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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8639

6 February 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 37
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ecb
ECB decides not to change interest rates - Mr Trichet praises Commission for Stability Pact

Brussels, 05/02/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Governing Council of the European Central Bank (ECB) decided in Frankfurt on Thursday not to change its interest rates. Accordingly, the minimum bid rate applied to principle re-financing operations and the interest rates of the marginal lending and deposit facilities will remain at 2%, 3% and 1% respectively.

At the press conference, ECB President, Jean-Claude Trichet, repeated that the Governing Council felt the current stance of monetary policy...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: "Will the United Kingdom really join Europe one day?" (chris patten)
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EPP CONGRESS: Combative leaders cry for victory in June elections - Mr Aznar calls for compromise at IGC and stresses growth (as does Mr Raffarin, who says France will respect Community discipline) - Mr Juncker stresses social dimension of EU, and calls for necessary decisions to be made while those who remember the beginnings are still around
(EU) EU/EPP CONGRESS/CONVENTION: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing calls upon EPP to campaign for Constitution at European elections
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Milos Kuzvart to be Czech candidate for post of European Commissioner
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Mr Durao Barroso defends Mr Vitorino's bid to become President of the European Commission
(EU) EP/GUE/NGL/EPP: Lively reactions from Francis Wurtz at plans to exclude former Communist officials
(EU) P/EPP/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EP/"STATELESS NATIONS":
(EU) EP/PES:
(EU) EU/CFSP:
(EU) EP/GERMANY: List of German Greens respects gender equality to the letter
(EU) EP/NETHERLANDS: Dutch lists nearly complete
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: So far only two of the fifteen current EU Member States intend to open up their employment markets to workers from new Member States - Restrictions announced in Germany, Belgium, Austria and Finland, with uncertainty in other countries
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/ROMANIA: Bucharest considers Nicholson's request to suspend accession talks "very radical" and promises to clarify matters - Parliament debate on Brok report with view to plenary in March
(EU) EU/EMU: Philippe Maystadt considers deficit rules could be revamped to take economic situation more into account
(EU) EU/EIB: Phillipe Maystadt presents bank activities of 2003 - increasing efforts in continuity - record figures for loans to future Member States - need for active support of Member States for TEN
(EU) EU/ECB: ECB decides not to change interest rates - Mr Trichet praises Commission for Stability Pact
(EU) EU/USA/TRANSPORT: Third round of negotiations for concluding EU/US airline agreement 17-20 February in Washington
(EU) EU/ACP: Pascal Lamy in Mauritius for official launch of trade negotiations with EU, Eastern and Southern Africa - bilateral talks on sugar and textiles
(EU) ACP/EU: Conflict prevention, poverty related diseases and trade negotiations on joint parliamentary assembly agenda (Addis Abbeba, 16-19 February)
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Russia ready to agree to European representation in Chechnya - Commission's finishing touches to assessment report on EU/Russian relations
(EU) EU/TUNISIA/PRESS:
(EU) EU/NEIGHBOURHOOD: Mr Verheugen presents new neighbourhood policy in Morocco
(EU) EU/RUSSIA/WTO/ENVIRONMENT: Friends of the Earth call for suspension of Russia's negotiations to join WTO until it ratifies Kyoto Protocol
(EU) EU/LAWYERS: Council of Bars and Law Societies of the EU wishes to facilitate professional indemnity insurance of European lawyers
(EU) EU/EQUALITY/SPORT: Anna Diamantopoulou supports inclusion of women in national sports delegations at Olympic Games in Athens
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/COHESION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Italy requests protection for “Riccota Romana”
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Fisheries agreement with Solomon Islands
(EU) EU/EESC/FOOD SAFETY: Geoffrey Podger discusses nutrition and health claims on food
(EU) EU/BIRD FLU:
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Attwooll slams British government's approach to protecting coral reefs off Scotland
(EU) EU/ITALY/LETTORI: Commission calls on Court of Justice to impose fine of EUR 309,705/day on Italy in "Lettori" case
(EU) EU/COR/COHESION/SPORT: Views are exchanged with Barnier - Forum on education through sport in European towns and regions
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