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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8902

5 March 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 47 / 52
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The two largest American department store chains are to merge. FEDERATED DEPARTMENT STORES is to absorb MAY DEPARTMENT STORES for 11 billion dollars. The new entity will represent a group of 1600 department stores with an annual turnover in excess of 31 billion dollars.

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/TERRORISM: Commemoration of attacks of 11 March 2004
(EU) EU/ASIA: Benita Ferrero-Waldner attends meeting of EU/ASEAN foreign ministers and visits Indonesia
(EU) EP/COMMISSION: Extraordinary meeting of Conference of Presidents
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/FRANCE:
(EU) EP/IRAQ/MEDIA: Political groups call for release of hostages
(EU) EP/CROATIA: Berndt Posselt criticises attempts to delay negotiations
(EU) EU/NATIONAL PARLIAMENTS: Margot Wallström to attend conference of presidents of national parliaments in Budapest in May
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Terry Davis welcomes Supreme Court's decision as allowing United States to rejoin the civilised fold
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL: competitiveness Council of 7 March makes contribution to spring summit - Decision on patents for software ? - Debate on services directive - Exchange of views with Commissioners Verheugen and Mendelson
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises purchase of de Chips by Orkla under certain conditions
(EU) EU/PATENTS: Josep Borrell says Parliament must draw conclusions from Commission's attitude
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET/SERVICES: Commission hopes to iron out differences of opinion within College
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/FRAUD: Commissioner Kallas's initiative
(EU) EU/SOCIAL COUNCIL: Ministers reaffirm importance of social parts of Lisbon strategy and hope to reach agreement on opt-outs at 3 June Council
(EU) EU/REGIONAL/LISBON STRATEGY: Conference on cohesion and Lisbon strategy
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Television channel ARD feels Commission has confirmed missions and funding of public broadcasters in Germany
(EU) EU/MEXICO: Conclusion of first round of negotiations to extend bilateral agreement to services and investments
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: EU welcomes Paris declaration on aid effectiveness and commits to stepping up pace of harmonising aid procedures and coordination
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
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(EU) EU/WTO/TRADE: Commissioners Mandelson and Fischer Boel assess outcome of Mombasa meeting as positive
(EU) EU/EUROMED/EIB: Meeting of FEMIP experts committee
(EU) EU/WTO/COTTON:
(EU) EP/MARCH SESSION: Joint resolution on Lisbon Strategy - Resolutions on Lebanon - Debates on Tibet, Belarus, Cambodia and Saudi Arabia
(EU) EP/WOMEN: Events in Strasbourg to mark International Women's Day, 8 March
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Wine industry wants to make use of emergency distillation
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: 66% of Europeans welcome changes in CAP
(EU) EU/FISHERIES:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Brainstorming about veal
(EU) EU/RENEWABLE ENERGY: EREC and EUREC want 7th research programme to earmark EUR 250 million a year to research into renewable energy
(EU) EU/ARMAMENT: European Defence Agency wants to promote voluntary intergovernmental system for defence procurement
(EU) EU/CROATIA:
(EU) EU/REGIONS/WOMEN: Men far outnumber women in local assemblies, apart from in Sweden and Latvia
(EU) EP/YOUTH/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: MEPs look at teenagers and daily social exclusion
(EU) EU/YOUTH: Youth Forum prepares for European Short Film Festival
(EU) EP/CONSTITUTION:
(EU) EU/TRANSATLANTIC RELATIONS/CONFERENCE:
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