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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8487

21 June 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 38
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/convention/luxembourg

20/06/2003 (Agence Europe) - In an interview with Liberation, Luxembourg's Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker states that, with the draft Constitution that provides for each Council formation to elect its president for variable durations, "everything will become more illegible and unforeseeable". Also, although he does not challenge the idea of a stable president for the European Council, he wonders just what the impact of such an innovation would be. As for reducing the size of the...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL OF THESSALONIKI: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing presents 25 with constitutional treaty and asks them to "not put the solidity of edifice in danger" - draft constitution will be good starting point for IGC affirms European council, which will authorise Convention to contine its work
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION/ASYLUM: Thessaloniki Summit defines minimum agreement on creation of safe havens for refugees proposed by British, and on cost sharing
(EU) EU/ECB: Ecofin Council in charge of Mr Trichet's appointment
(EU) EU/CFSP/ESDP: European Council instructs Javier Solana to consolidate European security strategy - First mostly positive reactions by Member States to High Representative's document
(EU) EU/IRAQ: Council awaits proposals on EU's contribution to rebuilding Iraq
(EU) EU/PROLIFERATION: Council questions Iran and North Korea on their nuclear activity
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: No alternative to the Road Map, Council repeats
(EU) EU/ARAB WORLD: Council envisages sending EU Special Representative to region
(EU) EU/EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Conclusions on USA, Euromed, "new neighbours" of EU, East Timor
(EU) EU/CYPRUS: Appeal to Turkish Cypriots to support Koffi Annan's efforts
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Council reaffirms support for efforts made by Romania, Bulgaria and Turkey
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Annotated Thessaloniki agenda will be a sound base for bringing Balkans closer to the EU
(EU) EU/CONVENTION:
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL OF THESSALONIKI: Cox seeks to gain support of Heads of State and Government on difficult issue of MEPs' statute - constitutional treaty to make elections in June 2004 the first truly European elections
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/LUXEMBOURG:
(EU) EU/EPP: EPP summit calls on IGC to conclude work by end of year in Rome - Forum of South East Europe to meet in the autumn
(EU) EP/LIGHT WEAPONS: Parliament calls on EU to work toward adoption of binding instruments on the marking/tracing and brokering of light weapons
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: Negotiations on CAP reform, complicated by opening of European Council on Thursday evening, to continue next Wednesday
(EU) EU/THESSALONIKI SUMMIT: West Balkans countries to ratify European Charter for Small Enterprises this weekend
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/CYPRUS/TURKEY: Denktash accepts Commission's special financial aid, but refuses commercial facilitation
(EU) EU/ASYLUM:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Deutsche Post's sole control of Securicor distribution activities cleared
(EU) EU/GMO/WTO: United States to ask WTO for panel - separate Canadian consultations next week
(EU) EU/CAMBODIA:
(EU) EU/ENTERPRISE/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: Commission recommends more active EU participation in dialogue on reform of State owned enterprises in developing countries
(EU) ACP/EU: Commission defines its cooperation strategy with Sierra Leone - EUR 220 million over 5 years
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission report highlights steady progress and structural weaknesses in Portuguese agriculture
(EU) EU/BSE: Commission approves two new BSE tests
(EU) EU/EIB: Loans to Region of Skåne to help improve railways and healthcare
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan to Caisse Fédérale du Crédit Mutuel Nord Europe for SME financing
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan for Helsinki Education
(EU) EU/MDEICINES: Industry gives mixed welcome to tests approved by Council to revise pharmaceutical legislation
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Anna Diamantopoulou campaigns against discrimination
(EU) EU/DRUGS: Convention offers Lisbon monitoring centre opportunity to strengthen co-ordination mechanisms for drugs at European level
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