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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8561

11 October 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 8 / 41
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/morocco

10/10/2003 (Agence Europe) - On a vistit to Morocco, President Chirac, Frnch Member of the Greens/EFA group, Hélène Flautre and Daniel Cohn Bendit were keen to point out that the director of two Moroccan newspapers, Demain and Doumane was still in prison. Fanco-Moroccan citizen, Ali lmrabet was condemned in June for "insulting the King" Mohamed VI, after publishing a series of charactactures. The MEPs want Mr Chirac to ask the King, with thr former's broad experience of being...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: "Christian roots" in the Constitution? Yes, on one condition - Receipt for overcoming artificial rivalry between large, medium and small countries - Against demagogy in farming
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: Monday will be a tough day for Foreign Ministers who must prepare the European Council, continue work at the IGC and discuss the situation in the rest of the world
(EU) EU/HUMAN RIGHTS: EU pleased at Nobel peace prize to Iranian, Shirin Ebadi
(EU) EU/FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Commission to present interpretative communication on Article 7 of treaty on Wednesday
(EU) EU/WEU: Council report to assembly on European defence
(EU) EU/Brussels summit: EPP, PES and ELDR meeting in Meise and Brussels on eve of european council
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EP/MOROCCO:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE-FISHERIES COUNCIL: Reform of olive oil, cotton and Irish Box on meeting programme for Monday
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: EUR 2.44 million for promoting olive oil
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Transport Council reached three political agreements in field of air transport
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Inquiry into Belgian international removals market
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Lagardère must make major concessions to buy VUP
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Agreement in sight between Sonatrach and ENI on gas supply contracts
(EU) EU/TAXATION:
(EU) EU/CULTURE: French and Germans wish to generalise fixed price for books within enlarged European Union
(EU) EU/RUSSIA/WTO: Things are clarified between Moscow and Brussels
(EU) EU/WTO: Move to relaunching round of talks
(EU) EP/USA: EP puts pressure on Commission over airline passenger data before visit of Commissioner Bolkestein to Washington - move to filtering data by national authorities
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2003: Green light to 56 million EUR for Spain and Italy under EU solidarity funds
(EU) EP/SPACE: European Parliament concerned at crisis in European space industry and calls for extra public investment
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Speed limit directive adopted
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Parliament brings a few amendments to draft directive on aircraft safety in third countries
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Parliament vote amends directive on safety in tunnels
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Parliament calls for measures to protect apiculture from insecticides and forest fires
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Parliament accepts renewal of third country partnership agreements but with certain conditions
(EU) EU/MERCOSUR:
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EU/FOODSTUFFS: Regulation on smoke flavourings adopted
(EU) EU/ACP: Joint parliamentary assembly meets in Rome (11-15 October)
(EU) EU/ASIA: Informal EU/ASEM meeting on environment
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: According to Commission study, public investment in administration is pays dividends
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Three companies to be awarded IST prize
(EU) EU/EIB: EIB loan to Latvia for SME projects
(EU) COURT OF JUSTICE: Peter Jann of Austria and Christiaan Timmermans of the Netherlands are elected presidents of two five-judge Chambers
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: BEUC calls for a Constitution guaranteeing the interests of citizens/consumers to be drafted
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT:
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