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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8869

19 January 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 2 / 28
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/external relations
Asselborn warns against US military intervention in Iran - Call on Israelis and Palestinians before visit to region - Action plan with Ukraine must be priority, then “we'll see”

Brussels, 18/01/2005 (Agence Europe) - Jean Asselborn, Luxembourg Foreign Minister and EU Council President-in-office, and his deputy minister responsible for European affairs, Nicolas Schmit, answered questions put to him on Tuesday morning by members of the European Parliament Committee on Foreign Affairs. A large number of international policy issues were discussed, in particular:

Iran. Jean Asselborn did not conceal his concern about the comments made on Monday by the US President,...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Jean-Claude Juncker seeking radical overhaul of Lisbon strategy
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Asselborn warns against US military intervention in Iran - Call on Israelis and Palestinians before visit to region - Action plan with Ukraine must be priority, then “we'll see”
(EU) EP/ESDP/TSUNAMI: Two liaison officers ensure coordination of military means made available by EU Member States for South Asia
(EU) EU/EARTHQUAKE: Interpol calls on Presidency to help it find experts for identification of victims
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EUROGROUP: Next mould of stability and growth pact mobilises ministers but perspectives still vague - Juncker plans to strengthen preventive dimension of pact
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: France, Germany and five new Member States exit excessive deficit procedure - Hungary and Greece, however, have not taken sufficient measures
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL/TSUNAMI: Macroeconomic impact of Indian Ocean tsunami - EIB planning new 1 billion euro loan facility
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Controversy-free Council approves Economic Policy Committee's report on structural reforms and five Stability and Convergence Programmes
(EU) EU/EURO: Three times as many counterfeit euro coins removed from circulation in 2004
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: European Commission's State aid decision against Crédit Mutuel (France) is annulled
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Neelie Kroes meets Caio Koch-Weser to discuss Landesbanken
(EU) EU/LUXEMBOURG PRESIDENCY/EMPLOYERS:
(EU) EU/EP/CHEMICAL PRODUCTS: Partisans of European competitiveness sharpen their knives before hearing on “Reach” - support for an assessment based on risk and not on product tonnage
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY/AIR TRANSPORT: Verheugen, Barrot and Mandelson in Toulouse to launch Airbus A380
(EU) EU/REGIONAL/STRUCTURAL FUNDS: Best ever use of available financial resources in 2004, affirms Danuta Hubner
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Mario Monti chairs European centre for global economy “Bruegel”
(EU) EU/UN/DEVELOPMENT: Professor Sachs says half a percent of rich countries' GNP is enough for meeting Millennium Goals - Sachs and Malloch Brown stress connection between development and security- Louis Michel calls for focus on Africa, saying there is no excuse for failing to act
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT/PRESS: Commissioner Louis Michel awards the Natali Prize gold medal to Chilean Juan Cristóbal Fletcher
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET: Greens want to start discussions on directive on computer assisted inventions, from scratch
(EU) EU/EMU: EBF wants strengthened stability and growth pact in compliance with Commission suggestions
(EU) EU/COMMON MARKET: Commission takes action against seven Member States over public procurement rules
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Commission survey reveals that online tax returns save people time
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: EUR 620 million for extending Trans-European Transport Network
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/ENERGY: EU will fail to reach target of 12% total energy consumption from renewable sources by 2010
(EU) EU/REGIONAL/CPMR: Commissioner Joe Borg invited to launch consultation phase as soon as possible on Green Paper for EU maritime policy - solidarity with South East Asia
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/INSURANCE: AISAM report on companies' social responsibility shows insurance firms have integrated ethnic and social values for some time now
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