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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8708

18 May 2004
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/arab league
Prodi and Ahern are invited to Tunis Summit

Brussels, 17/05/2004 (Agence Europe) - The Arab League announces that European Council President Bertie Ahern and European Commission President Romano Prodi have been invited by Tunisia to take part in the opening of the Arab Summit on 22 and 23 May in Tunis. The President of the Organisation of Islamic Conferences and the UN Secretary General have also been invited to attend. The summit, which was to be held end March, was postponed at the last minute by the Tunisian authorities (EUROPE of...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: A few words on the Lamy/Fischler initiative on the phasing out of export subsidies in agriculture
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/IGC: Progress on Council Presidency - Problems with financial programming - No unanimity of "Dublin acquis"
(EU) EU/IRAQ: Foreign affairs ministers shocked by abuse of Iraqi prsoners and demand "rectification"
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Twenty Five calls on Israeli government to immediately cease demolitions of Palestinian houses and Palestinian Authority to take immediate action against terrorists
(EU) EU/"EXTERNAL RELATIONS" COUNCIL:
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Council approves objectives for military capability in European Union up to 2010
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: France and Germany hope to continue strengthening cooperation - Franco-German Brigade in Afghanistan
(EU) EU/ESDP: Third EU military exercise to take place from 18 to 27 May
(EU) EU/ARAB LEAGUE: Prodi and Ahern are invited to Tunis Summit
(EU) EU/SYRIA: Commissioner de Palacio insists EU wishes to reach Association Agreement despite US sanctions
(EU) EP/HUNGARY: Polls forecast victory for conservatives
(EU) EP/PORTUGAL: former commissioner heads list for the right and former finance minister heads list for socialists
(EU) EP/CONSTITUTION: Greens call for single, Europe-wide referendum
(EU) EU/COMMISSION PRESIDENT/IRELAND/PORTUGAL: Bertie Ahern says he will not run as Prodi's successor
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/PASSENGER DATA: Agreement on passenger data approved on Monday by Council and Commission, to be signed next week despite Parliament opposition
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/TRANSPORT: Toward transatlantic air agreement by EU/US summit on 26 June?
(EU) EU/SWITZERLAND: Council green light to conclude negotiations with Switzerland, at EU/Switzerland Summit on Wednesday
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL: Twenty-five adopt conclusions on competitiveness and to improve the rules
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission publishes alarming study on EU coastal erosion - international conference Tuesday
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission close to deal with France on Alstom
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Request for 300,000 to Polish wheat to be dealt with at Community level, points out Commission
(EU) EU/TERRORISM: Meeting with Gijs de Vries - counter-terrorism coordinator mainly wants to ensure Member States co-operate by applying decisions taken - importance of transatlantic relations
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/ENLARGEMENT: Washington asks EU for financial compensation following enlargement
(EU) EU/WTO: Doha round back on track - cautious optimism about framework agreement by the end of July
(EU) EU/CHINA/COKE:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Informal Waterford Council sketches out its contribution to future strategy for preventing and recycling waste based on life cycle of natural resources and products
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Mr Fischler welcomes new mediterranean fisheries association
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: judges now "operational"
(EU) EU/UNIONS/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL: John Monks calls on Europe to set out genuine industrial policy
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 598
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