before end of month
(EU) EU/SEVILLE/IMMIGRATION: Towards agreement Saturday morning on cooperation with third countries - New Spanish proposal places greater emphasis on incentive measures but keeps, without saying so explicitly, the idea of sanctions - Division over creation of European Police Corps
(EU) EU/EP/SEVILLE COUNCIL: President Cox expecting clear political message at Seville on enlargement - Immigration: warning against the "virus of the far right" - Institutional reforms: yes to an inter-institutional agreement but Convention must be left to get on with work
(EU) EU/LIBERALS/SEVILLE: Romano Prodi and Pat Cox at Liberal summit - Rasmussen and Verhofstadt against internal Commission reform as suggested by Prodi - Enlargement: Rasmussen hopes that problem of direct aid to farmers will be settled end-October or beginning-November at latest
(EU) EU/EPP/SEVILLE: EPP Summit confirms agreement on immigration - Europe should not be a fortress but should not be like a sieve either, explains Aznar
(EU) EP/DENMARK:
(EU) EU/WEU: WEU Assembly President calls for fight against terrorism to be included in EU security and defence policy
(EU) EU/EUROBAROMETER: Citizens in the face of immigration, enlargement and environmental problems on eve of Seville Summit
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Following long discussions with France, Finance ministers adopt recommendations on Broad Economic Guidelines for 2000
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Finance Ministers forward report to European Council on energy taxation and negotiations with Switzerland on savings tax, and confirm agreement on pension funds and biofuels
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Biosafety, packaging waste, environmental liability and major industrial risks on Council menu, on Tuesday
(EU) ACP: ACP states define their mandate for negotiating with EU
(EU) EU/KALININGRAD: Russia wants negotiations with Poland, Lithuania and EU on Kaliningrad question
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission prepared to discuss "overlapping" frequencies between Galileo and GPS with United States
(EU) EU/JHA: Entry into force of decision on joint investigation teams
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Meeting with Mario Monti and Rupert Murdoch about Telepiù/Stream
(EU) EU/TRADE: Round table on trade, governance and sustainable development
(EU) EPP-DE GROUP: Study days in Edinburgh 24-26 june
(EU) EU/INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT:
(EU) EP/RESEARCH: Rules for participating in 6th FPRD may be set before summer break
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Community support for development of nano-technologies
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: EP changes draft proposal on slot exchange regulation
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Parliament approves, with amendments, common position for creating European maritime safety agency
(EU) EP/SOCIAL:
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(EU) Main European activities from 24 June to 1 July 2002:
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