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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8777

3 September 2004
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 32
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/social/equality
Aart-Jan De Geus advocates "Social Europe Attentive to Change" - Dutch Presidency's work focuses on new European Social Agenda for 2005 - Lively debate after Dutch boat's entry to Portuguese port is denied

Brussels, 02/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - Presenting the Dutch Presidency's ambitious programme on social and employment matters to the EP Committee on Women's Rights and Gender Equality on Tuesday, Minister Aart-Jan de Geus recalled the remarks made by his Prime Minister, Jan-Peter Balkenende, who had affirmed at the EP plenary session on 21 July in Strasbourg that "economic growth and sustainable development are the key themes of the Presidency". The minister said that, to this backdrop,...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Barroso Commission: two rules of conduct and a question mark
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/GYMNICH: Foreign Ministers to discuss Iraq, Middle East, ASEM
and Darfur
(EU) EU/ARMAMENTS: European Parliament's defence sub-committee calls for European Union's code of conduct on arms exports to become binding
(EU) EU/TURKEY/EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Presidency against "privileged partnership" for Turkey instead of membership - If Commission opinion is positive, "things will be clear" and negotiations can start "immediately", Bot says
(EU) EU/IRAQ: Solana meets Iraqi President on 14 September
(EU) EP/TURKEY: Ingo Friedrich calls on Romano Prodi to leave Barroso Commission responsibility for report on Turkey - Hans-Gert Pöttering says time is not ripe - Leyla Zana calls on Kurdish rebels - Independent report by nine personalities
(EU) EU/DEFENCE:
(EU) EP/CONSTITUTION: Council President Bernard Bot does not believe single ratification possible, which members of Constitutional Committee would like between 5 and 9 May 2005 - Informal meeting on communication on 5 October
(EU) EU/DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO/NETHERLANDS:
(EU) EU/AUSTRIA/FINLAND:
(EU) EU/POLAND/UKRAINE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: Division of responsibilities between private and public players on official agenda of informal meeting in Netherlands
(EU) EU/TRADE/RUSSIA: Agreement on uniform veterinary trade certificates for EU exports of meat to Russia - three months to resolve last technical details
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY/RESEARCH: Upgrade of European Research and Education Internet (GÉANT)
(EU) EP/TRADE: Mr Lamy calls for political decisions to relaunch negotiations with Mercosur - "New GSP to be adopted in next few months" - End of textile quotas (January 2005) not re-negotiable
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission releases €3 million to support repatriation of up to 45,000 Angolan refugees
(EU) EU/ECB: Interest rates unchanged - revised growth forecasts
(EU) EU/OPEN SKY: Special "open sky" meeting Thursday and friday
(EU) EP/SOCIAL/EQUALITY: Aart-Jan De Geus advocates "Social Europe Attentive to Change" - Dutch Presidency's work focuses on new European Social Agenda for 2005 - Lively debate after Dutch boat's entry to Portuguese port is denied
(EU) EU/EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES:
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Assembly General of Conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions on "Europe 2009" - Romano Prodi and Peter Straub participate
(EU) EU/TOURISM: EU prepares to welcome Chinese tourist groups
(EU) EPP-ED: Summer school and ideas fair in Berlin
(EU) EU/EUROPOL: Seven new Member States from European police office
(EU) EU/ASYLUM: Number of asylum seekers in industrialised countries at lowest level for seventeen years
(EU) EU/CHURCH/IMMIGRATION:
(EU) EP/LISBON STRATEGY: Joachim Wuermeling warns against "centralisation trap"
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan for Brazilian steel company
(EU) EU/EIB: 50 million EUR loan to Champagne-Ardenne Region for rail upgrading
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/ENTERPRISE:
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