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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8915

24 March 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) oecd/immigration
Most recent OECD report reveals trend towards stabilisation in immigration flows

Brussels, 23/03/2005 (Agence Europe) - The most recent annual report by the OECD (Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development) on international immigration trends, has revealed that with the latest comparative data, fewer people emigrated to the major OECD countries in 2003 (Germany, USA, Canada and Australia: the detailed figures for 2004 are not yet available). The number of asylum seekers fell in 2003-04, reversing the rising trends of the last half of the 1990s. Therefore, in...

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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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