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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8348

27 November 2002
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/social/germany
Anna Diamantopoulou states Germany must have real employment management

Brussels, 26/11/2002 (Agence Europe) - During her meeting on 27 November with Florian Gerster, President of the Executive Committee of the Bundesarbeitsamt, in order to take stock of the reform on the labour market in Germany and more especially that relating to public services, Anna Diamantopoulou will insist on how important it is for Germany to "go from simple unemployment administration to real employment management". The key points of the German reform (which was also discussed with the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Commission proposal on financial services is a major stage in the Lisbon Process whose significance goes far beyond the specific interests of certain categories of banks
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/ACP: ACP members criticise Parliament's decision causing Assembly session to be cancelled
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: New meeting between "small" countries
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/NETHERLANDS: Gijs de Vries against temptation of intergovernmental - No to "semi-permanent" European Council president
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Towards kick-off for EU police mission
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: On Friday? Council must give green light to personal data exchange between Europol and USA
(EU) EU/JUSTICE COUNCIL: Fifteen examine legal co-operation agreements with USA - drugs, kidnapping of children, corruption, racism, acknowledging fines
(EU) EU/BUDGET 2003: Results of second reading in Council - A solid and economical budget enabling EU to prepare for enlargement, says Ms. Schreyer - Better information for Parliament on Council's foreign policy priorities
(EU) EU/PATENT: Council again postpones deadlines for adopting community patent while hoping for an agreement in Spring
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL: Unanimous policy agreement from fifteen on COMPETITION policy reform - conclusions on business environment and reduction of state aid
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL: Council green light for biotechnology policy in Europe
(EU) EU/STABILITY PACT: Commission insists on surveillance of public debt - More room for manoeuvre for "virtuous" countries - At March 2003 Summit, formal undertaking to co-ordinate economic policies and respect pact
(EU) EU/SWITZERLAND: Agreement reached on processed farm produce, ending first of ten bilateral negotiations
(EU) EU/SWITZERLAND/MEDIA:
(EU) EU/ENERGY COUNCIL: Details of amended proposal on liberalisation of electricity and gas markets
(EU) EU/NUCLEAR/GERMANY:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL DIALOGUE SUMMIT: Employment, mobility and enlargement at Thursday's Summit with President Prodi
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/GERMANY: Anna Diamantopoulou states Germany must have real employment management
(EU) ACP/EU: Commission outlines cooperation with Seychelles
(EU) EU/AUDIOVISUAL:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission proposes measures to reduce by-catches in context of mixed fishing - towards ban on discards in 2006?
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE/DEVELOPMENT: Commission denies criticism of World Bank regarding Common Agricultural Policy
(EU) EU/SINKING OF PRESTIGE/EUROPEAN SUMMIT:
(EU) EP/EIB: EP welcomes role of EIB but requests special social programme for candidate countries
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Social summit possible under Greek presidency if Commission proposal is approved by Council in December
(EU) EU/IRELAND:
(EU) EP/COMPETITION: Adoption of Commission's 13th report on competition policy in 2001
(EU) EP/STATISTICS:
(EU) EP/RESEARCH:
(EU) EP/IMMUNITY:
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EP/FORESTS:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Ireland condemned: drinking water that some Irish "water scheme groups" distribute contains faecal coliforms
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Aitor Oteiza Olazabal may be banned from part of the French territory only if he is a real and sufficiently serious threat to society
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: France condemned for violation of "wild birds" directive on the plain of the Maures
SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Documents Nr 2300: European Convention/security and defence: France and Germany make a joint proposal to the convention
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