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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8425

21 March 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 14 / 26
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ecofin
Thursday's Ecofin Council to come back to taxation of energy and savings in the absence of an agreement on Wednesday

Brussels, 20/03/2003 (Agence Europe) - The Finance Ministers of the Fifteen failed to reach agreement on taxation at Wednesday's Ecofin Council. Italy upheld its reservations on the whole of the "tax package" to put pressure on the "milk quota" dossier, while Austria opposed the compromise on taxation of energy. The Finance Ministers will be coming back to the issue on Thursday evening, during a restricted-session "informal meeting", to precede the dinner to discuss the economic consequences...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: The extension of the Convention is, in Valéry Giscard d'Estaing's mind, directly linked to the relaunch of a political Europe and a Europe of defence
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/IRAQ: Pat Cox says this crisis should encourage us to seek greater coherence - George Papandreou says we should think about our real desire to have a Common Foreign Policy - Chris Patten says the world will work better if the US and the EU work together - Council and Commission call for relaunch of Middle East peace process
(EU) EU/GREENS: Meeting of Green Party leaders (including candidate countries)
(EU) EU/MEDITERANNEAN: Parliamentary Euro-Mediterranean Forum meeting postponed
(EU) EU/SUMMIT/IRAQ: Verhofstadt criticises European partners for "lost time" in preparing common position on Iraq
(EU) EU/IRAQ: European institutions pledge to rediscover unity
(EU) EU/COUNCIL/TELEPHONE BUGGING:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TRIPARTITE SOCIAL SUMMIT: Lukewarm response to idea of creating Employment Task Force - Social dialogue is vital component of European policy - Anna Diamantopoulou says European Employment Strategy is excellent "design of policies" but imperfect when it comes to applying it at national level
(EU) EU/SPRING SUMMIT: Prodi and Simitis want to keep on course
(EU) EU/SPRING SUMMIT: Fifteen to seek to find form of unity to protect against economic consequences of war in Iraq - Toward adoption of draft reform of voting procedure within ECB - ECB ready to act if needed
(EU) EU/IRAQ/OIL: Supplies for oil market secure despite the war, according to IEA
(EU) EU/IRAQ: Poul Nielson calls on combatants to limit suffering among civilians and confirms immediate humanitarian aid of 21 million euros
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/STEEL: Another look at American safeguard measures
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Thursday's Ecofin Council to come back to taxation of energy and savings in the absence of an agreement on Wednesday
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Fifteen confirm their determination to complete negotiations on reform of EU officials' staff regulations in June
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Spanish proposal to give authorities access to databases on airline passengers travelling to the EU
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Driver accreditation to be applied in road transport
(EU) EU/JUSTICE: Greek proposal for harmonised implementation of the principle that no person is to be tried twice for the same act
(EU) EU/FREE MOVEMENT: the Commission condemns remaining obstacles to the right of EU nationals to reside in another Member State without engaging in an economic activity
(EU) EU/EP/CONSUMERS: Parliament wants framework directive on sales and case by case harmonisation of national consumer legislation
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/CONFERENCE: Seminar on data protection
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