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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8850
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ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) steel

Russian conglomerate SEVERSTAL (annual turnover USD 5.7 bn) will be taking over Italian company LUCCHINI one of the biggest European steel companies. It will take over 60% of the company's capital (the company has an annual turnover of EUR 1.8 bn and a workforce of 9,500) by increasing the capital of the company by EUR 450 million.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Vote by Parliament and decision by Summit on negotiations with Turkey should not determine way Europe evolves
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Turkey must win hearts of Europeans, says José Manuel Barroso, who challenges Member States on financial perspectives: do they really want to move European project forward?
(EU) EU/COUNCIL:
(EU) EU/PPE/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: EPP heads of government in favour of opening accession negotiations (without prior guarantees of outcome)
(EU) EU/LIBERALS/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Liberal leaders prepared to negotiate with Turkey in 2005 and support Romania in its transition to 2007
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Declarations from French president and EPP raise final questions
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/TERRORISM: 25 reassert their "unshakeable determination" to fight terrorism - Zapatero gives invitations out for 11 March commemoration in Madrid
(EU) EU/ASSOCIATIONS: Pascal Lamy president of "Our Europe"
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EP/BULGARIA: No more obstacles to Bulgaria's accession, say MEPs, insisting on separate dealings with Bulgaria and Romania
(EU) EU/TURKEY/NATIONAL FRONT:
(EU) EP/ROMANIA: Elections last Sunday confirm Moscovici's conviction that Romania will join EU early 2007 - Others believe Romania should wait
(EU) EP/COMMISSION: Parliament tells Mr Barroso its own priorities
(EU) EP/RUSSIA:
(EU) EP/POLAND:
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2005: First budget of enlarged Union approved by Parliament - compromise judged satisfactory by three institutions
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission declares aid to Italian export companies at trade fairs abroad, incompatible
EU) EU/STATE AID: Meeting between Neelie Kroes and Caio Koch-Weser on Landesbanken postponed
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission clears Slovak Telecom's acquisition of sole control over EuroTel's mobile telephony business
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: EU confirms FSC sanctions will be waived on 1 January 2005 but does not rule out additional sanctions in 2006
(EU) EU/SPACE/ENVIRONMENT: Important advances for Commission's Joint Research Centre in monitoring environment from space
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: Climate change, chemicals policy, recycling of used batteries and accumulators and eco-technologies on agenda of Monday's Council
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Finland before Court of Justice for non-respect of Community sea transport law
(EU) COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Italian airline Air One challenges what it sees as illegal State aid granted to Ryanair
(EU) EU/LUXEMBOURG PRESIDENCY/UNIONS: Jean-Claude Juncker hopes to "avoid permanent blackmail" on "working time" directive
(EU) EU/OECD/TERRORISM:
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT/DISABILITY: Vladimir Spidla: "We need an inclusive vision of disability in all our policies" - Terry Davis: "Removing psychological and physical barriers to integration of disabled persons in workplace"
(EU) EP/CIVIL LIBERTIES/DRUGS: Demands of Catania resolution to European Summit - European anti-drugs policy needs scientific basis
(EU) EU/SUMMIT/UNIONS: John Monks calls on European policy-makers to "act now" in support of economic recovery
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: Michael Häupl, new present of CEMR - transform contents of European constitution into reality
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 16/12/2004: