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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8355

6 December 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 33 / 34
SUPPLEMENT / Europe/document no. 2304
Joint contribution by the Benelux to the debate
on the EU's institutional architecture

At their summit in Brussels on 4 December, the Prime Ministers of Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg adopted a memorandum on the future of Europe that we publish here in full (in French and English)

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Memorandum of the Benelux: “A balanced institutional framework for an enlarged,
more effective and more transparent Union”

The European Union is more than a union of states. It is also an ever-closer Union increasing the solidarity between the peoples of Europe. The...

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/CONVENTION/COMMISSION: Romano Prodi presents Commission proposals to make Union "first real supranational democracy in the world" - idea of Commission's censure by european Council is sharply opposed - some worries about "Penelope" document
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/COMMISSION: Prodi, Barnier and Vitorino defend their positions before the press
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/COMMISSION: Presenting the Commission's proposal, Prodi praises level of Convention's ambition
(EU) EU/TURKEY: France and Germany only want to give a date in 2004 - Turkey continues to demand that it be done in Copenhagen
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/EXTERNAL RELATIONS: General tendency within Dehaene working group in favour of "European Representative for External Affairs" and extension of qualified majority vote - majority against permanent European Council President
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Vitorino working group proposes to change from qualified majority to codecision - Franco-German proposal
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Benelux Memorandum, against a European Council president "elected outside the Council"
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/FRANCE: Alain Juppe in favour of elected president of European Council
(EU) EU/BALKANS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECB: ECB cuts interest rates by 0.5% - agreement on voting methods at governing council on enlargement
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT COUNCIL: Political agreement on European single sky and compensation for airline passengers
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL: Ministers note sector's difficulties but rule out State aid
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/SWITZERLAND: Monday, Commission and Presidency to present to Member States outcome of Thursday's talks with President of Swiss Confederation, Kaspar Villiger, on tax on savings
(EU) EU/EUROPOL: Europol/United States agreement to be signed on 11/12, if France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom waive their parliamentary reservations
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Margot Wallstrom in Galicia on Friday
(EU) EU/COPENHAGEN SUMMIT: MEPs raise question of 2004 timetable (enlargement, elections, new Commission)
(EU) EP/STATUTE OF MEPS: Parliament confirms content of the Rothley opinion while awaiting new report in March - Failure of attempt by three hinge groups to move issue forward faster
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2001: Accounting system to be at centre of discharge procedure - MEPs mention another hearing that Ms Andreasen has missed
(EU) EP/ARGENTINA:
(EU) EU/ECOFIN:
(EU) EU/LEBANON: Chris Patten welcomes Lebanon's ratification of Association Agreement and Interim Agreement
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission plans to review EU/Greenland fisheries agreement
(EU) EU/EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES: Anna Diamantopoulou launches European consortium to help victims of trafficking
(EU) EU/RESEARCH/GMO: Commission launches European network of laboratories to develop and validate methods for detecting and quantifying GMOs in food
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Descartes prize to two projects, in medicine and astrophysics
(EU) EU/GMO: Copa-Cogeca satisfied with Council agreement on labelling
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE/SOCIAL DIALOGUE:
(EU) EU/SCIENCES:
(EU) EU/CITIZENSHIP: Access to information and justice at centre of European forum on citizens' advice services
(EU) EP/SOCIAL/CHILDREN: Lissy Gröner requests legal basis for youth in new treaty - results from key actors in international forum on street children
(EU) EU/CHECHNYA:
SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Document No. 2304: Joint contribution by the Benelux to the debate
on the EU's institutional architecture
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