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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8337

9 November 2002
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/convention/preliminary draft treaty
Fischer confirms reticence regarding long-term Council Presidency - Lequiller rekindles idea of single presidency - Duhamel tells VGE to "Give up Congress" - Calls to speed up work on second part of Treaty

Brussels, 08/11/2002 (Agence Europe) - The debate whereby the European Convention completed, on 8 November, its examination of the preliminary draft constitutional treaty presented by the Praesidium, confirmed there was broad opposition to two ideas: that of a Congress of European peoples and that of a long-term Council president (for the first debate, see EUROPE of 30 October, p.4; for the draft, see EUROPE/Documents N.2294/2295 dated 31 October).

Joschka Fischer, German Foreign Minister,...

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(EU) Dear Reader: 11 November being a bank holiday, our offices will be closed on Monday. The next EUROPE bulletin will be dated Wednesday 13 November 2002.
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: European Commission finalises its institutional document - CFSP formula?
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/PRELIMINARY DRAFT TREATY: Fischer confirms reticence regarding long-term Council Presidency - Lequiller rekindles idea of single presidency - Duhamel tells VGE to "Give up Congress" - Calls to speed up work on second part of Treaty
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE/SOCIAL DIMENSION: Presidium to propose creation of working group on social Europe
(EU) EU/TURKEY/CONVENTION: VGE against Turkey's membership of Union - Strong reactions in Convention
(EU) EU/TURKEY/CYPRUS:
(EU) EP/PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY:
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Politicians and industrialists reaffirm need for European armaments policy but acknowledge difficulties - In 2003, new Commission action plan for procurement
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Possible agreement on Kaliningrad at EU/Russia summit on Monday
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Council to take stock of improvements and implementation of internal market legislation, not forgetting Community patent and patentability of software
(EU) EU/ROMANIA: Bucharest progresses in accession negotiations
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Monday's launch in Brussels of 6th framework programme
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Pop artists in anti-tobacco campaign
(EU) EDUCATION AND CULTURE COUNCILS: European Vocational Training Area, audiovisual sector, Erasmus, mobility and free movement of works in cultural sector
(EU) EU/OLAF:
(EU) EU/EP/ENVIRONMENT: Success of EP/Council conciliation on public access to information on environment
(EU) EU/EP/DISASTERS: Agreement on solidarity funds is signed
(EU) EP/SINGLE MARKET: Commission and Parliament call on Member States to roll up their sleeves and accelerate setting up of single market
(EU) EP/ECHELON: EP in favour of measures to protect citizens
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2003:
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Parliament welcomes European Council results and requests adaptation of financial perspectives
(EU) EP/NORTH KOREA: Parliament requests North Korea to respects its commitments on nuclear non-proliferation - supports opening contact with North Korea even in absence of diplomatic relations and exchange of parliamentary visits
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Slim majority of Member States do not wish early reform of milk and dairy products sector
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: COPA-COGECA calls on Commission to respect decisions of European Council in Brussels
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Most Member States do not invest enough in knowledge to reach Lisbon objective - Effort is insufficient in large Member States
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Go-ahead for plan on early retirement
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