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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8472
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Our offices will be closed on Ascension day, Thursday 29 May. The EUROPE bulletin No. 8473 will be dated Saturday 31 may 2003

 

by Ferdinando Riccardi

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: Our offices will be closed on Ascension day, Thursday 29 May. The EUROPE bulletin No. 8473 will be dated Saturday 31 may 2003
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Draft Constitution disappoints Romano Prodi
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Draft Constitution seen as victory by Labour supporters in UK, and as surrender by Conservatives
(EU) PES/GLOBALISATION: European Socialists present action plan to "bridge global divisions"
(EU) EU/NATO: Ministerial meetings in Madrid, including that between NATO and EU
(EU) EP/WEU: WEU spring session assembly and joint meeting with EP foreign affairs committee on 2-4 June in Strasbourg
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Mr Duff requests genuine constitutional court and mechanism guaranteeing that a single Member State cannot block constitutional reform
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Mr Bonde thinks Constitution undemocratic
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Christian churches welcome draft constitution
(EU) EU/CONVENTION:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Emergence of a solution to Italian milk quotas leaves hope of agreement in Ecofin Council on 3 June
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Russia agrees to mention Chechnya in possible joint declaration but maintains position over visa free regime with EU
(EU) EU/CANADA: Union and Canada work to intensify co-operation
(EU) EU/ASYLUM: On Tuesday Commission will answer British proposals for asylum reform: yes to reforms, but no to displacement of all request processing outside EU
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION: Council go-ahead to examine possibility of widening section on immigration during revision of cooperation programmes with third countries
(EU) EU/COHESION: Commission wants Member States to share responsibility for managing structural funds
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: International conference on protection of marine ecosystem of Mediterranean and Black Sea
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: At Kiev Ministerial conference, Community signs two out of three international protocols
(EU) EU/STABILITY PACT: On Tuesday Ecofin Council expected to call on France to reduce its structural deficit by 0.5% in 2004 as suggested by Commission
(EU) EU/BUDGET 2003: Update of Member States' contributions to budget in 2003
(EU) EU/FRAUD: OLAF investigates Balkan sugar
(EU) EU/CYPRUS: Commission to propose EUR 12 million to northern Cyprus and relaunch of its exports to EU
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission prepares to refuse sending Lagaardère-Vivendi dossier to French authorities
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises acquisition of Royal Mail's IT division by Computer Sciences Corporation
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission clears ThyssenKrupp's acquisition of French automotive supplier Sofedit
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission gives go-ahead to new compensation measure for UK Post Office Ltd
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission approves granting of state aid to Merck BioFab biopharmaceutical lab in East Germany
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission approves major part of planned Austrian aid for BMW factory in Steyr
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Opening of investigation into aid Germany is considering granting to Edscha group for new factory in Ichtershausen
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: After seven years of delays, contract for A400M finally signed
(EU) EU/EIB: GBP 400 million loan for completion of rail link between London and Channel Tunnel
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Record growth in money supply in Euro zone
(EU) EU/ECONOMY/GERMANY:
(EU) EU/EPIZOOTIES:
(EU) EU/UNIONS: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing in Prague talks of "democratic, modern and social Constitution", acknowledging role of social partners and importance of autonomous social dialogue
(EU) EU/SPORT: European Year of Education through Sport: Commission issues call for projects
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Several hundred European organisations call for different CAP reform to that of Mr Fischler
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(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 28/05/2003: