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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8292

7 September 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 44
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ecofin
Confirmation of stability pact commitments in backdrop to informal Copenhagen council

Copenhagen, 06/09/2002 (Agence Europe) - There is currently no question of revising the rules of the Stability Pact, confirmed several Ministers before beginning work at the informal ECOFIN Council on Friday in Copenhagen. "We have very good rules. There is no reason why they should be modified", declared the President of the Council, Thor Pedersen, explaining that the issue was not on the agenda at the meeting. Spanish Minister, Rodrigo Rato, said that the Stability Pact was "an instrument...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Short account of the Convention on the Future of Europe - Summary of comments on Valéry Giscard d'Estaing's analysis
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Praesidium guideline in favour of two-party Treaty - first discussion on general framework for future Treaty end October-early November
(EU) EP/UNITED STATES/IRAQ:
(EU) EP/ZIMBABWE: Parliament requests more sanctions against Mugabe regime
(EU) EP/NIGERIA: Parliament worried about the death sentence by stoning for Amina Lawal and the application of Sharia law in certain Nigerian states
(EU) EP/EGYPT: Parliament concerned at sentencing of Professor Saad Eddin Ibrahim in Egypt - Patten to visit Egypt in October
(EU) EP/SAKHAROV PRIZE: Cristiana Muscardini puts forward Massoud
(EU) EP/TURKEY: Women's Rights Committee initiative
(EU) EU/BRUGES COLLEGE: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing to open academic year
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN:
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/ITALY: Inhabitants of Ventotene call for federal constitution
(EU) WEU/COUNCIL: Javier Solana's term of office is extended
(EU) EU/SUDAN: Presidency Declaration on suspension of peace negotiations
(EU) EU/ANGOLA: Danish Presidency Declaration on peace process in Angola
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: on Tuesday Ministers from candidate countries invited to discuss with E15 counterparts CAP innovation
(EU) EU/TAXATION/AGRICULTURE: Next Wednesday Commission will discuss sensitive issue of fiscal harmonisation on wine
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Confirmation of stability pact commitments in backdrop to informal Copenhagen council
(EU) EU/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/FLOODS: Commission to publish new interinstitutional agreement on Wednesday to create natural catastrophe fund
(EU) EU/FOOD SECURITY: First meeting of European Food Safety Authority's board on 18/19 September
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EU/FLOODS:
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT: Annual employment report for 2000 stresses need to resolve regional employment disparities and invest in jobs for women and the elderly
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Commission reviews growth estimate downwards - +0.3% in euro zone in second quarter, says Eurostat
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission does not rule out examination of possible State aid to France Telecom
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/JUSTICE/HOME AFFAIRS: Asylum, immigration and visit of US official John Ashcroft to Council on 13/14 September - Economic and Social Committee conference on integration on 9/10 September
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Closure of regional chapter in negotiations with Malta
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Visegrad countries ready to co-ordinate their accession referendums - regional co-operation will be maintained after accession
(EU) EU/TRADE: Anti-dumping duties on Norwegian salmon
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS:
(EU) EP/BALKANS: Parliament congratulates European agency for RECONSTRUCTION but regrets that its director and Chris Patten have not made the reports on their 2001 activities and EU strategy for south east Europe available
(EU) EP/CITIZENSHIP: EP demands rights for long-term immigrants that are similar to those for EU nationals
(EU) EP/WOMEN:
(EU) EP/ASEM: Copenhagen ministerial meeting to cover crime-fighting, inter-cultural dialogue and sustainable development
(EU) EP/ASEM: Parliament wants more coherent policy towards Asia
(EU) EP/EDUCATION:
(EU) EU/JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT: Disappointed with outcome, NGOs feel fought well but not on every front
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Prize giving ceremony for 2002 European Awards for the Environment in Budapest on 3 October
(EU) EU/JUSTICE: Conference from 18 to 20 September on trafficking of human beings
(EU) EU/ASIA: Conference on democracy in South East Asia
(EU) EU/EDUCATION:
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