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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8942

5 May 2005
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/communication
Commission sets up “Europe Direct” information network (with almost 400 local centres) as “single service” for all European citizens' views on EU

Brussels, 04/05/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday the vice president of the European Commission Margot Wällstrom, in charge of communication policy explained to the press that since 1 May 2005 anyone seeking information on the European Union can go directly to the “EUROPE DIRECT contact centre”. This mechanism will be the “single service” for any questions European citizens from the 25 Member States might have on the European Union. It replaces Info-Points Europe and Carrefours,...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: EU-China: New developments increase urgency of global dialogue
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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) Eu/ASEM: ASEM foreign affairs ministers meeting 6-7 May in Kyoto - Troika/Burmah and Troika/Japan meetings
(EU) EU/SUDAN: EU wants to strengthen its role in Darfur
(EU) EU/ACEH: EU to closely follow peace negotiations in Aceh
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST:
(EU) EU/MOLDOVA:
(EU) EU/COMMUNICATION: Commission sets up “Europe Direct” information network (with almost 400 local centres) as “single service” for all European citizens' views on EU
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: Informal meeting devoted to future of young farmers
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Presidency tries to break deadlock on reduced VAT rates in catering
(EU) EU/ECB: ECB decides to leave rates unchanged
(EU) EU/WTO/TRADE: Progress made in negotiations on conversion of agricultural customs duty, according to Mandelson and Portman
(EU) EU/CHEMICALS: Hartmut Nassauer's report recommending registration and evaluation of chemicals based on risk rather than tonnage is finished
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission allocates some €15 million to nine projects of common interest in trans-European Transport Network (TEN-T)
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Go-ahead for acquisition of Creo by Kodak
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Authorisation for joint venture between Finnish companies Rautaruukki and Wärtsilä, and SKF of Sweden
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Aviva allowed to take over RAC
(EU) EU/JUSTICE: Data protection supervisor's reservations on proposed exchanges between criminal records
(EU) EU/HEALTH/DEVELOPMENT: Commission makes women's and children's health major priority of development policy
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Simplification in 7th FPRD
(EU) EU/IEA/EU/ENERGY: IEA wants to ensure safe and sustainable energy for future - “EU must speak with one voice to markets and to OPEC”, says Mr Krecké
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Several aid regimes in UK, France, Germany and Netherlands authorised
(EU) EU/STATE AID/TRANSPORT: Green light to aid to Cyprus, Czech Republic and Corsica
(EU) Eu/may SESSION: Future of Europe 60 years after end of second world war - speech by Grand-Duke Henri de Luxembourg and Afghan president Afghan Karzai - Sudan, Kirghizistan - Northern ireland - appointment at ECB - World Bank - WTO and China- 2006 Budget -communication strategy
(EU) EP/EEA/STATE AID: Joint Parliamentary Committee calls for review of rules on State aid to be used to combat depopulation
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Euro zone unemployment rate rises to 8.9% in March
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Europe is not reduced to a market Europe, Juncker says - Integration means Europe of culture, Barroso adds
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/ANTI-DISCRIMINATION: First prize for EU Journalist "For Diversity. Against Discrimination“ award won by French journalists
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/UNIONS: Creation of European trade union research, training and safety institute
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(EU) EU/REGIONS: Assembly of the Regions of Europe starts working on White Paper on regional input
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: In her draft opinion on the new European social Agenda for 2006-2010, Linetta Serri calls for 'immediately noticeable improvements in living and working conditions'
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SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Document N. 2407: Spring European Summit: position of European Parliament
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