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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8677
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha council/europol

30/03/2004 (Agence Europe) - In Brussels on Tuesday, there was no agreement on who should take over from Jürgen Storbeck as Europol head. Germany supported the renewal of Mr Storbeck's mandate, France supported Jacques Franquet, the director of the international and technical police co-operation service (SCITP), and Italy backed Emanuela Marotta, former Europol deputy director. The Council hopes to reach agreement at its session of 29 April. Mr Storbeck's mandate ends on 30 June. He was the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: The Summit "decided" to approve the Constitution by the end of June, it must be taken at its word and the extra demands toned down
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/ESDP/UNITED KINGDOM: Geoff Hoon pleads for increase in EU's military capability in co-operation with NATO, and justifies keeping NATO forces in Kosovo and British-American coalition in Iraq
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST: Regrets about Arab League summit postponement - no victory over terrorism without solution in Middle East
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN: Berlin, Commissioner Patten confirms Commission commitment of EUR 200 million annually and will make overall promise for EU
(EU) EP/EXPENSES: Hans-Peter Martin's allegations lead to unusual alliance at top of lists for European elections in Germany
(EU) EU/CYPRUS: Negotiations continue on new plan to reunify island
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN PARTIES: European Free Alliance becomes European party with "youth" wing
(EU) EP/ELECTIONS: Third "Coffee Storming" from Café Babel, with representatives from main political European political parties
(EU) NATO/ENLARGEMENT: Alliance of 26 - door still open - 3 candidates waiting
(EU) EU/ARAB WORLD: Overt Polemic over Tunis summit postponement decision - Egypt proposes bringing heads of state together 16 April - EU maintains dialogue and waits for "triple" message from Arab countries to relaunch peace process, end violence and commitment on reform
(EU) EU/IRAN:
(EU) EU/ARAB WORLD:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL/TERRORISM: New anti-terrorist coordinator "to "help Member States do what they promised to do"
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Political agreement on introducing compensation systems for victims of serious crime in all countries and cross-border cooperation
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Political agreement on transmission of air passenger data to EU
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Political agreement on status of refugees and beneficiaries of alternative protection
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Political agreement on European border agency
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL/EUROPOL:
(EU) EP/COURT OF JUSTICE: Appeal by Willi Rothley and 69 other MEPs against OLAF ruling rejected
(EU) EU/BALTIC STATES: Pascal Lamy in Baltic capitals for talks on commercial implications of enlargement
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Takeover bids directive adopted
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission puts finishing touches to anti-trust rules with adoption of several documents
(EU) STATE AID: Gibraltar planned corporate tax not in line
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Germany calls for amendment to Volkswagen law
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Parliament unenthusiastically adopts "transparency" and "investment services" directives defined with Council
(EU) EP/OLAF/PRESS: MEPs criticise OLAF and Belgian justice in Tillack affair
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE/MALTA: Maltese government chooses Anthony Borg Barthet and Ena Cremona as judges at Court of Justice and Court of First of Instance
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Microsoft lodges appeal against Commission decision -judicial process begin
(EU) EU/AVIAN INFLUENZA: EU scales down embargo on imports of poultry and eggs from Canada and United States
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: European Commission satisfied with compromise in international negotiations for phasing out of methyl bromide
(EU) EU/EESC/MARCH SESSION: Philippe Maystadt to present his ideas on implementing Lisbon strategy - Environmental technology, Croatia's candidacy to EU, impact of trade policy on industrial change
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Anna Diamantopoulou calls for giving new boost to economy through targeted and binding objectives for Member States
(EU) EU/FRANCE/GERMANY/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/EIB/PANAMA: EIB finances second bridge over Canal
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Industrial new orders down in January 2004
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE/CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
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