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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8915

24 March 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 29
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/financial perspectives
Member States ready to go into battle - Chirac renews attack against British cheque

Brussels, 23/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - Thanks to the 25-party agreement on reform of the Stability and Growth Pact (see above), the Luxembourg Presidency will fully dedicate itself to the work on the financial perspectives 2007-2013 in order to seek to reach an agreement at the European Council in June this year. The Heads of State and Government of the EU Member States spoke of this issue in the corridors of the European Council and negotiations will begin in April within the General...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CROATIA/SPRING SUMMIT: Task force to verify level of Croatian cooperation with ICTFY
(EU) EU/UN/SPRING SUMMIT: EU firmly resolved to playing a major role in United Nations
(EU) EU/LISBON/SPRING SUMMIT: EU reaffirms position
(EU) EU/CHINA:
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Netherlands wants to entrust key role of coordination of military means and development cooperation to EU planning cell
(EU) EP/DEFENCE: Karl von Wogau calls for additional means against weapons of mass destruction
(EU) EU/SERBIA-MONTENEGRO: Feasibility study on Serbia-Montenegro would be on European Commission's agenda for 12 April
(EU) EU/ARAB LEAGUE SUMMIT: Peace with Israel and reforms at heart of debates in Algiers - Zapatero presents Alliance of Civilisations proposal
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Stability Pact reforms, Lisbon Strategy relaunched and many controversial points of “Services” directive clarified, says Jean-Claude Juncker - Hopes of agreement on financial perspectives in June - Lisbon Strategy to answer citizens' real concerns, says Juncker
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(EU) EU/CLIMATE: European summit works on compromise - EU to keep up impetus for post-2012 by defending target of reducing emissions in all industrialised countries by 15-30% in run up to 2020 - No explicit targets for 2050
(EU) EU/SPRING SUMMIT/RESEARCH/TAXATION:
(EU) EU/SPRING SUMMIT/SERVICES: 25 underlines that services directive must respond to two imperatives - opening up of services market and respect for European social model
(EU) EU/SPRING SUMMIT/STABILITY PACT: Heads of State endorse, without change, report by finance ministers on Stability and Growth Pact
(EU) EU/SPRING SUMMIT/WORLD BANK: Paul Wolfowitz expected to be given hearing on his programme before 31 March
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES: Member States ready to go into battle - Chirac renews attack against British cheque
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/TRANSPORT: Initial cautious contact with view to resumption of negotiations on aviation agreement
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET/PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: Commission sends formal notice to Greece on European public procurement legislation
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Three infringement procedures underway against six Member States
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises acquisition of Hungarian stock exchange and clearing house
(EU) EU/SPACE: Experts' report emphasises strategic dimension of space for European security
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission welcomes “e-mobility” platform, set up by 15 companies
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan of nearly 121 million EUR for Soyouz Arianespace project
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan of 30 million EUR for sanitation infrastructure in Turkey
(EU) EU/ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION/ITALY/LIBYA: Frattini - Pisanu meeting
(EU) OECD/IMMIGRATION: Most recent OECD report reveals trend towards stabilisation in immigration flows
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