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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8419
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/unions/iraq

12/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - The Executive Committee of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) has launched an appeal for work interruptions throughout Europe at midday on 14 March, in support of Iraqi disarmament without recourse to war.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Speeding towards "two Europes", but with a negative frame of mind- we have to go back to Jacques Delors's idea
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/IRAQ: Georges Papandreou and Chris Patten make case against war - Patten speaks of what would follow war
(EU) EU/SERBIA: Strong EU reaction to assassination of Zoran Djindjic
(EU) EU/INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT: Canadian Philippe Kirsch elected President
(EU) EP/TURKEY:
(EU) EP/CYPRUS:
(EU) EU/UNIONS/IRAQ:
(EU) EU/SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO:
(EU) EU/ARAB STATES:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT: Parliament demands Copenhagen financial agreement withdrawal from accession act in order to exercise its budgetary rights - EP does not intend to take enlargement hostage, Pat Cox assures
(EU) EU/INFORMAL JHA COUNCIL: Points on agenda include immigration and rights of the accused
(EU) EU/ARMAMENTS: Commission calls for work on European framework for defence equipment to be continued
(EU) EU/CUBA: Poul Nielson opens Commission delegation in Havana
(EU) EU/NEW NEIGHBOURS: Mr Prodi and Mr Patten explain that the new policy on neighbours is neither a definition of boundaries nor a promise of accession
(EU) EU/INDIA: Doha agenda, trade and investment action plans included in Mr Lamy's meeting
(EU) EP/TAKE-OVERS: Klaus-Heiner Lehne prepares compromise formula on "multiple voting rights", the main point of divergence in the take-overs directive
(EU) EP/RETIREMENT: After two and a half years of procedure, Pension Funds Directive finally to become reality
(EU) EU/BUDGET/CONVENTION: EP wants to drop distinction between obligatory and non-obligatory expenditure- Ms Schreyer in favour
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: All political groups except EPP-ED request suspension of USA access to air passenger data
(EU) EP/EMU: Parliament hopes Stability Pact will be applied in a flexible way
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: According to Commission's first conclusions, Microsoft is guilty of abuse of dominant position
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: France seeks to make up the time it has lost in transposing European directives
(EU) EP/CZECH REPUBLIC:
(EU) EP/SOCIAL/UNITED KINGDOM:
(EU) EP/TRANSPORTS: Luciano Caveri and Gilles Savary concerned by audit report on French infrastructure projects
(EU) EU/EIB: 150 million euro to repair damage caused by Prestige shipwreck
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission allocates EUR 8 million to displaced persons in Colombia
(EU) EU/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: New fishing agreements with four African countries are not sustainable, asserts WWF
(EU) EP/DRUGS:
(EU) EU/TEXTILES: Commission opens consultation on future of clothing and textiles industry
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/POVERTY: Athens conference highlights need to enhance cooperation between NGOs and local authorities in fight against poverty and social exclusion
(EU) EP/SOUTH EAST ASIA:
(EU) EU/WOMEN: Messages of soldidarity from International Women's Day with women caught in conflicts and war
(EU) COURT OF JUSTICE: Decision to demand compulsory military service remains competence of Member States
(EU) EU/PES:
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