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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8557
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/middle east

Israeli retaliation in Syria condemned - Europeans fear conflict could escalate

Brussels, 06/10/2003 (Agence Europe) - Javier Solana, High Representative of the EU for CFSP, on Monday condemned the Israeli military raids that took place in Syria on Sunday, as a reprisal for the suicide bombing in Haïfa (Israel) on Saturday. "The fight against terrorism, in which the EU is fully engaged, has to take place within the rules of international law. In a crisis area like the Middle East, it is particularly important that any actions taken are conducive to lowering, not...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: After failure at Cancun, EU must confirm and outline bases and principles for its trade policy - Pascal Lamy asks questions
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/IGC: Formal opening of Intergovernmental Conference tasked with completing constituent process - Spain and Poland defend pre-eminence of States and threaten whole process for a few votes in Council - Chirac, Schröder and Ciampi call on them to assume their responsibility
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Decision on European "Headquarters" could be taken by end of 2003
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: EU Defence Ministers consider EU taking over SFOR in Bosnia mid-2004 both possible and desirable
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: "European Defence Agency" should be "set up" by the end of the year
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Positive welcome for the Italian suggestion of pooling rapid intervention capacity and for the French suggestion of a "European police force" - Progress on “structured cooperation”?
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Israeli retaliation in Syria condemned - Europeans fear conflict could escalate
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: EU condemns suicide bombing in Israel
(EU) EU/RACISM:
(EU) EP/RUSSIA:
(EU) EU/COSAC:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/UKRAINE: Seventh summit between EU and Ukraine on Tuesday
(EU) EU/CANADA: Broad agreement on main international current affairs dossiers
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Growth initiative, investment services and lower VAT on agenda of Tuesday's meeting
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/JHC: Council extends possibilities for police observation of people on territory of other Member States
(EU) UE/ENVIRONNEMENT: First regional conference on integration of environnement and health into enlarged Union
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: EP Transport Committee calls for international and national (cabotage) goods transport by rail to be open to competition on 1 January 2006 and rail passenger transport to be open on 1 January 2008
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Cyprus and Malta promise to make progress regarding maritime security
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/MARITIME SAFETY/SEMINAR:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT/ENERGY: WWF afraid Member States will not attain renewable energy objective -worries about respecting Kyoto Protocol, sounds alarm
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission concludes agreement with Gazprom and ENI to put end to restrictive practices on gas market
(EU) UE/COMPETITION: Green light for Papastratos buy out by Philip Morris
(EU) UE/CONCURRENCE: Green light to joint ventrue between SNPE, Saab and Patria
(EU) EU/SPORTS: Sports ministers want a reference to sport in the future Constitution
(EU) EU/TRADE UNIONS/IGC: In Rome, John Monks warned of weakening of Europe's social dimension
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/ROMANIA: Romanian authorities separate two married minors
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS:
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Towards swift renewal of scientific and technological co-operation agreement
(EU) EU/WTO/AGRICULTURE: COPA against "blind free trade"
(EU) EU/TRADE DEFENCE: Inquiry into ring-binder mechanisms
(EU) EU/EIB: 200 million EUR loan to Caixa
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Sales in European Union up 1.1%
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 568
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