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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8745

10 July 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 5 / 44
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/mediterranean
Spain to organise EuroMed Summit in 2005

Brussels, 09/07/2004 (Agence Europe) - In Barcelona on Wednesday, Spanish foreign minister Miguel Angel Moratinos said that Spain would be holding a summit of heads of state in November 2005 to mark the tenth anniversary of the Barcelona Process.

This second summit will also be held in Barcelona, with the aim of 'revitalising' the EuroMed partnership. The Barcelona Process wanted to take an overall view of the complex nature of Mediterranean reality, but there had not been the necessary...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: French Socialists and the European Constitution - some thoughts about an unreasonable attitude
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: Signing on 29 October in Rome - Debate on practical organisation of referendums
(EU) EU/EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Monday's Council focuses on WTO trade talks and situation in Iraq
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: EU again calls for the security wall around Occupied Territories to be pulled down
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Spain to organise EuroMed Summit in 2005
(EU) EU/KOSOVO: Kosovan parliament changes Constitution and calls for referendum, to the EU's regret
(EU) NATO/IRAQ: Admiral Johnson returns after fact-finding mission in Iraq - Iraqi Prime Minister may come to Brussels
(EU) EU/NATO: Joint Solana/De Hoop Scheffer visit to mark transfer of mission in Bosnia
(EU) EU/BALKANS:
(EU) EU/ASIA:
(EU) EP/EPP-ED GROUP: Hans-Gert Pöttering predicts "mass support" for José Manuel Durao Barroso from European Parliament
(EU) EP/LIBERALS: New Liberals and Centrists group at least 89 strong
(EU) EP/COMMISSION: Mr Barroso to meet political groups
(EU) EU/AFRICA:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/COHESION: Commission plans to earmark EUR 336.3 billion to new Cohesion Policy between 2007 and 2013
(EU) EU/COHESION: European Cross-border Cooperation Groups to facilitate cooperation
(EU) EU/BUDGET/FRAUD: Cooperation agreement with Philip Morris to fight contraband and counterfeit
(EU) EU/PASSENGER DATA:
(EU) EU/TRADE/WTO: Monday's Council to discuss continuation of WTO talks - WTO decides to postpone next week's farm talks pending results of G5 and G90 meetings
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/EFTA/LIFE INSURANCE:
(EU) EU/CYPRUS: Cypriot government opposes direct trade between North and European Union
(EU) EU/CYPRUS: 3.4 million EUR for Cyprus' fishing programme
(EU) EU/TUNISIA: Tourism, private investment and good governance are main challenges to arise from enlargement, says Mr Borg
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Sugar reform is inescapable, Fischler says
(EU) EU/TRADE/RUSSIA: Commission suggests revision of steel import restrictions following enlargement
(EU) EU/EMU: Italian Council of Ministers adopts series of adjustment measures to prevent Italian deficit worsening in 2004
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Bookmaker Stanleybet plans to file new complaint to gain access to Italian betting market
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission takes Germany to Court to protect "Parmigiano Reggiano"
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission requests Ireland to change tax stamp rules and to cooperate
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission closes case against Portugal over golden shares in privatisation law
(EU) EU/COURT Of JUSTICE: Belgium found guilty of failing to properly treat urban waste water
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Infringement proceedings opened against nine Member States for non-respect of legislation on ozone layer
(EU) EU/CLIMATE CHANGE: UNICE criticises EU's unilateralism and calls for new strategy to be adopted urgently - For a new Kyoto Protocol if USA and Russia do not ratify
(EU) EU/NUCLEAR SAFETY: Council rejects Commission's approach to nuclear waste and power station safety
(EU) OECD/EMPLOYMENT: OECD urges governments to adapt employment strategy in line with other social objectives
(EU) EU/SWITZERLAND: Switzerland satisified with application of free circulation agreement
(EU) EU/ANDORRA: Commission submits Cooperation Agreement to the Council
(EU) EU/AUDIOVISUAL: France "takes note" of Commission's decision to authorise television advertising for cinema and publications
(EU) EU/EESC: Anne-Marie Sigmund, official candidate for Committee Presidency - Roger Briesch: Constitution remarkable step forward
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Europêche reshuffles management team
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