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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8819

3 November 2004
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/council/qualified majority

02/11/2004 (Agence Europe) - "Qualified majority or not? Will France, Germany and the United Kingdom be able to block a decision? Or can all the new small Member States adopt a directive on their own?" To answer such questions, the Danish EU Information Centre has invented a "calculator" which allows different possibilities to be imagined on the basis of Article I-25 of the Constitutional Treaty and Eurostat 2002 figures on the European population. The centre recalls that qualified majority...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Double invitation to go beyond quarrels and political game-playing
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: General Affairs Council supports concrete action proposed by Javier Solana with view to reactivating implementation of Roadmap
(EU) EU/IRAQ: Council adopts raft of assistance measures to Iraq, to be officially approved by Friday's European Council
(EU) EU/SUDAN: Council reiterates concern at insecurity in Darfur, its threats of sanctions against leaders and its support for extended mission of African Union to Darfur
(EU) EU/MACEDONIA: EU "respects right" of Macedonia to organise referendum on decentralisation, but underlines serious consequences of delay in future relations with Skopje and EU
(EU) EU/UKRAINE: Javier Solana calls on Ukrainian authorities to guarantee a second free and fair round
(EU) EP/IRAN:
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: Italian government approves ratificatoin with Lega Nord voting against - President Ciampi welcomes "birth of political union" - Some MEPs call for references to Christian heritage in national ratification bills - German MEPs insist on referendum
(EU) EU/BARROSO COMMISSION: Following Rocco Buttiglione's stepping down (he might be replaced by Franco Frattini), EPP-ED is calling for other changes in Barroso team - president-designate calling for Latvia to propose candidate to replace Ingrida Udre - postponing decision till after summit? Brian Cowley says they should be given more time (up to December session)
(EU) EP/HUMAN RIGHTS: MEPs call for moratorium on fragmentation munitions
(EU) WEU/NUCLEAR: It is imperative that EU reflects on responses to possible nuclear attacks from terrorist groups
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/LISBON STRATEGY/SUMMIT: In joint letter to Jan Peter Balkenende, Chirac, Schröder, Zapatero and Persson call on Union "to make youth a priority" and draw up "a European pact for youth" - For actions to underpin European demography
(EU) EP/LISBON STRATEGY/KOK REPORT: Mr Rasmussen, Mr Goebbels and Mr Désir welcome Kok report, but fear that its vagueness on certain issues could encourage proponents of deregulation - Initiatives to get national parliaments involved in strategy
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Still no agreement on abandoning of unananimity on illegal immigration - case should be decided by European council
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Council approves "package approach" from presidency in negotiations with Moscow on four areas
(EU) EP/EPIZOOTIES: Commission proposes 50% reduction in co-funding for market measures in cases of foot and mouth and swine fever
(EU) EU/CHEMICAL PRODUCTS: Sport pilot project launched for testing how Reach legislation works
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Creation of EU public service tribunal
(EU) EU/REGIONS/TERRITORIAL COOPERATION: CPMR and AEBR proposals for enriching Commission proposals for 2007-2013 period. - In favour of European budget to foster territorial cohesion
(EU) EU/COUNCIL/QUALIFIED MAJORITY:
(EU) EU/WTO/TRADE: Number of anti-dumping measures imposed by WTO member countries is falling - EU still at top of list
(EU) EU/WTO/TRADE: Restricted ministerial meeting in Davos in January
(EU) EU/TAXATION: France and Hungary support creation of common corporate tax base and "fair" tax competition
(EU) EU/COMPETITION/AGRO-FOOD:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/EESC: New committee president Anne-Marie Sigmund wants strengthened role for committee in institutional framework
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE/SOCIAL COHESION: 2004 forum in Strasbourg
(EU) EU/SOCIAL ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/EESC/LISBON STRATEGY: Committee says Lisbon objectives are impossible without involving citizens
(EU) EP/SGI: Constructive debate on services of general interest white paper and draft services directive
(EU) EP/INDIA: In support of creating Indian Studies Centre and institutionalising cooperation with Europe
(EU) EP/BSE: Parliament objects to relaxation of meat and bone meal ban
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Germany can apply special status to respect for human dignity
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Peloponnesia is a peninsula, and has no right to derogations from Community rules on coastal shipping
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Pablo Picasso's heirs continue fight with DaimlerChrysler over Picaro brand
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