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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8293

9 September 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ecofin
Several Member States want EU to increase pressure on Switzerland to reach agreement on savings tax

Copenhagen, 09/09/2002 (Agence Europe) - Several Member States are calling on the European Commission to examine how to put pressure on Switzerland to reach progress in negotiations over savings tax at the ECOFIN Council in Copenhagen this weekend. Feeling that the outcome of the most recent negotiations with Switzerland presented by Commissioner Frits Bolkestein was unsatisfactory (see Europe of 5 September, p.11), France, the UK and Spain argue that political pressure must be placed on...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: "Erasmus World" programme aims to make EUROPE centre of attraction for elite from other continents
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/IRAQ: Louis Michel criticises Tony Blair - Javier Solana insists on UN approval
(EU) EU/TERRORISM: Europeans commemorate 11 September
(EU) EU/AUSTRIA:
(EU) EU/ARMS SALES:
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN:
(EU) EU/BURMA:
(EU) EPP/CONVENTION: Aznar in Porto Cervo to oppose several important Schäuble-Martens proposals
(EU) EU/IRELAND/NICE TREATY: Pat Cox stresses importance of Nice for enlargement - Gerry Maguire calls for referendum to be held at weekend
(EU) EP/SAKHAROV PRIZE: Liberals put forward Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya Sardinas
(EU) EP/VIETNAM:
(EU) EU/CATHOLIC CHURCH:
(EU) EU/USA: Convergence on vision of European and American world view according to Marshall fund and Council for foreign relations poll
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/AGRICULTURE: Fischler calls on Member States to agree amongst themselves as soon as possible over direct aid for candidate countries
(EU) EU/FISHING: Fischler still hoping for agreement in December on reforming Common Fisheries Policy
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Council preparing for showdown with Parliament
(EU) EU/TAX: Communication on car taxes
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Wim Duisenberg pleased with debate on extending "Lamfalussy method" to banking and insurance - Frits Bolkestein worried about Commission and Parliament prerogatives
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Presidents of Eurogroup and Commission call for respect for stability pact despite economic slowdown
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Several Member States want EU to increase pressure on Switzerland to reach agreement on savings tax
(EU) EU/ECOFIN/CONVENTION: No consensus over incorporating Stability Pact or formalising Eurogroup in "Constitutional Treaty", according to Klaus Hänsch
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: EU to announce at IMF AGM a "collective action clause" in external bonds
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Pan-European corridor launched between Italy and Turkey
(EU) EU/FLOODS/CANDIDATE COUNTRIES:
(EU) EU/JHA: Ministers on Friday to discuss setting up of European fund for repatriating legal and illegal immigrants
(EU) EU/TERRORISM: Spain is to ask for Batasuna to be included on European terrorist list when party is declared illegal in Spain
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION: Economic and Social Committee criticises Seville guidelines
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/WTO: Call for US to scrap Byrd Amendment - Geneva ruling to be made official next week
(EU) EU/USA/FSC: New publication of American products subject to unprecedented sanctions - EU continues preparations while reaffirming that objective is suppression of unfair export aid
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Prodi raises problem of staff required for enlargement and of Commission's right of own initiative in context of preparation for Council's future multiannual programme, and insists on economic coordination
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Commission prepares to present proposals to give the EU a nuclear safety policy as it enlarges
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission awaits notification of aid for British Energy
(EU) EU/SPORTS: Study by European Audiovisual Observatory is brought into question
(EU) EU/MALTA/CORRECTION:
(EU) EU/EP/DEVELOPMENT: Parliament calls for cooperation policy with LDC associating global trade with development objectives
(EU) EP/CULTURE:
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 518
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