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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8590

22 November 2003
Contents Publication in full By article 46 / 47
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) insurance

American companies TRAVELERS PROPERTY CASUALTY CORP and SAINT PAUL have decided to merge. The new company will be called SAINT PAUL TRAVELERS COMPANIES, and will be one of America's largest financial services groups, with total assets of 107 million dollars and 20 billion in own resources. The operation will be sealed by SAINT PAUL's purchase of TRAVELERS for 16.2 billion dollars.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: The hypothesis of a two-speed Europe, should the Constitution falter, is being set out - Belgium makes an important step forward
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CANADA: Commission is willing to do everything it can to hold the summit cancelled due to Silvio Berlusconi's timetable problems greatly criticised by MEPs - Summit before 12 December in Europe?
(EU) EP/IGC: Constitution Intergroup insists on "minimal requirements"
(EU) EU/IGC/EPP: Extraordinary EPP summit on 4 December in Paris
(EU) EU/TERRORISM/SECURITY: Conference on concerted approach to terrorist threat
(EU) EP/CONSTITUTION:
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION:
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/BUDGET 2004: Council may finally agree to mobilise financial flexibility instrument for aiding Iraq in return for concessions from Parliament on "CFSP" loans and payments
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Little hope for agreement on Tuesday for reduced VAT rates
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission plans recapitalization of Bull
(EU) EU/EDUCATION COUNCIL/CULTURE: Political agreement expected on three programmes to promote "bodies active at European level" in the fields of youth, education and culture
(EU) EU/SPORT: Eurobarometer survey shows that 46% of European practise sport at least once a week and three quarters of Europeans are worried about doping
(EU) EU/SRI LANKA: Chris Patten meets government and LTTE
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/JHA/ITALY:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/UN: Meeting between Anna Diamantopoulou and Kofi Annan
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Countries of Central European Initiative (CEI) wish to maintain trade links after enlargement
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: First competitions in new Member States
(EU) EU/LEBANON: Meeting on economic dialogue on 24 November
(EU) EU/EP/ENVIRONMENT: Parliament takes stance at first reading in support of more radical review of regulation on transfer of waste to prevent tourism of hazardous waste
(EU) EP/EUROMED: Parliament insists on political and cultural dimension of Barcelona Process to be extended to Libya and Mauritania
(EU) EP/BUDGET/IGC: EP warns Ecofin Council it will not allow its budgetary powers to be seized
(EU) EP/NEW NEIGHBOURS: Verheugen stresses that action plans for new neighbours will be "negotiated" documents
(EU) EU/NORTHERN DIMENSION: EU enlargement to accentuate importance of EU Northern Dimension, EP stresses, welcoming second plan of action
(EU) EP/RESEARCH: Reactions vary on stem cell vote
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Polymeric light-emitting diodes and a better method for nutation calculation share EUR 1 million Descartes Prize 2003
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Electronic communications market is picking up, says Commission report
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Venice meeting to adopt recommendation for Naples Ministerial
(EU) EU/FISHING: Those in fisheries sector ask for renewal of current fishing possibilities for cod sole and plaice
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Commission adopts revised proposal on new status for officials
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Austria's appeal for jcounting transit journeys in Ecopoints is rejected
(EU) EU/REGIONS: general meeting of assembly of european regions in Poland
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Permanent committee in Maastricht
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
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