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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8736
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WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT / € value in different currencies on 28/06/2004

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: The Commission needs experience and prestige of some of its current members - The delicate issue of Vice-Presidents
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/COMMISSION PRESIDENCY: Mr Barroso to be candidate to succeed Mr Prodi, at extraordinary Summit this Tuesday evening - Mr Prodi pleased, others sceptical
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Dromoland Castle Summit confirms strategic importance of transatlantic relations despite occasional differences of opinion - Seven statements adopted and GPS-GALILEO Agreement initialled - Bush says EU should launch accession negotiations with Turkey
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Manuel Barroso feels capable of assuming post as President of the European Commission
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Chirac for opening negotiations in December if Commission proposes - French President denounces George Bush's involvement in this case
(EU) NATO/IRAQ: NATO "encourages" members to help Iraq transform its army - support for provisional sovereign government as from Monday
(EU) UE/OTAN/BALKANS: NATO officially confirms its decision to hand over the international military intervention in Bosnia-Herzegovina to the European Union at the end of the year
(EU) EU/CFSP/GEORGIA: French woman to head EU mission in Georgia
(EU) EU/CFSP: Extension of special EU representative's mandates
(EU) UE/SERBIA: Javier Solana please with election of Boris Tadic
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: Political agreements on bathing water and sulphur content of marine fuel - waste transfer dossier to be passed to Dutch Presidency and Zeamaïs L Line NK603 to be transferred to the Commission
(EU) EU/EMU: three new Member States join European Exchange Rate Mechanism (ERM II)
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: British Airways lambasts the new aid to Alitalia as well as the continuation of American aid to airlines
(EU) EU/CHINA/TRADE: Beijing does not merit market economy status, says Commission, which identifies four outstanding problems
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Changes to fishing rights in Greenland's waters
(EU) EU/FISHING/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EP/UNITED STATES:
(EU) ACP/EU: ACP heads of state urge European Commission to maintain same guaranteed price levels for ACP sugar exports in new sugar regime
(EU) EU/FARMING:
(EU) EU/SGEI: Commission says opening to competition improves performance and cuts prices despite consumer dissatisfaction and mixed results
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Microsoft is authorised not to provide a Windows version which is disassociated from its Media Player at least until autumn, and could delay sending its “interoperability” documentation to European Commission for at least same period
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/UNIONS/EMU: Rainer Hoffman asks Commission to put concrete proposals forward on improving European economic governance
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Assembly calls for Italian authorities to end media monopolisation
(EU) EU/REGIONS/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: In Le Havre Jacques Barrot confirms Commission's desire to promote a modern Cohesion Policy without ignoring the social dimension
(EU) EU/REGIONS/CONSTITUTION: Wolfgang Tiefensee welcomed greater role given to local and regional authorities
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/CHURCH: Catholic bishops regret lack of refernece to Christian heritage
(EU) EU/EDUCATION/CONSTITUTION: AEGEE welcomes adoption of European constitution
(EU) EU/DRUGS: UN report notes that drug use is being contained
(EU) EP/AUDIOVISUAL/ELECTIONS:
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/DUTCH PRESIDENCY:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 604
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