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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8863

11 January 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 9 / 34
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/luxembourg

10/01/2005 (Agence Europe) - During a press conference on Monday which followed the Luxembourg government meeting with the European Commission (see other article p 8), José Manuel Barroso expressed the Commission's condolences to Luxembourg following the death of Her Royal Majesty the Grand Duchess Joséphine-Charlotte.

 

Contents

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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