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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8716

2 June 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 43 / 44
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT / European library
No. 600

*** CHRISTOPHER BOOKER, RICHARD NORTH: The Great Deception. The secret history of the European Union. The Continuum International Publishing Group (The Tower Building, 11 York Road London SE1 7NX, United Kingdom. Tel: (44-20) 79220880 - Fax: 79220881 - Internet: www.continuumbooks.com). 2003, 474 pp. ISBN 0-8264-7105-6.

"This book tells the story of the most extraordinary political project in history" … These are the opening words of this unusual book in which the authors attempt to...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Constitution: A certain confidence returns
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) NATO/ASSEMBLY/NUCLEAR: Respect for non-proliferation Treaty must be guaranteed and more resources granted to IAEA, says Dr El Baradei
(EU) NATO/AFGHANISTAN: President of NATO Parliamentary Assembly calls on members of Alliance to boost ISAF mission in AFGHANISTAN
(EU) EU/CFSP/UNITED STATES:
(EU) EU/IGC/PRESIDENCY/UNITED KINGDOM: Ahern meets Valéry Giscard d'Estaing and Trichet - Amato and Strasuss-Kahn concerns over British position
(EU) EU/IGC/COUNCIL MAJORITY:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION PRESIDENCY:
(EU) EP/EPP-ED/PES:
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA: Guadalajara summit urges for reform of United Nations Security Council
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA: Cuba distances itself from Guadalaraja summit declaration
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EUROGROUP: Discussions on economic impact of rise in oil prices
(EU) EU/IRISH PRESIDENCY/ECB:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Commission maintains growth forecasts, but acknowledges existence of "negative risks" related to course of oil price and exchange rates
(EU) EU/SOCIAL COUNCIL/EMPLOYMENT: Political agreement on employment package 2004, integrating ten new Member States and political messages of Kok Task Force
(EU) EU/SOCIAL COUNCIL/EMPLOYMENT: Political agreement on changes to 1971 regulation on co-ordination of social security systems (reduction of list of non-exportable non-contributory benefits to facilitate citizen mobility)
(EU) EP/HEALTH:
(EU) EP/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Talks continue this week on Bulgaria and Romania membership
(EU) EU/TRADE: On the eve of WTO agriculture talks, Lamy delighted by "constructive" G20 market access proposal
(EU) EU/JUSTICE AND HOME AFFAIRS: European Commission to present mixed results in implementation of European freedom, security and justice policy - future strengthening and application
(EU) EU/JUSTICE/HOME AFFAIRS: Amnesty International criticises achievements in five years since Tampere - HCR to keep eye on implementation of decisions
(EU) EU/TRAFFICKING IN CHILDREN/BULGARIA:
(EU) EU/SOFTWARE PATENTABILITY:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Continued bathing water quality improvements but some Member States tend to ban bathing rather than removing the source of problem
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: agreement signed on recording airline passenger data
(EU) EU/EGYPT: Entry into force of association agreement
(EU) EU/SRI LANKA:
(EU) EP/ENERGY:
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT/IMMIGRATION:
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA: Guadalajara Summit reaffirms social objectives but remains vague on how to pay for them
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA:
(EU) EU/Latin America: Education Ministers invited to define projects for creation of "Common Education Zone" in 2008
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA: France thinks EU and Mercosur "still far from concluding" a free trade agreement
(EU) EU/TRADE/CHINA: Temporary agreement (covering 2004 only) on Chinese coke exports to EU
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan to Finnish research and development in Industrial Technology
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan for E411 and E25 roadworks in Belgium
(EU) EU/SHIPBUILDING: European shipbuilders join new association to compete better
(EU) EU/JAPAN/EUROCHAMBRES:
(EU) EU/EESC/JUNE PLENARY SESSION: Academic session for 95 new members of committee, attended by Roger Briesch, Pat Cox, Bertie Ahern and romano Prodi - contribution by lithuanian commissioner dalia grybuskaité - regional integration, environmental technology, trans-atlantic dialogue
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONS: 21st edition of Euroguide is out
(EU) EU/POVERTY/ATD FOURTH WORLD:
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/IMMIGRATION:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 600
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