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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8874

26 January 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 35 / 40
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) telecommunications

France TELECOM has made a EUR 564 mil offer to buy out minority shareholders (it already holds a 54.2% stake) in loos-making business communications subsidiary EQUANT (USD 2.151 bn turnover in first nine months of 2004). France TELECOM offered EURO 4.20 per share.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: The debate on legal (or economic) immigration into EU is resumed
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EP/EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Solana suggests “early warning system” for avoiding relationship problems with USA, importance of good understanding in “EU/Ukraine/Russia triangle”
(EU) EU/SUDAN: Commission and signatories of Sudan peace accord sign Country Strategy Paper to resume cooperation in parallel with improvement of situation in Darfur
(EU) EU/PAKISTAN: Shaukat Aziz says Pakistan has gone all the way to fight terrorism - EU stresses Pakistan's importance for stability in the region
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/FRANCE:
(EU) EU/IRAN/NUCLEAR: Washington supports diplomatic path preferred by Europeans on Iranian dossier
(EU) EU/FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Commission hopes European Fundamental Rights Agency will come into being in 2007 - Public hearing
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Viktor Yuschenko promises to anchor democracy in Ukraine and Ukraine in Europe
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/UKRAINE: Commission may speed up preparations for negotiating free trade agreement - negotiations for granting visas - EUR 250 million made available in EIB loans
(EU) EU/SLOVENIA: Slovenia and Commission on same wavelength for financial perspectives, affirms Barosso
(EU) EU/TRADE: EU requests for opening market access for services to 103 WTO Members - health, education and audio-visual services are excluded
(EU) EU/LISBON STRATEGY: Commission will adopt second report on implementing BEPG 2003-05 six countries have applied guidelines well
(EU) EU/ACP/LDC/SUGAR: Europeans, ACPs and LDCs recognise need for reform of EU sugar regime but talks are to continue
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Council discusses cereals, storms in Latvia and Luxembourg Presidency's priorities
(EU) EU/JUSTICE: Commission to publish list of European criminals
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/UNIONS: John Monks's crusade for social Europe - Meetings with Jean-Claude Juncker, José Manuel Barroso and Jacques Chirac
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light for WPP to buy Grey
(EU) EP/ANTI-SEMITISM: Polish storm over resolution marking 60th anniversary of liberation of Auschwitz
(EU) EU/AUDIOVISUALS: EU to ban programmes which incite hatred and xenophobia, says Viviane Reding
(EU) EU/CULTURE: European Commission awards European artists at Midem in Cannes
(EU) EP/CULTURE: Warm welcome to President Barroso's on European culture policy
(EU) OECD/EDUCATION:
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: European ministers pledge to coordinate aid to help get child victims of tsunami back to school
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Management schools express concern at Bologna reforms
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: First meeting of European Enterprise Governance Forum
(EU) EU/FREEDOM OF CIRCULATION: Confernece on new legal status of individuals; freedom of circulation
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: ESIMAP holds training courses on public tender in February and March
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: Assembly of European Regions wants cohesion to be at service of regional competitiveness
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY: Industrial new orders up by 1.7% in euro-zone and by 0.3% in EU25
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Advocate General Geelhoed to submit his conclusion in animal experiments and cosmetics case on 17 March
(EU) Investment:
(EU) Telecommunications:
(EU) Agrichemicals:
(EU) Retail:
(EU) Retail:
(EU) Media:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 25/01/2005: