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Sarkozy quite pleased with response from President Prodi to claims on Corsica

Brussels, 07/01/2003 (Agence Europe) - French Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy was relatively pleased, on Tuesday, with his meeting with the European Commission President, mainly on the subject of the status of Corsica. Romano Prodi insisted on the fact that European rules "have not been changed" but that, within such limits, "concrete" solutions have been found, Mr Sarkozy told the press. This is only "a first step", he added.

Nicolas Sarkozy pointed out that Romano Prodi had first of all...

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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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