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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8621

13 January 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 6 / 42
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/enlargement/turkey
Mr Erdogan pleads in favour of accession - Mr Verheugen: we must recognise Turkey's progress, but no decision on its accession should be expected this decade

Brussels, 12/01/2004 (Agence Europe) - During last Friday's International Bertelsmann Forum in Berlin, the Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan re-affirmed that Turkey wishes to "belong to the family of the European Union", saying that "there are not many other candidate countries where 75% of the population has pronounced itself" in favour of joining.

In an interview with Deutschlandfunk on Sunday (see also pages 7, 9 and 10), Enlargement Commissioner Günter Verheugen replied as follows when...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: The Parmalat affair raises the universal problem of the real economy versus "creative accounting", the excesses of which should be investigated and condemned - The European Commission should not grant State aid to speculation - implications for the Union's industrial policy
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/EPP: February Congress for adopting electoral manifesto
(EU) EU/IRAN: Legislative elections must be fair, Solana says in Teheran
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES:
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COMMISSION/GERMANY:
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/TURKEY: Mr Erdogan pleads in favour of accession - Mr Verheugen: we must recognise Turkey's progress, but no decision on its accession should be expected this decade
(EU) EU/CROATIA: Romano Prodi meets new Croatian Prime Minister for first time
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST:
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: Ahern does not rule out agreement under Irish Presidency - Fischer says Berlin does not want two-speed Europe, but there is still the risk
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/POLAND: Determined to defend its rights, Poland criticises Germany - Comments by Commissioner Verheugen
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/FEDERALISTS:
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN LEFT: Eleven parties sign manifesto calling for creation of "Party of European Left" in April
(EU) EP/ICC/ARAB STATES: Emma Bonino calls upon Arab States to ratify statute of International Criminal Court
(EU) EU/HUMAN RIGHTS: Amnesty International calls upon EU to get moving on human rights' protection, on its territory and beyond
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Big disparities between Member States in implementing and applying rules
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES: Verheugen expects negotiations to be protracted and very tough - France criticised for its payments to farmers
(EU) EU/STABILITY PACT: Commission could decide to take France and Germany to Court of Justice, and request accelerated procedure - Mr Verheugen and Mr Grasser against recourse
(EU) EU/COMPETITION/TELECOMS: Commission concerned at France's lesser control on France Télécom's prices
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: New deadline for Oracle/PeopleSoft decision
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Contrasting picture of situation in Turkey - positive farm trade balance and considerable subsistence farming
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Agriculture and Fisheries Council of 26 January is cancelled
(EU) EU/DOLLAR: Confidential talks between EU and Japan over US dollar rate
(EU) EU/TRADE: Commission examines whether it is appropriate to launch "made in the EU" label
(EU) EU/WTO: European Commission reacts positively to American initiative to relaunch Doha Round
(EU) EU/WTO/UNITED STATES: Commission submits request to Geneva on Tuesday for disciplinary action regarding Byrd Amendment
(EU) EU/TRADE: Lamy visits India, Bangladesh and Indonesia
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Proceedings against Spain for failing to properly transpose Seveso II Directive
(EU) EU/STATISTICS/POPULATION: On 1 January 2004, EU had 380.8 million inhabitants, with 74.1 million in the acceding countries
(EU) EU/EP/ENVIRONMENT: Hearing on future recycling strategy lays the groundwork for further work at the Parliament
(EU) EU/CORRUPTION/WTO: Pascal Lamy calls on WTO to 'take first steps' to combat corruption
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission earmarks around EUR 30 million
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET: Echerer report urges Commission to control implementation of EU copyright directives
(EU) EP/SOCIAL AFFAIRS/IMMIGRATION: Moraes report calls for managed immigration and dialogue with countries of origin
(EU) EP/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Glase report calls for more information about the implementation of the directive covering the posting of workers abroad
(EU) EP/LIBERALS: Watson, Bolkestein and Moerman focus on Lisbon Process and respect of the Stability Pact
(EU) EU/BALKANS: European research network extended to the Balkans
(EU) EU/ENTERPRISE/PRESIDENCY: Paul Reckinger supports Irish EU Presidency programme relating mainly to employment, the labour market and the Lisbon strategy
(EU) EU/CORPORATE LAW: Commission proposes amending directive on royalties and interest
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/ORGANIC FARMING:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
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