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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/enlargement/benes decrees

Bernd Posselt announces battle over Frowein legal opinion

Brussels, 08/10/2002 (Agence Europe) - CSU Euro-MP Bernd Posselt, chair of the Association of Sudeten Germans, announced a "hard and critical" discussion over the Frowein legal opinion commissioned by the European Parliament on the Benes Decrees that had led to the expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and Hungarians from Slovakia: the opportunity will be provided by a special session of the European Parliament's foreign affairs committee on 21 October on the fringe of the plenary in...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: A Short Account of the Convention: The President stresses the role of Heads of State and Government and the result of the "subsidiarity" group
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/INDIA: Political dialogue, international situation, trade at 10 October summit
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT/BENES DECREES: Bernd Posselt announces battle over Frowein legal opinion
(EU) EP/MOROCCO: Positive assessment of Moroccan elections
(EU) EU/SLOVAKIA:
(EU) EU/PES: Socialist summit Wednesday at Downing street
(EU) EP/PES/CONVENTION: Jo Leinen wants PES to revise its policy document
(EU) EP/CHARTER OF RIGHTS: Constitutional affairs committee requests non-amended charter in future treaty
(EU) EP/PAKISTAN:
(EP) EP/AFGHANISTAN:
(EU) EU/IRELAND: David Byrne and his former colleagues plead in favour of ratification of Nice Treaty
(EU) EU/SUDAN: Concern of donors at humanitarian rights situation
(EU) EU/BELIZE/GUATEMALA: EU praises work of OAS and facilitators
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EUROGROUP: Ministers undertake to reduce structural deficit from 2003, except France which wants to go at its own rate - question of the date for return to balance in public accounts remains open
(EU) EU/ECOFIN/ENLARGEMENT: Finance Ministers do not move forward in debate on enlargement financing - Danish Presidency considers its compromise is still valid
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Switzerland, Luxembourg and Austria regard as "counterproductive" sanctions against Switzerland to speed-up conclusion of agreement with the country on the tax on savings
(EU) EU/ECOFIN:
(EU) EP/STABILITY PACT:
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL: Commission to present new communication for European employment strategy in January 2003 - consensus on better co-ordination of economic and employment policies - towards a common position on temping in December?
(EU) EU/SOCIAL COUNCIL: Need to integrate mainstreaming into fight against poverty and social exclusion and to elaborate, with the help of the Commission, a guide of good practices for forthcoming national action plans in this field
(EU) EP/DISASTERS: Yes to the rapid creation of a Solidarity Fund
(EU) EP/TOBACCO:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission again assures that its accounting system is reliable but Ms Andreasen sticks to her accusations
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission grants exemption to internet radio-distribution sector
(EU) EP/ECB: MEPs question Wim Duisenberg about Stability Pact, interest rates and risk of deflation - divergence over what monetary policy can and cannot do
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY: Conciliation fails over cosmetic products directive
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Three decisions on GMOs released into the environment
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Greens/EFA call on Commission not to announce lifting of moratorium on GMOs
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Private channels M6 Antenna 3 and Portuguese channel, SIC, complain that Commission is committing blatant error of assessment in authorising system of European Union radio and television licences
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Community's accession protocol signature to Eurocontrol
(EU) EP/RESEARCH: Mr Caudron new rapporteur on clinical tests into pvds
(EU) EP/ACCESS TO DOCUMENTS: Constitutional affairs committee approves agreement between parliament and council on access to sensitive documents
(EU) EP/OMBUDSMAN: Mr Söderman requests halt in use of data protection to compromise transparency in public activities
(EU) EU/UNIONS:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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SUPPLEMENT
"EUROPE/Documents" No. 2283: European Convention: President Valery Giscard d'Estaing addresses students of College of Europe
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