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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8578

5 November 2003
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/barometer
European response to Israel do not reflect Commission position, says a very worried Prodi - Berlusconi phones Sharon, Frattini expresses surprise and annoyance of Presidency - Israeli and USA reactions

Brussels, 04/11/2003 (Agence Europe) - In New York, where he had met Kofi Annan, the President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi expressed his worry over the most recent Eurobarometer results according to which, 59% of those interviewed consider that is Israel is the greatest danger to world peace and 53% consider the USA the greatest threat in this sense (EUROPE yesterday p 5). The Israeli Mission to the EU denounced the "biased questions" posed by Eurobarometer and the President of...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: A few thoughts on the provisions for the chemical industry
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/BAROMETER: European response to Israel do not reflect Commission position, says a very worried Prodi - Berlusconi phones Sharon, Frattini expresses surprise and annoyance of Presidency - Israeli and USA reactions
(EU) EU/PES/BELARUS:
(EU) EU/IGC: Working group on legal coherence of draft Constitution - United Kingdom opposes inclusion of EU symbols article in part I
(EU) EU/IGC: Progress on criminal legal co-operation called into question - creation of European Public Prosecutor challenged by several countries
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EUROGROUP: Postponement until 25 November of decision on French excessive deficit - by then Germany will have joined France in procedure
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: In addition to institutional quarrels on choice of procedure for excessive deficit, Mer assures his country will meet Maastricht requirements in 2005 - Germany considers sanctions should not apply to Member States that cooperate
(EU) EU/ECOFIN/TAXATION: Towards defining model agreements for negotiations on savings taxation with countries and territories associated to the United Kingdom and the Netherlands
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: United Kingdom and four other Member States are still against the publication of quarterly financial reports by companies within the framework of Transparency Directive
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Council calls on Commission to present proposals to improve customs inspections on high-risk products, by strengthening coordination and risk analysis
(EU) EU/ECOFIN/IGC:
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Details on 39 "warnings" (9 of them for Poland) that Commission will send to ten accession countries
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Poland "accepts" Commission's criticism, but says everything will be ready on 1 May 2004 - Ms Huebner refutes Poland's "bad image": "we have no wish to cause trouble in the Union"
(EU) EU/EIB: Global loan for SMEs in Hungary, Romania and Slovenia
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Common economic area, readmission agreeement, visa-free system, Chechnya and Iukos affair on agenda at 12th EU/Russia summit on Thursday in Rome
(EU) EU/NUCLEAR SAFETY: Italian presidency to withdraw all references to dismantlement funds in "nuclear package"
(EU) EU/USA: Commission to propose trade retaliation measures in FSC affair but approach to Washington remains conciliatory
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: College examines draft directive on implementing equal treatment for men and women, notably in insurance
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Court of Auditors Report criticises Life II
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Discussions on asylum procedures on Thursday - Amnesty International finds text unacceptable - HCR takes more balanced view
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Clarification on other agenda points
(EU) EU/CITIES/JHA: Cities want to be part of discussions on justice and home affairs
(EU) EP/EUROSTAT: Final internal audit report on contracts with Eurostat leaves Cocobu members hungry for more - Jules Muis admits "we have a big Eurostat problem"
(EU) EP/FRAUD: Bösch report comes down hard on OLAF
(EU) EU/AUDIOVISUAL: Viviane Reding specifies content of new Directive on future of European audivisual policy
(EU) EP/ALBANIA: European and Albanian parliamentarians insist on reform of electoral system and legislation on property
(EU) EU/EESC/EUROMED: AT Euro-Mediterranean economic and social summit, Committee encourages full involvement of civil society in Euro-Mediterranean process
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