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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8238

22 June 2002
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (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

Brussels, 21/06/2002 (Agence Europe) - The EPP Summit was held in Madrid where the Spanish Prime Minister José Maria Aznar offered a dinner, on Thursday evening, to several eminent persons and Heads of Government of his political family including Jean-Pierre Raffarin (from France), Silvio Berlusconi (Italy), Wolfgang Schüssel (Austria), Jean-Claude Juncker (Luxembourg) and Jean-Peter Balkenende, who is expected to lead the next Dutch government. The meeting allowed participants to evoke...

Contents

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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