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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8657

3 March 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/employment/social
Council to finalise key messages for Spring Summit, especially on social agenda, employment, social protection and gender equaltiy - Preparation of Tripartite Social Summit

Brussels, 02/03/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Employment, Social Policy, Public Health and Consumers Council (ESPHCO) will meet on 4 March under the co-Presidency of Irish Minister Mary Coughlan (Social and Family Affairs), Frank Fahey (Enterprise, Trade and Employment) and Willie O'Dea (Justice, Equal Opportunities- with a special responsibility for equal opportunities for the disabled- and Legislative Reform). The European Commission will be represented by Margot Wallström, currently in...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Common guidelines by political (and other) forces, in favour of a European legal framework for services of general interest
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Brian Cowen admits disagreement subsists with Washington on Arafat and insists on Sharon-Abou Ala meeting - Greater Middle East: EU waiting for ideas from countries of region - Colin Powel calls on EU not to lift arms embargo on China - Haitian crisis makes an entry at Troika meeting in Washington
(EU) EU/ARAB LEAGUE:
(EU) EP/TURKEY/CYPRUS:
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST: Israel's Ambassador to EU calls for new "partnership" agreement
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN: More Commission aid for elections
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/PORTUGAL: Durao Barroso calls for equality between Member States to be included in Constitution, while accepting "flexibility formulae"
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TRADE/UNITED STATES: American reactions to entry into force of sanctions in FSCs case - President Bush calls upon Parliamentarians to act quickly
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT/SOCIAL: Council to finalise key messages for Spring Summit, especially on social agenda, employment, social protection and gender equaltiy - Preparation of Tripartite Social Summit
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Commission to adopt communication on increasing employment opportunities for elderly workers and defers retirement
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: Debate on new regulation on waste transfers allows for majority orientations on contentious points
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENTAL COUNCIL: Laborious compromise on Kyoto protocol, conclusions for spring summit
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Erkki Liikanen presents European entrepreneurship policy
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Economic circles welcome European entrepreneurship policy
(EU) EU/EUROSTAT/DEFICIT: New Eurostat decision on classification of pensions in case of liability or guarantees by public administrations
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: EU Member States improve environment for small businesses by learning from each other's strengths
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Price convergence continues in car sector, but gaps between certain countries remains considerable
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission considers Deutsche Telekom proposals for getting its tariffs reduced on its local loops, acceptable
(EU) EU/ECONOMY/UNEMPLOYMENT: Unemployment rate unchanged in January
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT/GERMANY:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE/ENLARGEMENT: Latvia puts forward Egils Levits, judge in Court of Human Rights, and Ingrida Labucka, former Justice Minister, for posts of judges
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: NGOs attack Commission before Court of Justice on "paraquat" pesticide
(EU) EP/SCIENCE:
(EU) EP/TRADE:
(EU) EU/GMO: Commission to propose marketing oilseed rape GT73
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Council adopts common position on safety in tunnels of trans-European network
(EU) EU/SPACE: Busquin welcomes launch of Rosetta space probe
(EU) EU/BORDERS: Neither Europeans nor Americans will be ready for biometric passports on 26 October - EU membership will not allow new members to be exempt from visa requirement for United States - Commissioner Vitorino to visit United States in May
(EU) EU/EURODAC/BIOMETRY:
(EU) EP/YOUTH: Parliament calls on Commission to make European youth week into definitive institution
(EU) EU EP/EDUCATION: EP calls on European Commission to elaborate paper on history of European culture
(EU) EP/FRENCH MEPs/MEDEF:
(EU) EU/EESC/EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Chris Patten welcomes good relationship with committee and important role played by committee in eu's international relations
(EU) EU/EESC: On-line debate on participatory democracy with Roger Briesch - debate with Dick Roche and Jacques Delors
(EU) EU/UNIONS/ELECTIONS: FERPA calls on European political parties to take into account rights and expectations of elderly and retired
(EU) EU/TRADE/COMMISSION:
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