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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8863

11 January 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/tax/energy
Greens seek harmonisation of petrol tax - critical of Hans Eichel's about-turn on regionalisation of fuel prices

Brussels, 10/01/2005 (Agence Europe) - The Greens/EFA group at the European Parliament has reacted sharply to the support announced by Germany (which until now was hostile) to France's plan to allow regions modify fuel taxes. German Green Michael Cramer expressed his criticism in a press release of the German finance minister's "about-turn". The latter last week indicated that he would now support the French proposal at the Council of the EU. Mr Cramer said that rather than encouraging...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: A few important aspects of Turkey's uneasiness towards the EU
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: Juncker afraid of "stagnation phase" during successive referendums in different Member States
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Satisfaction and hope after election of Mahmoud Abbas as new president of Palestinian Authority
(EU) EU/SUDAN: EU welcomes signing of peace agreement between Khartoum and Sudanese forces
(EU) EU/YEMEN:
(EU) EU/RELIGIONS: 150 rabbis and imams from around world committed to working for better understanding between their religious communities
(EU) EP/USA: Parliament ready to meet president Bush
(EU) EP/IRAQ:
(EU) EU/LUXEMBOURG:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/PRESIDENCY/COMMISSION: Luxembourg kicks off Presidency with realism and "determination", says Mr Juncker - Call for Member States to put national interests aside in favour of common interest
(EU) EU/LUXEMBOURG PRESIDENCY/AGRICULTURE-FISHERIES: Sugar and rural development in six-month programme
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/ASIA/EARTHQUAKE: Extraordinary Council conclusions show EU's awareness of dealing with global disaster - future rapid reaction capacity should handle national susceptibilities carefully
(EU) EU/STABILITY PACT: Joaquin Almunia wants Ecofin council on 18 January to define series of criteria for assessing deficit
(EU) EU/EMU/GERMANY: German deficit expected to be under EUR 40 bn in 2004
(EU) EU/STABILITY PACT/FRANCE:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION: Commission hopes to rekindle debate on European legal immigration policy with Tuesday's Green Paper
(EU) EU/ENTERPRISE: EUR 36 million for SMEs as priority in new Member States
(EU) EU/AIR TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Commission urges Member States to do more to open energy markets
(EU) EU/ENTERPRISE: European companies polled about public support for innovation in Innobarometer 2004
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: New contractual clauses to strengthen data protection during transfer to third countries
(EU) EU/WTO:
(EU) EP/SERVICES: Pierre Jonckheer's doubts about “Bolkestein draft directive”
(EU) EP/TAX/ENERGY: Greens seek harmonisation of petrol tax - critical of Hans Eichel's about-turn on regionalisation of fuel prices
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: rulings against Italy and Greece for poor management of pollution discharges violating European environemental directives - Enichem and Péra Galini sites
(EU) EU/ BIOMETRIC PASSPORTS:
(EU) EU/ETHICS:
(EU) EU/ECB:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 624
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