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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8540

12 September 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 38 / 49
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) telecoms

To cut debt levels and focus on its core business, FRANCE TELECOM (debts of EUR 49.3 bn at the end of June 2003) has announced the sale of its businesses in Argentina and El Salvador for $343 million. It is selling its indirect stake in TELECOM ARGENTINA to Argentina's WERTHEIN for $ 125 millions. FRANCE TELECOM is selling it 48% stake (and 2% purchase option) in holding company NORTEL INVESTORA that controls TELECOM ARGENTINA in partnership with TELECOM ITALIA. In El Salvador, it is selling...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: European Defence and Security Policy debate relaunched by Michel Barnier (who supports draft Convention) and Philippe Busquin (for a European Security Research Programme)
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/SWEDEN: Europe in mourning after tragic assasination of Anna Lindh
(EU) EP/IRAQ: Parliament's foreign affairs committee puts priority on security and provision of services in Iraq
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: EU encourages future Palestinian government to continue work of Mahmoud Abbas
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Spain buys 24 "Tiger helicopters"
(EU) EU/IGC/IRELAND: John Temple Lang insists on full-time Commissioner per Member State and highlights other “faults” with the Convention draft
(EU) EU/IGC: European Policy Centre calls for transparent IGC
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN MOVEMENT/FRANCE/CONSTITUTION:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EP/ECB: Economic and monetary affairs committee at EP supports Mr Trichet's nomination
(EU) EU/HAMAS/TERRORISM:
(EU) EU/FIRES: Portugal is hoping for EUR 48.5 million in aid from Solidarity Fund - budgetary trilogue on 23 September to examine different requests
(EU) EU/EUROSTAT AFFAIR: Franchet's lawyers fight back
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: VAT, IGC and French and German deficit on agenda of informal Ecofin meeting on 12 and 13 September in Stresa
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Ecofin ministers expected to specify their positions for IGC during informal Council in Stresa (autonomy of Eurogroup, excessive deficit, budgetary procedures)
(EU) EU/ECOFIN:
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: First debate on reduced VAT rates at Informal Council in Stresa is expected to be difficult
(EU) EU/STABILITY PACT: Intense bargaining to find way out of problem on French public deficit
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Budgetary deficit and public debt of ten future new members increase in 2002 but situation varies considerably from one country to next
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Turkey launches information campaign in EU to convince people its candidature for membership is valid
(EU) ECB/STABILITY PACT:
(EU) ECG/IGC:
(EU) EU/EURO/SWEDEN:
(EU) EP/WTO: 27 MEPs in Cancun
(EU) EU/WTO: 146 go to core of Cancun negotiations
(EU) EU/CHINA/SOUTH KOREA: Commissioner Erkki Liikanen to visit South Korea and China - Peking welcomes Commission document on strengthening EU/China partnership
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN: Commission seeks increase in aid to Afghan authority to combat lack of security threatening the lives of humanitarian personnel
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Margot Wallström hails Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: NGOs send George Bush open letter calling for end to US campaign to undermine proposed reforms of EU chemicals policy
(EU) EP/ENERGY: Claude Turmes slams pro-nuclear bias of hydrogen Communication
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Council Ecopoints Regulation 2000 to remain in force save for reduction in ecopoints over several years
(EU) EU/BROADCASTING: Syracuse Council to consider whether to rewrite Television without Frontiers Directive
(EU) EP/CONSUMERS: European Parliament's Legal Committee wants plenary to get Commission to take a new look at consumer credit
(EU) EU/BROADCASTING:
(EU) EU/EIB: EUR 40 million scheme for private sector in Syria
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Discussion of Van Miert and Sapir reports
(EU) EU/WTO: COPA-COGECA calls for European agriculture to be defended in Cancun
(EU) EU/WTO:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Telecoms:
(EU) Communication:
(EU) Broadcasting:
(EU) Consumer goods:
(EU) Engineering:
(EU) Energy:
(EU) Energy:
(EU) Electrical equipment:
(EU) Insurance:
(EU) Engineering:
(EU) Real estate:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 11/09/2003: