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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8289

4 September 2002
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/session
One minute silence in Parliament in memory of flood victims - heated exchange on ban imposed on Batasuna party - Middle East, International Criminal Court

Strasbourg, 03/09/2002 (Agence Europe) - As the plenary session opened in Strasbourg on Monday, President Pat Cox stressed the gravity of the flooding that has hit Central Europe over recent weeks, killing 100. He invited the European Parliament to hold a one minute silence. The Parliament then held a one minute silence in memory of the two terrorist attacks carried out in Spain and Northern Ireland.

Despite a request by the Greens/EFA Group calling for a debate on the International...

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