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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8956
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ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) publishing

The German media group BERTELSMANN has created a joint venture in China with a Chinese partner, LIAONING PUBLISHING, via its DIRECT GROUP subsidiary (book and music clubs). The company, which will be 51% owned by the Chinese group, will have capital of 3.6 million dollars and will specialise in wholesale book sales.

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: Germany ratifies Constitution - “Powerful signal” to French and Dutch citizens, says Commission
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/FRANCE: Statements by Presidents Juncker and Barroso (in Brussels) and Borrell (in Madrid) on Sunday evening - Appeal by President Chirac
(EU) EP/DIPLOMATIC SERVICE: EP calls for future service to be included in Commission's budgetary and administrative structures - Commission representatives to become genuine “EU ambassadors”
(EU) EU/EUROMED: 7th EuroMed ministerial conference on 30 and 31 May in Luxembourg to prepare tenth anniversary of Barcelona process
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/RIO GROUP/MERCOSUR: Europeans and South Americans to meet at ministerial level before July to resume negotiations on trade and political cooperation agreement
(EU) EU/RIO GROUP/ANDEAN COMMUNITY: EU recommends strengthened regional integration to promote social cohesion and fight effectively against drug trafficking in Andean countries
(EU) EP/DEVELOPMENT:
(EU) EU/RIO GROUP/MEXICO: Summit focuses on bilateral political dialogue, preparing for UN Summit and dialogue with civil society
(EU) EU/SUSTAINABLE GOVERNMENT: Commission paves the way for renewal of EU Sustainable Development Strategy
(EU) EU/COMMUNICATION:
(EU) EU/WTO/IRAN:
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Cooperation with Libya, sanctions for racist acts and Council data retention on 2 and 3 June
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES COUNCIL: Ministers to discuss funding of CAP, crisis management and rural development
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Draft derogation on marking of eggs
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light for acquisition of Clearwave by Vodafone
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Conditional go-ahead for acquisition of Hexal by Novartis
(EU) EP/MONEY LAUNDERING: Future directive to step up obligation to identify financial services clients to help fight bankrolling of terrorism
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT/ROAD SAFETY: Parliament gives go-ahead to making safety belts compulsory in all commercial vehicles and for better monitoring of use of frontal protection
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT/EUROVIGNETTE: Parliament rapporteur gives glimpse of line to be defended in second reading
(EU) EU/REGIONAL/EQUALITY: Danuta Hübner urges for gender equality to be taken into account in structural fund management
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/CUSTOMS: Meetings between Laszlo Kovacs and Michael Chertoff
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Commission launches consultation on application of financial instrument market directive
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(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE/SOCIAL AFFAIRS:
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(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/CROSS-BORDER COOPERATION:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Ruling on sale of homeopathic medicine in France
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Ruling on input VAT on new share issue
(EU) EP/PHILIPPE HERZOG/HONOURS:
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