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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ep/education/culture

Jan Figel's top priorities - intercultural dialogue, language learning, student mobility and a true European area for education and training

Brussels, 24/09/2004 (Agence Europe) - Jan Figel, of Slovakian nationality, will be responsible for education, training, culture and multi-lingualism within the Barroso Commission. His responses to written questions at the European Parliament before his hearing on 27 September were on:

Culture: After the events of 11 September 2001, Mr Figel notes an "urgent need to invest more in intercultural dialogue" and plans to support initiatives such as the creation of a Euro-Mediterranean...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Jacques Delors rejects Europe based on competition between States, reaffirming the existence of a solid economic pillar In the EMU
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/TURKEY: EPP-ED confirms its position (supported by very large majority, says Pöttering) that opening talks would be "premature" - ADLE Group majority supports Turkey's membership, Watson recalls - Verheugen explains on torture
(EU) EU/TURKEY/EDUCATION: Appeal by non-Muslim minorities
(EU) EU/CFSP: Solana urges for strengthened civil capacities and civil-military coordination for crisis-management operations
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GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: Unanimous political agreement to ban six phtalates in toys
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Political agreement on machinery directive
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL: Dutch Presidency notes deadlock over direct selling techniques - Commissioner Bolkestein defends ' country of origin' concept
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL: Twenty-Five approve Commission's conclusions on industrial policy and structural change
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL: Presidency optimistic about future of "services" directive following informal talks
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Mario Monti hopes to decide on Oracle's takeover of PeopleSoft before he steps down as Commissioner
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY:
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY:
(EU) EU/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: EEB calls on Barroso Commission to boost EU's sustainable development strategy - Margot Wallström reiterates commitment
(EU) EP/BARROSO COMMISSION/INDUSTRY: Günter Verheugen will increase competitiveness of European industry and work closely with Parliament to conclude "REACH legislative process"
(EU) EU/BARROSO COMMISSION: Vladimir Spidla hopes to maintain balance between different Lisbon chapters and work toward gender equality
(EU) EU/BARROSO COMMISSION/BUDGET: Dalia Grybauskaité recalls that new Commission can change financial framework proposals
(EU) EU/EP/EDUCATION/CULTURE: Jan Figel's top priorities - intercultural dialogue, language learning, student mobility and a true European area for education and training
(EU) EP/BARROSO COMMISSION/ITALY:
(EU) EU/BARROSO COMMISSION/REGIONAL POLICY/COHESION: Danuta Hubner warns against budget limits being set too low for EU to be able to take effective action
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: New fishing quotas for Greenland
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Senior officials at follow-up committee meet on Monday and Tuesday to prepare November's ministerial conference in The Hague
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Euromed Satellite Navigation Project launched in Cairo
(EU) EU/EUROMED/AGADIR AGREEMENT:
(EU) EP/BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA/REFUGEES:
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Pascal Lamy to attend conference in Tunisia on 28 September on future of textiles and clothing industry
(EU) EU/ISRAEL/PALESTINE: Commission supports joint Israeli-Palestinian maternity unit
(EU) EU/ASIA:
(EU) EP/RELIGION/POLAND:
(EU) EP/EUROSCEPTICS/UNITED KINGDOM:
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Appointment of EP representatives at European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control
(EU) EP/EUROMED: Three EuroMed Committees established ready for February 2005 Parliamentary Assembly meeting
(EU) EP/RELIGION/GREENS/EFA:
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