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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8860

6 January 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 5 / 26
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/gendarmerie
French brigadier general heads European gendarmerie force

Brussels, 05/01/2005 (Agence Europe) - French Brigadier General Gérard Deanaz took over the command of the European Gendarmerie Force (EGF) on 1 January. Brigadier General Deanaz will be the first commander of this force created on 17 September by EU Defence Ministers meeting in Noordwijk, in the Netherlands (see AN of 21 September, p.2). France, Spain, Italy, Portugal and the Netherlands are at the origin of the force. The EGF, whose headquarters is located in Vicenza, Italy, will...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Is Turkey up to meeting European Parliament accession conditions?
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CUBA: Commission welcomes reopening of official contacts but stresses decision has to include all countries
(EU) EP/CONSTITUTION/GERMANY: Wuermeling reacts to misgivings of some CSU members of Bundestag
(EU) EUCONSTITUTION/FRANCE: Balladur amendment for strengthening French parliament powers of control
(EU) EU/GENDARMERIE: French brigadier general heads European gendarmerie force
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ASIA/EARTHQUAKE: Consolidated EU offer for Jakarta Summit will include emergency and reconstruction aid - Preparations are heating up for Friday's extraordinary Council
(EU) EU/EARTHQUAKE: After meeting ambassadors of Asian countries hit by tsunami, Elmar Brok and Hartmut Nassauer say European Parliament will do all it can to facilitate aid - Galileo may be used as early warning system
(EU) EU/CARIBBEAN/TRADE: Peter Mandelson in Trinidad & Tobago and Guyana
(EU) EU/WTO: Four candidates for Supachai Panitchpakdi succession
(EU) EP/ LUXEMBOURG PRESIDENCY: Meeting postponed till 26 january
(EU) EU/LUXEMBOURG PRESIDENCY/DEVELOPPEMENT: Presidency priorities are fight against poverty, millennium development objectives and EU coherency policies
(EU) EFTA/TAXATION:
(EU) EU/LUXEMBOURG PRESIDENCY/COMMON MARKET: Luxembourg Presidency priorities include adoption of professional qualifications directive
(EU) EU/LUXEMBOURG PRESIDENCY/HEALTH: Full speed ahead
(EU) EU/LUXEMBOURG PRESIDENCY/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Luxembourg Presidency wants to get all Council formations to consider sustainability in their work
(EU) EU/LUXEMBOURG PRESIDENCY/CDU-CSU: Hartmut Nassauer says Luxembourg Presidency will have to consider cost of Turkey joining the EU in the Financial Perspectives negotiations
(EU) EP/STABILITY PACT: Silvana Koch-Mehrin says successful appeal could be lodged against Commission's treatment of France and Germany - Werner Langen disagrees
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament tightens up health and consumer protection measures
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT/DUTCH PRESIDENCY: Lisbon review process broadly welcomed with some reservations
(EU) EU/ENERGY/ENVIRONMENT: Commission strengthens Energy Star label for more efficient computer monitors
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Germany says European Commission has exceeded its margin of discretion in MobilCom case
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: MobilCom lodges appeal against European Commission's state aid ruling
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