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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8973

21 June 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/regional/state aid
Neelie Kroes sees a vital need to refocus aid on neediest regions - Complete support for SMEs

Brussels, 20/06/2005 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament's Committee on Regional Development spent some time, on 15 and 16 June in Brussels, discussing a draft report by Milos Koterec (PES, Slovakia) on the role direct state aid plays as a regional development instrument. Neelie Kroes, European Commissioner for Development, took the opportunity to unveil her state aid action plan, which was adopted last week (see EUROPE n°8963). " The state aid reform, a key component of which is the...

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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