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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8943
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/united kingdom

Commission congratulates Tony Blair on re-election

Brussels, 09/05/2005 (Agence Europe) - Commission president José Manuel Barroso has congratulated Tony Blair for his re-election last Friday. In a press statement he said that he was “waiting impatiently for the occasion to work together to tackle crucial challenges facing us, particularly during the British presidency of the EU in the second half of the year”, adding, “Our close cooperation is indispensable to the success of the European Union”. The United Kingdom will take over the EU presidency on 1st July until 31 December 2005. Gordon Brown will remain in charge of finance, Jack Straw remains in the post of Foreign Secretary. Douglas Alexander replaces Denis MacShane for European affaires and John Reid (until now Secretary of State for Health) takes over from Geoffrey at Defence.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Constitution: The progress of the yes vote in France is understandable, but it's not over yet
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/SCHUMAN DECLARATION: European Commission commemorates 60th anniversary of end of second world war - Borrell says peace between Europeans is irreversible
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Oli Rehn judges reforms “irreversible” and insists on fact that rhythm of EU progress depends on Turkey
(EU) EU/UNITED KINGDOM: Commission congratulates Tony Blair on re-election
(EU) EU/ASEM: EU calls on North Korea to resume six-party talks on nuclear programme without delay and on Burma to release all political prisoners
(EU) EU/JAPAN: Discussions between EU Troika and Japan focus on United Nations reform and Iraq
(EU) EU/CHARLEMAGNE PRIZE: Receiving 2005 prize, President Ciampi calls on Europeans “to work together on what is wrong with our system” - For a “constructive dialectic between monetary policy and budgetary policy” and for Europe as “space of joint civilisation”
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPEAN CONSTITUTION: Reaction to European disenchantment, no longer European policy, affirms Bronislaw Geremek - need to tell Europe's story
(EU) EU/TOGO: Commission takes note of election of Faure Gnassimgbe to Togo presidency -call for national reconciliation and respect for human rights and public freedoms
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Youth and a Europe of 46
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL: Integrated guidelines and Programme for innovation and competitiveness on agenda
(EU) EU/WTO/TRADE: Agreement between main WTO members on conversion of specific agricultural duty into ad valorem equivalents - Hope for resumption of Round
(EU) EU/TRADE/TEXTILES: Peter Mandelson hopes to avoid hasty decision on implementing safeguard measures
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: President Barroso tells Daniel Cohn-Bendit that he still intends to reallocate dossiers on case-by-case basis where there is potential conflict of interest
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commissioner Fischer Boel hopes for agreement on reform of sugar sector by November - Member States divided
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: October farmers' congress in Strasbourg
(EU) EU/CHEMICALS: Latest REACH sectorial impact studies on industry at centre of Luxembourg Presidency seminar to help work along
(EU) EU/CHEMICALS: Greenpeace calls for systematic application of principle of substitution in REACH regulation
(EU) EU/ENERGY/ELECTRICITY: Andris Piebalgs welcomes better electricity connections between Belgium and France and points out their crucial role in attaining internal electricity market
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Industrial producer prices up by 0.6% in euro-zone up by 0.7% in EU25
(EU) EP/SOCIAL/ADJUSTMENT OF WORKING HOURS: Alejandro Cercas expects EU to send strong signal to Council that something must change regarding workers' fundamental rights - Little likelihood of reaching political agreement in Council in June
(EU) EU/TAXATION:
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES:
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Seminar of legal cooperation in criminal matters
(EU) EP/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Council's framework proposal on holding data is unacceptable at it stands, say experts
(EU) EU/PALESTINE: Temporary joint association agreement committee meeting in Brussels on 11 May
(EU) EU/EESC/MAY PLENARY: Changes to working time, role of sustainable development in financial perspectives, European funding for fishing and system of own resources at centre of session's work
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET/SERVICES: Culture committee excludes cultural, audiovisual and press services from “services” directive
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/COMPETITIVENESS: Anders Gustav says EU, Member States and regional authorities must be actively involved in strengthening European competitiveness
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 640
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