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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8874

26 January 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 36 / 40
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) agrichemicals

US giant MONSANTO is to acquire vegetable and fruit seed company SEMINIS (USD 526 mil turnover in 2004, workforce of 2900) for more than USD 1.4 bn. According to 2003 figures, between them MONSANTO-SEMINIS had seed sales of nearly USD 2.5 bn.

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
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