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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8477
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha council

Germany still blocking agreement on status for refugees and doubts it will approve it under Greek presidency

Luxembourg, 05/06/2003 (Agence Europe) - German Minister of the Interior, Otto Schily, believes that adoption of the directive on the status for refugees and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection will probably be postponed till the Italian Presidency during the next half of the year. On Thursday he declared to journalists (barely after the end of the Home Affairs Council had brought it up) that, just because the German Minister had indicated that although they were part of discussions, they...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: What is at stake with corporate governance
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Sixteen countries wishing to retain Nice institutional decisions stick to their demands - otherwise, text with options
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Praesidium modifies proposals on President of European Council - new institutional text this Friday or not until next week?
(EU) EU/CONVENTION:
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/RELIGION:
(EU) EU/CFSP: EU launches "Artemis", its second peace-keeping operation, in order to make the town of Bunia, in DRC, safe
(EU) EU/IRAQ:
(EU) EP/CONVENTION:
(EU) EP/TURKEY: Parliament puts trust in Turkey to fulfil Copenhagen criteria on condition that reforms are pursued with "consistency and determination"
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Council adopts "package" authorising Commission to negotiate air agreements with United States and other third countries
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Council opens road to creation of European Network and Information Security Agency
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Political agreement: long term residents could reside in other Member States but their access to work could be limited
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Germany still blocking agreement on status for refugees and doubts it will approve it under Greek presidency
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL/ASYLUM: Request for list of safe countries
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL/TERRORISM: Batasuna added to European list of terrorist organisations
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL/ASYLUM:
(EU) EU/ECB: ECB decides to reduce interest rates to historic low
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/STABILITY PACT/GERMANY:
(EU) EU/EP/GMOS: Parliament in second reading calls for strict EU rules on exports of GMOs in future - EP/Council conciliation procedure will not take place - Paul Lannoye welcomes this “Cartagena Plus”
(EU) EU/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: first Johannesburg Renewable Energy Coalition ministerial conference: building for 2004 Bonn Conference
(EU) EP/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: United Kingdom opposes price transparency rules in "investment services" directive
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL/SOCIAL: Latest results
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Meeting of senior officials from Barcelona process for preparing 3rd meeting of trade ministers in July in Palermo
(EU) EU/COMPETITION/FISHING: UK aid schemes involving purchase of fish quotas not compatible with common market rules
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission to present study on agricultural insurance in 2004 - an issue that divides Member States
(EU) EU/EIB: board of governors agrees to bank's five operational priorities
(EU) EU/ACP/EIB: 2.2 billion EUR available to support private sector in ACP countries under EIB investment facility
(EU) EU/EIB/MEDITERRANEAN: Conference on private sector development in Mediterranean partner countries
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