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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8435

3 April 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 32 / 35
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/convention/culture
Seminar on role of culture and education in future constitution

Brussels, 02/04/2003 (Agence Europe) - The European Cultural Foundation (ECF), the European Forum for the Arts and Heritage (EFAH) and the European Policy Centre (EPC) will be organising a seminar in Brussels on 3 April on the need to stress the role of culture and education in the future EU constitutional treaty, in order to guarantee a genuine Europe of citizens. Through the different work, participants will adopt a declaration to be sent to the Members of the European Convention, the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Agriculture, services of general interest and sport: progress and entanglement in context of WTO and elsewhere
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Seven "small" EU countries against Franco-German proposals regarding Council Presidency
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: 733 amendments for Thursday's debate on 24 articles relating to justice and home affairs
(EU) EU/EESC/CONVENTION: Jean-Luc Dehaene affirms that role of EESC will be defined in the institutional chapter of the new Constitution
(EU) EU/BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Chris Patten considers Mriko Sarovic's resignation reflects his political responsibility in the illegal sale of military equipment to Iraq via the Republika Srpska
(EU) EU/KALININGRAD:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Fifteen to discuss consequences of Iraq war, EMU from an enlargement perspective and Duisenberg's successor
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE-FISHERIES COUNCIL: CAP reform, Foot and Mouth and cod-restocking on the agenda for Tuesday's meeting
(EU) EU/STABILITY PACT: Commission launches procedure for excessive deficit against France
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Enquiry opens into Electricité de France
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission plans thorough review of regional aid
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission concludes agreement with Austria for phasing out of guarantees for public banks
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission fines cartel of French federations in the beef sector
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Conditional green light to Stream/Telepiù merger
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission clears EUR 131.5 million in national aid to farmers in south-eastern France affected by floods in September 2002
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission approves aid to Caraïbes Air Transport
(EU) EU/GALILEO: ESA agreement cancelled again - Spanish block
(EU) EU/ADMINISTRATIVE REFORM: New European ombudsman, Nikiforos Diamandouros will keep up vigourous approach provided by Jakob Söderman
(EU) EU/BUDGET: 2002 annual report from Commission's financial controller
(EU) EU/TERORISM: Council to include exceptions to freezing assets of terrorists for humanitarian reasons or legal expenses
(EU) EU/USA: Discussions at French parliament on draft legal cooperation and extradition agreements between EU/USA
(EU) EU/INFORMAL JHA: Discussion on introduction of biometric data for visas, residence permits and passports
(EU) EU/ACP: ACP Parliamentarians and MEPs condemn Iraq war and worry about impact on world economy
(EU) EU/ACP:
(EU) EU/HORN OF AFRICA: Poul Nielson visits Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sudan
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: EUR 3 million to help populations of Central Asia prepare for and respond to natural disasters
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Volume of retail sales in the EU is up in January
(EU) EP/PESTICIDES/CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EU/EESC/EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Second northern dimension forum recommendations for new 2004-2006 action plan
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Unemployment rises in Euro-zone in February
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/CULTURE: Seminar on role of culture and education in future constitution
(EU) EU/WOMEN/PEACE:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Anna Diamantopoulou announces members of European Employment Task Force under Mr Wim Kok
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