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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8872

22 January 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 34
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/financial perspectives
Working group formed of government, MEPs, regions and social partners

Brussels, 21/01/2005 (Agence Europe) - Italy's Deputy Minister for the Economy Gianfranco Miccichè and Italian Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs Roberto Antonioni held a meeting on Wednesday in Brussels with Italian MEPs on the financial perspectives 2007-2013. The meeting, as Luigi Cocilovo (ALDE) cited by the ANSA agency said, showed a “substantial identity of views” on this subject. Mr Cocilovo announced that a working group would be set up formed of representatives of governments,...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Comments on a couple of topical issues
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/UKRAINE: Kiev will present a request for accession “very quickly”, according to future Deputy Prime Minister - Proposals from Solana and Ferrero Waldner to implement and intensify action plan - Yushchenko at Parliament on 27 January
(EU) EU/USA: EU welcomes Mr Bush's intention to relaunch trans-atlantic relations
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: European movement “YES!” launches campaign in favour of yes vote and appeals for mobilisation of civil society
(EU) UE/EXTERNAL RELATIONS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE-FISHERIES COUNCIL: Fisheries aid to Asia following tsunami and consequences of sugar reform for third country producers on the agenda for Monday's meeting
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Wheat export refunds to be restored
(EU) EU/TRADE: Member States agree to fast track reform of GSP to 1 April 2005 to help tsunami-hit countries
(EU) EU/TRADE/GERMANY:
(EU) EU/EMU:
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission foresees phasing out unfair company tax regime in Gibraltar
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission accepts request from Irish authorities to bring in more competition for national mobile communications market
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA: Argentinian President Nestor Kirchner calls on EU and Latin America to step up political dialogue
(EU) EU/AFRICA: Commission earmarks humanitarian aid of more than EUR 80 million
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/COURT: President Barroso and eleven new Commission members are sworn in
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Greens/EFA call on Commission to limit number of night flights within EU
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES: Working group formed of government, MEPs, regions and social partners
(EU) EP/EUROMED: APEM political committee meeting with Ferrero-Waldner on 25 January in Brussels
(EU) EP/GLOBALISATION: GUE/NGL and Greens/EFA at World Social Forum and World Parliamentary Forum in Porto Alegre
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE/GMO: Presidency unveils very ambitious programme and hopes to relaunch debate on coexistence of GMOs and traditional farming with Commission
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Action plan for giving boost to electronic procedures in public procurement
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Charlie McCreevy raises issue of IASB's political responsibility
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission refers Italy to the Court of Justice for failure to recover illegal aid
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission partly approves aid for De Tomaso Cutro in Italy
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission authorises German aid for developing regional airports
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Green light for welfare measures to accompany Czech railway restructuring
(EU) EU/CEMR/SERVICES: CEMR says Court of Justice ruling in Stadt Halle/RPL Lochau case is 'unbalanced prioritisation of the market over local democracy and self-government'
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS:
(EU) EU/LUXEMBOURG PRESIDENCY/EMPLOYERS: Jurgen Strube briefs Jean-Claude Juncker on employers' ideas for getting Lisbon Strategy back on track
(EU) EU/ECONOMICS: Eurozone external trade surplus 2.9 bn euro - 8.5 bn euro deficit for EU25
(EU) EP/REACH:
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