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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8617

7 January 2004
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/irish presidency/commission
Bertie Ahern assures Presidency will do all it can to reach agreement at IGC as soon as possible - Romano Prodi considers Irish approach to IGC to combine discretion with determination is the right one - Taoiseach and Commission President answer questions on two-speed EUROPE

Dublin, 06/01/2004 (Agence Europe) - "We want the IGC to succeed as soon as possible but we must first of all consult our partners before making an appropriate judgement" of the situation, and the success of the Intergovernmental Conference on the European Constitution "ultimately depends on collective political will", Taoiseach Bertie Ahern assured on 6 January in Dublin during his joint press conference with the President of the European Commission, Romano Prodi, after the traditional...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Constitution approved during year, strengthened cooperation to be part of it and there won't be two separate Europes
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/IRISH PRESIDENCY/COMMISSION: Bertie Ahern assures Presidency will do all it can to reach agreement at IGC as soon as possible - Romano Prodi considers Irish approach to IGC to combine discretion with determination is the right one - Taoiseach and Commission President answer questions on two-speed EUROPE
(EU) EU/IGC: Chirac-Schröder/Blair meeting before March summit
(EU) EU/EP/IGC:
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Nabil Chaat calls for double EU initiative - Meetings in Dublin after Paris, Berlin and London
(EU) EU/ANTISEMITISM: Preparations for February seminar are suspended
(EU) EU/GEORGIA: Javier Solana welcomes Mikhaïl Saakachvili's electoral victory
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN:
(EU) EU/EP/TERRORISM: After wave of letter bombs, President Cox announces security will be stepped up, a matter MEPs wish to discuss, as well as the causes of attacks against European institutions
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES: Commission to come out with proposals on 25 January following Wednesday's orientation debate
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: On Wednesday Commission to adopt Europass, new instrument for assessing qualifications and competencies in enlarged Europe
(EU) EU/STABILITY PACT/GERMANY:
(EU) EU/EU/ECONOMY/FRANCE:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Informal Galaway social to focus on ways for making work financially attractive, investing in human resources to respond to Lisbon objectives
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission to investigate six Member States for non respect of legislation on pollution prevention and reduction
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Confirmation of EU court's decision in Bayer company "Adalat" medicines affair
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) EP/NUTRITION:
(EU) EU/PAPER INDUSTRY:
(EU) EP/CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION: Pirker report approves Commission communication on illegal immigration but stresses making external borders secure is a matter that is, in principle, national - too soon to create a European border guard corps
(EU) EU/JUSTICE: Statewatch notes European arrest warrant is limping along in only eight out of fifteen Member States
(EU) EU/HEALTH: WHO applauds EU Irish Presidency's decision to make heart health a priority
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Ecopoints regulation in force since 1 January
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: GE sells Spacelabs to OSI, as required by Commission
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