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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8373

8 January 2003
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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS /
The debate on the nature of tomorrow's Europe as political entity, and not only economic, has been launched within the Convention - Initial results, differences confirmed, prospects

An unprecedented public and official debate. At its last session of 2002, the Convention made a decisive step by discussing two issues that will determine the nature and character of tomorrow's EU: that of foreign policy and that of defence policy. Never before has an Community institution proceeded with such a public and formal debate. Sure, Europe has already known projects and initiatives in these fields: the foundations of these two policies are enshrined in the Maastricht and Amsterdam...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: The debate on the nature of tomorrow's Europe as political entity, and not only economic, has been launched within the Convention - Initial results, differences confirmed, prospects
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/IRAQ: Simitis hoping for unified position regarding Iraq - Blix at COPS
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/ACADEMIC WORLD: Agora calls for involvement in possibility of a referendum on future European Constitution, treaty review procedure and retirement clause
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Commission's institutional proposals that have been sharply criticised by Mr Temple Lang gain support of Romanian Convention members
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/ITALY: Italian youth convention 10-12 January
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: European Movement-France asserts that Commission's "vocation is to become European executive" - support for genuine foreign and defence policy, possiblity of levying taxes, social treaty, European prosecutor and election of Union president by European Parliament
(EU) EU/UNIFORM ELECTORAL SYSTEM:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission draws up positive balance sheet of ten years of the "single market" while recognising that some challenges still remain
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Further deadlock at Esa over Galileo - Meeting could be held in coming days to try to break deadlock in situation
(EU) EU/TAX ON SAVINGS:
(EU) EU/STABILITY PACT: Germany must reduce its deficit witin five months
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: P&O and Carnival (cruisers) forced to re-notify agreement
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Red Electrica and CVC may control assets of Iberdrola
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Slight increase in confidence in euro zone
(EU) EU/UNEMPLOYMENT: Stability in unemployment in EU and euro zone
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Sarkozy quite pleased with response from President Prodi to claims on Corsica
(EU) EU/AUDIOVISUAL: Report on application of Television without Frontiers Directive - work programme for 2003 with view to reviewing directive - towards College proposal for "audiovisual package" end 2003/early 2004?
(EU) EP/JANUARY SESSION: Greek presidency, Commission's spring report - election of Ombudsman, assent on EU/Lebanon - declarations on Afghanistan and Nordic dimension - debate with EBRD president - reports on role of regional and local authorities, fundamental rights in EU, transport (including rail packet)
(EU) EP/UNITED KINGDOM: Chris Huhne lists fifteen key benefits from Britain's EU membership
(EU) EU/COMMISSION:
(EU) PRESS:
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