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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8930

19 April 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/trade
Brazilian Luis Felipe Seixas-Correa withdraws from race to directorship of WTO

Brussels, 18/04/2005 (Agence Europe) - Pascal Lamy of France is currently ahead in the race to the directorship of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in the first round of consultations which took place in Geneva last Friday. Mr Lamy got the most “preferences” and the most varied support from the continents and the groups of the 148 countries represented at the WTO. The former European Commissioner for Trade nudged ahead of the Mauritian foreign minister, Jayen Cutteree, (whose hearing...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CHINA: Unsuitable moment for lifting arms embargo against China - Beijing must make move to facilitate consensus
(EU) EU/CROATIA: Carla del Ponte and Croat authorities will explain themselves on 26 April to EU
(EU) EU/IRAQ: EU ready to co-organise “conference supporting for Iraq” at beginning of June in Brussels
(EU) EU/BELARUS: Foreign ministers deplore worsening situation in Belarus
(EU) EU/CAUCASUS: EU examines possibility of taking over from OSCE for monitoring borders in Georgia
(EU) EU/OSCE: As main fund provider, EU wants to have its say on future of OSCE
(EU) EU/FRANCE/CONSTITUTION: Asselborn and Ferrero-Waldner say they're confident about French referendum
(EU) EU/CYPRUS/CONSTITUTION: Commission welcomes election of Memet Talat at head of Northern Cyprus
(EU) EU/EQUATOR:
(EU) EP/BANGLADESH: EP calls for end to extra-judicial executions
(EU) EU/DRC/CFSP: Europol mission in Kinshasa launched
(EU) EU/AFRICA/CFSP: Dialogue for preventing, managing and resolving conflict
(EU) EU/ESDP: First EDA steering committee meeting for setting up “research and technology” on 22 April to be chaired by Dirk Ellinger
(EU) EU/IVORY COAST: Launch of intelligent targets
(EU) EP/PES:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Research ministers appreciate new architecture proposed by Commission for FP7 - Council reaffirms its wish for “six” to reach ITER solution
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Industry ministers worried about impact of Kyoto on European competitiveness - Adoption of directives on unfair trade practices and car insurance
(EU) EU/G7: No decisions at Washington meetings, pending Gleneagles Summit - Statements by Messrs Juncker, Almunia and Trichet
(EU) EU/EMU: Commission publishes quarterly report on euro zone
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT/WORLD BANK: Louis Michel stresses importance of close cooperation, especially for Africa, before Paul Wolfowitz
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Commission refutes allegations of unlawful hospitality
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT/UNITED STATES:
(EU) EU/SPORT/RACISM:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Denmark wants end to EU subsidies for exporting live bovine animals to third countries
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET/SERVICES: Evelyne Gebhardt very hopeful of getting majority backing for her draft report
(EU) EU/SERVICES:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Parliament reduces reconstitution objectives for sole, hake and Norway lobster
(EU) EP/COMMISSION: WALLSTRÖM WELCOMES DRAFT FRAMEWORK AGREEMENT
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Commission sets up group of scientific advisors' group
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: 15 experts to study fiscal compliance issues
(EU) EU/EMU:
(EU) EP/BUREAU:
(EU) EU/TRADE: Brazilian Luis Felipe Seixas-Correa withdraws from race to directorship of WTO
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Debate in Coreper on “blacklist” of least safe airlines
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Council adopts “Safer Internet Plus”
(EU) EU/GALILEO/MOROCCO:
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Vilnius and Linz, candidates for European capitals of culture in 2009
(EU) EU/EUROMED/CULTURAL DIALOGUE: Inauguration of Anna Lindh foundation on 20 April in Alexandra
(EU) EU/EUROMED/MEDAT II: EUR 155 million investment
(EU) EU/EUROMED:
(EU) EU/EUROMED:
(EU) EU/EFTA:
(EU) EU/EESC/SOCIAL DIALOGUE: European social dialogue celebrates twentieth anniversary with Jacques Delors - All persons involved in social dialogue want Constitution, Anne-Marie Sigmund says - Without social dialogue, Europe cannot meet challenges, Vladimir Spidla believes
(EU) EP/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: United Kingdom did not have to tell Commission of its plans to dispose of radioactive waste from Jason nuclear reactor
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Latvia, Hungary and Lithuania wish to intervene alongside Poland in CAP trial against Council
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