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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8954

26 May 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 5 / 31
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/turkey
Turkish minister of economy is chief negotiator for EU membership

Brussels, 25/05/2005 (Agence Europe) - Turkish Minister for the Economy Ali Babacan is to be Turkey's chief negotiator in EU membership talks. The prime minister of Turkey announced this appointment on Tuesday, awaited since the decision taken by the 25 at the December 2004 European Council to launch accession negotiations with Turkey on 3 October 2005. The name of the foreign minister, Abdullah Gül, had done the rounds. Mr Babacan will perhaps accompany Prime Minister Erdogan to the...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Financial perspectives: moving further from compromise?
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EP/CONSTITUTION/FRANCE: Common declaration from Junker and Barroso after referendum - Juncker says re-negotiation is “strictly unimaginable” - Josep Borrell warns that French no-vote will not be a “tsunami” that brings any good
(EU) EP/CONSTITUTION/FRANCE: Intergroup at EP organises human chain
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/AUSTRIA: Yes at Bundesrat
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Turkish minister of economy is chief negotiator for EU membership
(EU) EU/LIBYA: Benita Ferrero-Waldner calls on Colonel Gaddafi to release Bulgarian and Palestinian medical personnel
(EU) EU/SUDAN: EU presents Addis Ababa with global support package for Darfur mission
(EU) EP/COMMISSION/CENSURE MOTION: General outcry from overwhelming majority of MEPs against Nigel Farage's censure motion against José Manuel Barroso, considered groundless - Commission president willing to discuss creation of advisory group on standards in public life
(EU) EP/RUSSIA: MEPs underline Russia's strategic importance but highlight respect of European principles and values
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/BORDER: Ilkka Laitinen from Finland to supervise European border agency
(EU) EU/CHINA/TRADE/TEXTILES: Commission gives green light to formal consultations with Peking for two textile product categories
(EU) EU/ACP: Council green light for releasing a billion from EDF “conditional” on progress in funds disbursement
(EU) EU/RIO GROUP: 12th ministerial meeting between EU and Rio Group - EU-Mercosur meeting to discuss resumption of negotiations on trade agreement between two sides
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/GMO: Batch of gluten containing unauthorised BT10 maize intercepted by Irish authorities
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Commission conditionally approves Italian allocation plan for greenhouse gas emissions trading
(EU) EU/CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: Franco Frattini to unveil 'comprehensive strategy on the protection of children' at the end of 2005 or start of 2006
(EU) EU/SPACE: Commission presents first elements of future European space programme
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES: Juncker says June agreement less likely
(EU) EU/STATISTICS: Commission proposes code of conduct
(EU) EU/OECD: OECD underlines sluggish growth in euro zone and calls for lower interest rates
(EU) EU/EDUCATION COUNCIL: Conclusions on new assessment indicators - Ministers insist multilingualism must be included in education systems
(EU) EU/EDUCATION COUNCIL: Resolutions on increasing young people's involvement in democracy and facilitate access to information
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET/SERVICES: Second part of “Gebhardt” report boosts role of “one-stop shop” and control by host State
(EU) EP/PATENTS: Michel Rocard says patenting of computer controlled inventions will allow for exclusion of software patents
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: EP concerned a sugar reform proposals
(EU) EU/TRADE/CORRECTION:
(EU) EP/TUNISIA: Tunisian NGOs and civil society brief European Parliament on progress after ten years of first Association Agreement in EuroMed zone
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: European conference on public awareness and development education for North-South solidarity
(EU) EU/REGIONS/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES: CPMR President Claudio Martini says 'No to Europe paying the price of derisive budget agreements'
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES: EEB stresses role of European Parliament in funding of Natura 2000
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