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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8715
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EUROPEAN UNION

 31/05 -  DUBLIN: - Development Council (also 1/06) 
 1/06 -  LUXEMBOURG: - Employment and Social Policy Council 
 -  LUXEMBOURG: - Eurogroup meeting 
 -  LUXEMBOURG: AGM of European Investment Bank 
 2/06 -  LUXEMBOURG: - ECOFIN Council 
 -  LUXEMBOURG: - Health and Consumer Protection Council 
 -  BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the European Commission 
 -  BRUSSELS: - Lamy and Hübner attend Civil Society Dialogue 
 3/06 -  FRANKFURT: - ECB: Governing Council of the...

Contents

: Our offices will be closed on 31 May for Whit Monday. Bulletin EUROPE No 8716 will be dated Wednesday 2 June 2004
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA SUMMIT: European and Latin American Heads of State confirm their support for multilateralism although in different forms
(EU) EU/AFRICA/PEACE-KEEPING: First African peace-keepers may start their first mission in Sudan
(EU) EU/CUBA:
(EU) EU/UN/PEACEKEEPING:
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN ELECTIONS: CEPS study shows EPP and PES stable and losses for Greens and United Left - Uncertainty for Liberals - Low turnout
(EU) WEU/ASSEMBLY SESSION: Do not leave European security and defence without a parliamentary dimension - maintain the modified Brussels treaty until there are equally binding provisions in the European Constitution
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Paris and Berlin make their request for harmonised corporate taxation official - Commission continues to object
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Savings tax, public deficit in The Netherlands, and rise in oil prices on agenda of Wednesday's meeting
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Inflation speeds up considerably in April
(EU) EU/FRANCE/GERMANY/INDUSTRIAL POLICY:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/EDUCATION COUNCIL/YOUTH: Political agreement over Europass - Ministers welcome Commission's ideas on new generation of education and training programmes
(EU) EU/EDUCATION COUNCIL/YOUTH: Ministers underline role of youth against racism and intolerance - Social integration of young persons
(EU) EU/CULTURE/INTERNAL MARKET: Renaud Donnedieu de Vabres calls for cultural diversity to reduce VAT on CDs
(EU) EU/MERCOSUR: Ministers and the Commission confirm their aim to conclude the free trade negotiations in October - Still no Mercosur offer on public procurement
(EU) EU/INDIA:
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/OPEN SKIES:
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Stavros Dimas attends Council for the first time - his priorities are the 2004 Employment Package, the European Gender Institute, the European health insurance card and equal access to goods and services
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: EUR 2.5 million for disaster preparedness in Central Asia
(EU) EU/WTO T: he draft negotiating mandate for the new import regime for bananas returns to College level, Wednesday
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Poland will next Thursday recover judgement for the sale of 300000 tonnes of cereals
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Conference on the financing of the Common Fisheries Policy from 2007 onwards
(EU) EU/HEALTH: European Health Insurance Card will arrive on 1 June
(EU) EU/JHA: Vitorino talks about the fight against crime with Secretary General of Interpol and about asylum with director of Amnesty International
(EU) EU/PHARMACEUTICALS INDUSTRY:
(EU) EU/HEALTH/TOBACCO:
(EU) EU/EESC/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES: Roger Briesch says consultations with civil society organisations and reflections on the future of Europe will continue at EESC - Michaele Schreyer urged to loosen budget strings - Mario Monti regrets lack of political will in the Member States to catch up on the Lisbon Strategy
(EU) EP/INDUSTRY: MEP Olga Zrihen and EMF recommend a stakeholder approach to industrial policy
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