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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8973

21 June 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/emu
Examination of Portuguese public finance situation

Brussels, 20/06/2005 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission will on Wednesday examine Portugal's stability programme and the report by the Economic and Monetary Affairs Commissioner Joaquin Almunia on the Portuguese budgetary situation. At the end of May the Portuguese government acknowledged that the deficit figures for 2005 would be slightly higher than the Commission forecast, reaching a record level of 6.83% of GDP (EUROPE 8953), and the budgetary data for 2004 should also be revised...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Lies and untruths used to bring down agriculture in Europe
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: Luxembourg to go ahead with referendum on 10 July - Poland may make do with ratification by parliament
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/COMMISSION/EP: Commission debate on Wednesday - Peter Mandelson urges Blair government to use the Summit debacle to cathartic effect - Conference of Presidents at EP on Tuesday - Jo Leinen suggests holding a European Congress
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: After failure to agree on Financial Perspectives, Josep Borrell warns about disappointment and reproach (CSU is quite happy about it) - Parliament must take leading role - Broadly critical approach to solution to Constitution problem
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/TRADE UNIONS: ETUC calls for genuine political debate on future of Europe and urges trade union movement to send out clear, strong messages in favour of social Europe
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/EMPLOYERS: UNICE calls for urgent resumption of talks on Financial Perspectives
(EU) EP/EUROMED: Public hearing on freedom of speech and parliamentary democracy
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Commissioner Rehn says enlargement is "survivor" of European oOuncil, but Turkey is worried
(EU) EU/PES: Summit in Vienna, with British Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott
(EU) EU/IRAQ: No concrete and immediate results expected from Wednesday's international conference
(EU) EP/IRAQ:
(EU) EU/CANADA: Negotiation of new agreement to boost economic cooperation and desire to promote 'effective multilateralism' in international affairs
(EU) EU/WEU:
(EU) EU/BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: Member States seek agreement on rural development
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/EMU: Juncker remains confident for euro
(EU) EU/EMU: Examination of Portuguese public finance situation
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission due to adopt proposal to harmonise tax on passenger cars on Wednesday, aiming particularly to establish link with sustainable development
(EU) EU/EUROMED: First meeting of Economy and Finance Ministers
(EU) EU/NORWAY/TRADE: EU and Norway reach amicable agreement over salmon
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY: European Food Safety Authority to inaugurate its official headquarters in Parma on Tuesday, with Silvio Berlusconi and José Manuel Barroso
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Apax gets green light to buy Travelex
(EU) EP/REGIONAL/STATE AID: Neelie Kroes sees a vital need to refocus aid on neediest regions - Complete support for SMEs
(EU) EP/PORT SERVICES: Self-handing may be excluded from port service liberalisation process
(EU) EP/REGIONAL: Guellec calls for Commission to propose " precise and concrete" territorial cohesion measures before 2007
(EU) EP/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Viviane Reding presents new "e2010" initiative to MEPs
(EU) EP/SECOND JUNE SESSION: European council and Luxembourg presidency balance sheet- British presidency programme - MEPs' terms and conditions
(EU) EP/ROAD SAFETY: EP wants safer roads
(EU) EP/INDUSTRY: Adoption of Vlasto report confirms ambition for new industrial policy with particular attention to SMEs
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan of 70 million pounds for education in United Kingdom
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/SOCIAL AFFAIRS/ENLARGEMENT: Daniel Vaughan-Whitehead warns of costs of a 'non-Constitution' since re-negotiation would almost certainly reduce social content
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/ENLARGEMENT: Peter Ludlow says European Council will remain the 'highest authority in the Union'
(EU) EU/COLLEGE OF EUROP E:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: European Commission counting on two legal actions to discourage Régions and communes from levying so-called transit taxes (pipeline for Algerian gas in Sicily and mobile phone masts in Belgium)
(EU) EU/UK PRESIDENCY: Eurochambres asks United Kingdom for real leadership and calls on ECB to lower interest rates
(EU) EU/AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
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