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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8706

14 May 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 4 / 52
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/iraq
Top Green candidates for European elections call for Rumsfeld and Hoon's resignation - Abuse of Iraqi prisoners must be taken before International Criminal Court and be on agenda of next European Council

Brussels, 13/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - The members of the Greens' "Dream Team" for the European elections in June have diffused a joint declaration throughout Europe on the scandal of torture and abuse inflicted by US soldiers on Iraqi prisoners. They call for a "radical change of direction in international policy to prevent the situation in Iraq from getting any worse". The declaration is signed by the two co-presidents of the Greens/EFA Group at the current Parliament, Daniel Cohn-Bendit...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: For a solution in Cyprus under the aegis of the European Union
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: Chirac and Schröder refuse to countenance any failure for ratifying constitution - Spain wants 66.6% of population to be included in calculation of double majority - according to Poland, divergences persist
(EU) EU/TAX/STRENGTHENED COOPERATION: Commission will not support Franco-German initiative to harmonise corporation tax
(EU) EP/IRAQ: Top Green candidates for European elections call for Rumsfeld and Hoon's resignation - Abuse of Iraqi prisoners must be taken before International Criminal Court and be on agenda of next European Council
(EU) EU/DEFENCE/GERMANY:
(EU) EU/SWITZERLAND/TAXATION:
(EU) EU/TURKEY/CYPRUS: Verheugen reckons there's not chance of a modrn Turkey without change for accession - "Cyprus will not block negotiations with Ankara"
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Verheugen appeals for deepening of EU over next few years
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN/CFSP: 11 August Eurocorps likely to take over command of ISAF in Afghanistan
(EU) EU/BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Meeting with Javier Solana and Bosnia-Herzegovina defence minister
(EU) EP/CONVENTION:
(EU) EU/SECURITY:
(EU) UE/IRAQ:
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE/HUMAN RIGHTS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Meeting between Commissionand Russia on 20 May to try for agreement on bilateral agreement on Russian accession to WTO - Talks continue on charges for right to fly over Siberia
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Commission confirms positive "guidelines" for passenger data, but doubt subsists on "official" decision - General Affairs Council to approve agreement
(EU) EU/RUSSIA/BALTIC STATES:
(EU) EU/SWITZERLAND: Customs duty exemption for re-imported products
(EU) EU/JUSTICE:
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/VISAS:
(EU) EP/RUSSIA/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) EP/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL/PATENTS:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/LANGUAGES:
(EU) EU/TRADE/WTO: Optimism in Paris a few hours ahead of WTO "mini-ministerial", where relaunch of negotiations on Doha expected - Recent EU efforts not for nothing
(EU) EU/MERCOSUR: Optimism about exchange of offers on 19 May after Duhalde-Prodi meeting
(EU) EU/WTO: European farmers criticise new EU concessions on abolition of export subsidies
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Profession calls on Commission to withdraw its proposal on use of fishery resources in Mediterranean
(EU) EU/WTO/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/ECB: ECB expresses concern about sharp rise in oil prices and budgetary slippage
(EU) EU/STABILITY PACT: Chancellor Schröder hopes for growth-oriented interpretation of Pact
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/VISEGRAD GROUP:
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Health ministers in Cork discuss cardiovascular disease, obesity and patient mobility - US Secretary for Health is a guest
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Great disparity between West and East in enlarged Union
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE/SUMMIT:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Mario Monti and Nicolas Sarkozy continue discussions on Alstom - After Wednesday's meeting, new exchange of views on Thursday
(EU) EU/TEXTILES: French industry minister appeals for "Paneuromed" zone
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID/MIDDLE EAST: 28 million in emergency aid to Palestinian victims of escalating violence
(EU) EU/HAITI: Poul Nielson pledges EU's full support to Prime Minister Gérard Latortue in process of restoring democracy, which will depend on new co-operation
(EU) EU/HAITI: Commission gives extra 5.4 million EUR on emergency aid
(EU) EU/US/INTERNAL SECURITY: Re-establishing borders and controls for euro 2004, Olympic games…marriage of prince in Spain
(EU) EU/TURKEY/OMBUDSMAN:
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE/PARLIAMENT:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: 2004 Eurydice study on key ICT figures for schools in Europe ahead of conference in Dublin on 17 and 18 May
(EU) EP/COURT OF AUDITORS/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EP/SERVICES OF GENERAL INTEREST:
(EU) EP/DRUGS/OMBUDSMAN:
(EU) EU/AUDIOVISUAL: European Audiovisual Observatory notes good results of European films on national market in 2003 but little success elsewhere
(EU) EU/DRUGS: EMCDDA publishes its last edition of Drugs in Focus - Way forward for new EU action against drugs
(EU) EU/HUNGARY:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 13/05/2004: