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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8394

6 February 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 42
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/turkey

05/02/2003 (Agence Europe) - 55% of the 800 members of EUbusiness.com came down in favour of Turkey's membership of the EU in a poll conducted by that site, says EUbusiness.com, adding that 18% of voters consider that, on the contrary, Turkey is still not ready, and 23% that it should never join the EU.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Criticism leveled at system retained by Council for savings taxation of non-residents - suggestions and answers
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/IRAQ: EP delegation at United Nations fears worse and condemns MEP's visit to Baghdad
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/ITALY: Franco Frattini speaks of document proposed by Italy to founding countries
(EU) EU/IRAQ: Papandreou does not rule out joint Euro-Arab initiative - Greek Presidency approach regarding Iraq
(EU) IRAQ/NATO: Alliance to hold special meeting this weekend
(EU) EU/FRANCE/UNITED KINGDOM: Paris and London stick to their positions on Iraq - in support of defence capabilities agency - takeover from NATO not only in Macedonia but also in Bosnia-Herzegovina
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/DEVELOPMENT: Concern for fate of EU development policy as worded in first draft articles
(EU) EU/EP/CONVENTION: Richard Corbett writes to VGE to defend proposal of having European Parliament elect Commission president
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/CULTURE:
(EU) EU/CONVENTION:
(EU) EU/WEU/DEFENCE: According to Jan Dirk Blaauw, Europe and United States should develop global missile defence
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Javier Solana welcomes official birth of State of Serbia and Montenegro, and will be in Belgrade on Thursday
(EU) EU/ZIMBABWE:
(EU) EU/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/DEFENCE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Text of Accession Treaty approved - Statement by Fifteen to avoid bad interpretations
(EU) EU/WTO: Commission offer on services preserves public services, Lamy assures
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY: Commission wants to strengthen and better harmonise inspections of food and animal feeds
(EU) EU/KALININGRAD: Draft regulation for facility visas between Kaliningrad and western Russia
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/LATVIA: Anna Diamantopoulou and Dadnija Stake sign Joint Assessment Paper on employment
(EU) EU/PALESTINE/FRAUD:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Toward adoption of sanctions against maritime pollution
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission supports Finland concerning Stemnista oil tanker
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Loyola de Palacio and Philippe Busquin visit centre for research into processing of nuclear waste
(EU) EU/CLIMATE CHANGE: Commission proposes to improve monitoring of greenhouse gas emissions in the Union
(EU) EU/CULTURE/RESEARCH: Viviane Reding and Philippe Busquin call for investment in European universities to make them a reference worldwide
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/GMO: Sine die postponement of inter-ministerial meeting planned on GMOs in Washington
(EU) EU/RACISM: Anna Diamantopoulou organises a Round Table on Islamophobia
(EU) EU/FREE MOVEMENT OF CAPITAL: New formal request for information to Denmark on possible obstacles to foreign investment in Copenhagen airports
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission tackles discrimination against foreign pension funds
(EU) EU/FREE MOVEMENT OF CAPITAL:
(EU) EU/COMPEITTION: Commission opens in-depth investigation into Austrian electiricty sector
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission launches formal procedure over British 'SBS Incubation Fund'
(EU) EU/STATE AID/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: E.ON/Ruhrgas rivals withdraw complaint about merger between two groups
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Estimate of retail sales in November in euro-zone and in the EU
(EU) EP/PALESTINE: Resumption of tax receipt payments by Israel to Palestinian Authority makes EU aid superfluous states Mr Laschet
(EU) EP/EUROMED/MIGRATION: Working group on migration issues and human exchanges - Taboo of raised quotas
(EU) EU/RESEARCH/UNITED STATES: Philippe Busquin delighted by UNited States decision to join ITER programme
(EU) EU/RECHERCHE: JRC programme contributes to earthquake modelling
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Launch of internet portal dedicated to eLearning
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