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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8913

22 March 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 26
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/stability pact/epp
Outcry of CDU/CSU MEPs against Sunday night's agreement

Brussels, 21/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament's EPP-ED group has given a hostile welcome to the results from the work of the EU finance ministers' work on making the Stability and Growth Pact more flexible (see above). CDU/CSU MEPs (in opposition in Germany) again demonstrated their opposition with Hans Pöttering, president of the group, leading them. The CDU MEP said in a press release that there was a regrettable withdrawal from monetary stability and a victory of big...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: The revised Lisbon Strategy is soon to be a reality, and it's up to the Member States to make it so
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/IRAN/NUCLEAR: Steering committee meeting on 23 March
(EU) EU/DEFENCE/TSUNAMI: - Solana reflecting on rapid response procedures for military
(EU) EU/CROATIA: Javier Solana not budging on EU accession conditions
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: DEFENCE MINISTERS ADMIT EDSP DOES NOT PLAY “CRUCIAL ROLE” IN COMBATING TERRORISM
(EU) EU/CHINA: Taiwan and lifting arms embargo on China at centre of discussions between Li Zhaoxing, Asselborn and Solana
(EU) EP/CONSTITUTION/FRANCE: 52% no and 48% yes according to latest poll - MEPs appeal for yes among members of the Assemblée nationale
(EU) EP/CONSTITUTION:
(EU) EP/RUSSIA/CHECHNYA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: “Real” Spring Summit to revitalise Lisbon Strategy - Mr Juncker does not expect “long debate” on Stability Pact - Some Member States have misgivings about quantitative post-Kyoto objectives - “Services” directive and Mr Wolfowitz's nomination to be debated
(EU) EU/SPRING SUMMIT: Mr Barroso counts on support of Member States for proposals to revitalise Lisbon and welcomes Stability Pact “which is a friend to Lisbon Strategy” - Call for agreement on financial perspectives in June - French leaders to clarify situation in “services” directive
(EU) EU/STABILITY PACT/ENLARGED EUROGROUP: Ministers overcome last difficulties and suggest Pact with more margin of interpretation - European Council should approve text without much debate, Juncker stresses
(EU) EU/TRIPARTIE SOCIAL SUMMIT: Jean-Claude Juncker and Jose Manuel Barroso call on European social partners to give views on reactivation of Lisbon process and on initiative in favour of European youth pact
(EU) EU/USA: EU denounces Washington's “unilateral” withdrawal from negotiations on Airbus/Boeing and says it is ready to start negotiations up again
(EU) EU/GMO: First orientation debate at Barroso Commission on GMOs
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET/SERVICES: Opposition between old and new Member States serves as backdrop to debate on “Services” directive
(EU) EP/STABILITY PACT/EPP: Outcry of CDU/CSU MEPs against Sunday night's agreement
(EU) PES/LISBON STRAGETY: Poul Nyrup Rasmussen says role of women is crucial for “survival” of our social model
(EU) EP/LISBON STRATEGY/PES/BELGIUM:
(EU) EP/PATENT/SOFTWARE/FRANCE:
(EU) EP/TERRORISM/ICJ: Divergences on posisble competency of International Court of Justice on terrorist crimes
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE/BUDGET: New appeal against rural development funding cuts
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: Hassi report calls on plenary to stick to its initial demands on reducing air pollution by boats at sea in a way that is far more radical than Council's proposal
(EU) EU/COLLOQUIUM: conferences and European seminars and april 2005
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 634
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