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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/convention

Convention Members oppose creation of Third Chamber

Brussels, 11/07/2002 (Agence Europe) - Seven parliamentary Members of the Convention signed a joint contribution against the creation of a subsidiarity chamber composed of representatives of national parliaments. Signatories are five MEPs (Andrew Duff, British Liberal; Alain Lamassoure, EPP France; Pervenche Berès and Olivier Duhamel, French Socialists; and Silvia Kaufmann, GUE/NGL Germany), a Belgian deputy, Flemish Liberal Karel De Gucht and a Czech Senator, Josef Zieleniec. This comes as a...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Right idea about agriculture's role is put into practice more often in European operations - Franz Fischler to Pascal Lamy
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Convention Members agree on making foreign policy more effective but disagree over how to do it
(EU) EP/CONVENTION: Convention Members oppose creation of Third Chamber
(EU) EU/YOUTH CONVENTION: Youth Convention calls for better representation of young people, greater solidarity, greater democracy, greater transparency and linguistic equality in young peoples' Europe of the future
(EU) EU/MADAGASCAR: EU supports national reconciliation
(EU) EP/TUNISIA: Eleven MEPs call on EU to change its attitude towards Tunisia
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS:
(EU) EU/SPAIN/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS:
(EU) EU/FRANCE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EUROGROUP: Finance ministers discuss budget policy on Thursday night as screw is turned on various countries' public deficits
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Council discusses latest round of financial scandals, pensions and negotiations with Switzerland
(EU) EU/BUDGET 2003: Proposals for applying flexibility instrument
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SErVIcES: Experts say at hearing that Enron and Worldcom cases prove need for European co-ordination and monitoring mechanism
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Economic and Financial Committee propose ways to speed up legislative process on insurance, banks and other financial services on the basis of Lamfalussy method
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Danish transport priorities: Single European Sky, Erika II package and ferry safety
(EU) EU/USA: Ms de Palacio angry with behaviour of three Member States which have authorised US controls in their ports
(EU) EU/ENERGY/INDUSTRY: Danish Presidency priorities: liberalisation of the electricity and gas markets, energy efficiency, bio-technology
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Members of Fisheries Committee consider Presidency timetable for adopting proposals for reform of the sector is too ambitious
(EU) EU/SECURITY: Commission action on MPA growth hormone contamination but afraid of more fall-out
(EU) EU/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Informal Ministerial meeting with candidate countries, Commission and Presidency of the Council on 12 July
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission to adopt regulation banning organotin compounds on ships
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET: With the adoption of the Beysen report, the internal market committee leaves Member States the choice to authorise sales at a loss
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Five telecom operators file complaint against former national monopolies
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY: Commission decides to set up group to write Communication on industrial policy for end of 2002
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Commentaries abound ahead of 25 July ruling on citizens' access to EU courts
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Georgios Zavvos awarded damages following demotion by the European Commission
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Confirmation of Commission's decision that sate aid for Hijos de Andres Molina company is illegal
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Praise for Parliament vote on future labelling and traceability system for GMO-based food - Americans are disappointed
(EU) EU/FRAUD: OLAF contributes to dismantling of illegal banana trade
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
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