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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8964

9 June 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/financial perspectives
Parliament adopts ambitious position very remote from Council compromise

Strasbourg, 08/06/2005 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, the European Parliament gave its support to the very ambitious new financial perspectives for 2007-13. This budgetary position is very unlike the one Member States could accept in the guise of the European Council compromise on 16-17 June. The EP adopted by a large majority (4426 votes for, 140 against, with 122 abstentions) the report of Reimer Böge (CDU) in a revision that was almost identical to that of the EP's temporary committee...

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GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES: Juncker says no new proposals before Sunday's conclave - 14 June meeting with Blair
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES: Parliament adopts ambitious position very remote from Council compromise
(EU) EP/EMU/TALY: Ms Muscardini wants genuine economic and monetary policy
(EU) EU/BANKING: Commission receives response from Bank of Italy on Bbva's buy-out offer for BNL
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(EU) EU/UN/INFORMATION SOCIETY: EU sets out its priorities for Tunis World Summit, to be held in December 2005
(EU) EU/UN/SOUTHERN AFRICA:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
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(EU) EU/REGIONAL: In France, Danuta Hübner stresses added value of Objective 2 and need for agreement on financial perspectives during June Summit “even if political context is difficult”
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/CIVIL PROTECTION: Udine seminar calls on Commission
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