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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8877
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) osce/poland

28/01/2005 (Agence Europe) - The OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media, Miklos Haraszti, has written to the Polish minister of justice, Andrzej Kalwas, to express his concern about recent legal provisions in Poland concerning the media. Haraszti cites the case of a Warsaw prosecutor requesting a 10-month suspended prison sentence and EUR 5000 fines for a journalist, Jerzy Urban, accursed of insulting a foreign head of state in an 'offensive' editorial. The OSCE Representative urged the Polish authorities to ensure application of a moratorium on the use of the restrictive laws and introduce laws to decriminalise libel and defamation.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: President Juncker's expectations from the Spring Summit in terms of the Lisbon Strategy - Two warnings for the European Commission
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: Council to debate financing of future cohesion policy, action plan with Ukraine, post-election situation in Iraq, tsunami aftermath on Monday- Other points on agenda
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Condoleeza Rice to visit Luxembourg 9-10 February
(EU) EP/CONSTITUTION/UNITED KINGDOM: Constitutional Affairs Committee in the European Parliament tells House of Commons and House of Lords that 'no' to the Constitution would be 'no' to Europe
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: Javier Solana to visit Madrid ahead of referendum
(EU) EU/EPP PARTY: EPP accepts Turkish AKP and 'Our Ukraine' as observers and adopts new logo
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUR OPE/POLAND:
(EU) OSCE/POLAND:
(EU) EU/SRI LANKA/TSUNAMI: Co-chairs of Tokyo conference encourage all parties to move towards STRENGTHENED peace process in WAKE OF tsunami
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE/RUSSIA: Parliamentary Assembly states that Russia still not truly under Rule of Law
(EU) EU/LUXEMBOURG PRESIDENCY/PHILIPPINES:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/INFORMAL JHA: Member States divided on way to exchange criminal record information
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: President of JHA Council wants Nazi insignia and negationism to be banned - Debate at Council in February
(EU) EU/IRAQ: European Commission proposes additional €200 million for Iraq to assist with reconstruction
(EU) EU/MERCOSUR: Juncker and Verheugen to attend Business Forum
(EU) EU/CROATIA:
(EU) EU/TUNISIA: 5th session of Association Council in Brussels on Monday
(EU) EU/ISRAEL/PALESTINIAN TERRITORY: Agreement on rules of origin published
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Meeting of working group on industrial cooperation
(EU) EU/DARFUR/ACP: Javier Solana condemns recent attacks against civilians just after conditional resumption of EU/Sudan cooperation
(EU) EU/LISBON STRATEGY/SOCIAL: Lisbon Strategy is “partnership” with Member States and social partners and should focus on growth and employment, says Odile Quintin, stressing importance of new social agenda to be published on 9 February
(EU) EU/LUXEMBOURG PRESIDENCY/TRADE UNIONS: Jean-Claude Juncker calls for attention to be made to ensure social and environmental aspects of Lisbon Strategy are not relegated to sidelines - John Monks to monitor this and unveils 'Ten Social Tests' for Luxembourg Presidency
(EU) EP/STATE AID:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION PROGRAMME: John Monks (ETUC) calls for social Europe not to be neglected - Philippe de Buck (UNICE) calls for better competitiveness
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light to Airbus-Sita joint venture
(EU) EU/BSE: Case of BSE confirmed in French goat
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Energy efficiency and security of supply are priorities for Commissioner Andris Piebalgs for coming months
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission may soon appoint European trans-European Transport Network Coordinators - Jacques Barrot calls for greater interoperability on rail network
(EU) EU/SERVICES:
(EU) EP/SERVICES:
(EU) EU/SERVICES: Anne Van Lancker could accept idea of framework services directive which completely excludes ESGIs - Otherwise Commission should withdraw proposal
(EU) EU/REGIONAL AFFAIRS/STRUCTURAL FUNDS: EU earmarks EUR 480 million for cross border cooperation in the new Member States
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Invitation to tender for refunds on wheat exports
(EU) EU/MEDICINES: Towards an independent pharma-coviligance network
(EU) EU/MEDICINES: Regulation on monitoring of EU/third country trade in drug precursors published
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Stepping up the fight against trafficking in human beings
(EU) EU/RESEARCH/TAXATION: Study on tax treatment of research and development expenditure in EU, US and Japan
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