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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/wto/trade

Appointment of Pascal Lamy as head of WTO should be confirmed on 26 May by general council in Geneva

Brussels, 17/05/2005 (Agence Europe) - As we previously indicated (EUROPE 8947), following the withdrawal of the Brazilian candidate, Luiz-Felipe Seixas-Correa and Jayen Cuttarree from Mauritius, for the post of WTO Head, who were considered as being less able to obtain the consensus of Member States, Carlos Perez del Castillo also withdrew from the race last Friday. Former European Commissioner for trade, French Socialist Pascal Lamy was recommended by the selection committee in charge of...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: EU-Russia: Positive development even if it currently consists of more announcements than accomplishments
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Warsaw summit decides to improve collaboration between European organisations - Jean-Claude Juncker is entrusted with covering future relations between Council of Europe and EU
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: 46 Heads of State and Government of Council of Europe renew commitment to common values - Towards more transparency and efficiency?
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE: 3rd Summit reinforces human dimension of Council of Europe with new social cohesion pillar
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE/YOUTH:
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/IRAN/NUCLEAR: Next week's high-level meeting could be decisive
(EU) EU/UZBEKISTAN: Commission calls for calm from Uzbek authorities
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EUROGROUP: Worrying economic situation - euro coins bearing effigy of enlarged Europe and reflection on external representation of euro zone
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Towards agreement on intermediary development aid objectives - preference for modest and non-binding contribution based on air tickets rather than on kerosene taxation
(EU) EU/ECOFIN/ECB: Despite growth differences between Member States, ECB monetary policy is appropriate, Trichet repeats
(EU) EU/ECONOMY/GERMANY:
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: No progress on 2007-13 financial framework - Juncker to present compromise between extreme positions
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Support for better financial crisis management
(EU) EU/WTO/TRADE: Appointment of Pascal Lamy as head of WTO should be confirmed on 26 May by general council in Geneva
(EU) EU/TRADE/TEXTILES: Peter Mandelson wants to launch formal consultations with Beijing at WTO on two categories of textiles
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: In Berlin, Danuta Hübner meets Joschka Fischer and representatives of German, Polish and Czech trade unions - DGB, Solidarnoscz and CMKOS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EP/EPIZOOTIES/CORRECTION:
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: Third progress report on cohesion presented by Danuta Hübner highlights “clear link” between objectives of renewed Lisbon Strategy and cohesion policy
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission vetoes decision by German regulator on call termination in fixed telephone networks
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET/SERVICES: EU-DLC wants dental profession to be excluded from “services” directive
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/AUDIOVISUAL: Europe must seize development opportunities offered by on-line film, says Viviane Reding
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: “Quality assurance” and European framework of qualifications on agenda of Bergen conference on Bologna Process
(EU) EU/EESC/CHANGES TO WORKING TIME: Committee says director's proposal on certain changes to working time is “real step backwards”
(EU) EU/EIB: EUR 30 million loan for SMEs and urban infrastructure in Bosnia-Herzegovina
(EU) EU/COMPANIES:
(EU) EU/ENTERPRISE/INNOVATION:
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