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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8434

2 April 2003
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/usa
Colin Powell visits Brussels on Thursday FOR meetings with EU and Nato

Brussels, 01/04/2003 (Agence Europe) - US Secretary of State Colin Powell is to be in Brussels this week, Thursday, following meetings in Ankara. During his lightening visit, Mr Powell is expected to meet (at the NATO Headquarters , the EU Troika, consisting of the President of the Council, George Papandreou, High Representative for Foreign and Security Policy, Javier Solana, External Relations Commissioner Chris Patten, before meeting with the NATO Council. It is not clear at this stage if...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/USA: Colin Powell visits Brussels on Thursday FOR meetings with EU and Nato
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Italy requests expanding EU summit on 29 April
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: French and Dutch suggestions for strengthening European Commission's role
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Sixteen Convention members (of which ten from candidate countries) insist on joint contribution for enhancement of Community method and equality between Member States
(EU) EU/MADARIAGA FONDATION:
(EU) EU/FYROM/DEFENCE: Javier Solana welcomes launch of Concordia mission
(EU) EU/ZIMBABWE: EU condemns unprecedented crackdown on opposition
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Council and Parliament do not manage to reach agreement on enlargement-related financial needs - nonetheless, threat of postponing assent is more remote
(EU) EU/KALININGRAD: Discussions on implementation of agreement on transit to and from Kaliningrad prove more difficult than expected
(EU) ACP/EU: Cotonou Agreement enters fully into force
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light for Stream/Telepiù merger?
(EU) EU/1 APRIL:
(EU) EU/WTO/AGRICULTURE: Taking stock of agricultural negotiations
(EU) EU/TRADE: EU to challenge Australia's protectionist food import regime at WTO
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Agreement with view to regulating ethyl alcohol market - Berlin may continue to help distilleries until 2010
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Fifteen agree on new rules for protection of geographical descriptions and names of origin of farm products
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE/FLOODING:
(EU) EUL/ALGERIA: Mr Prodi calls for rapid ratification of association agreement and new reports between Mediterranean "neighbours" and refers to Euro-Mediterranean Bank
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/ACP: Joint Assembly holds minute of silence for victims of war in Iraq - President Sassou Nguesso calls for strengthening of ACP-EU political dialogue
(EU) EU/BUDGET/DEVELOPMENT: regulation for correct EDF management
(EU) EU/ACP: Nielson asks Member States to accept Cuba's application - Specifics on implementation of 9th EDF
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: First Community designs and models are registered from 1 April
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: European Regulators' Group agrees on common definition of "significant market power"
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/JUSTICE: Commission goes to Court of Justice for prison sentences to be applied in breaches of Community law covered by first pillar
(EU) EU/INFORMAL JHA:
(EU) EU/INFORMAL JHA:
(EU) EU/INFORMAL JHA:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Strengthening of international agreement to protect dolphins
(EU) EP/BUDGET/AGENCIES:
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Liese report recommends significant amendments to the draft proposal on human cells and tissues
(EU) ESC/CONVENTION: 7th information and dialogue meeting with civil society and Jean-Luc Dehaene- main results from March plenary
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Dublin's European Foundation's report on notion of corporate social responsibility
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/CHILDREN:
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