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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8980

30 June 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 39
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/g8/greens

29/06/2005 (Agence Europe) - British Green Caroline Lucas affirmed in a press statement that G8 leaders during their Gleneagles summit in Scotland had to launch a revolution on climate change and drastically reduce their military spending if they wanted to make real progress in the fight against extreme poverty in Africa. The MEP will be taking part on 3 July in demonstrations in the Edinburgh area as part of the alternative summit, “The G8 Corporate Dream - Global Nightmare”. Lucas...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Commission suggests “rigorous” negotiating brief to guide accession talks that will be “long and difficult”, without guaranteed results - EU absorption capacity to be evaluated by Commission
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Commission wants to open dialogue between civil societies of Member States and candidate countries
(EU) EU/JHA: Amnesty International calls on British Presidency to put human rights into practice and expresses concern about cooperation with Libya
(EU) EU/FRANCE: Dominique de Villepin proposes five "ambitious projects" for successful "political Europe"
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/LUXEMBOURG: Mobilisation of "Youth for Yes"
(EU) EPP/ALBANIA:
(EU) EPP/ROMANIA:
(EU) EP/EUROMED: Promoting human rights and democracy in the Mediterranean
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Creation of European Security and Defence College
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EMU: Commission recommends excessive deficit procedure in Italy and calls for structural measures as of 2006 in order to return below 3% in 2007
(EU) EU/ENERGY COUNCIL: Energy dialogue with third countries - Internal disagreements delaying signature of treaty instituting South-East Europe's energy Community, from which Turkey has withdrawn
(EU) EU/UN DEVELOPMENT: At UN HQ Jean-Louis Schiltz and Commissioners Louis Michel and Peter Mandelson present EU goals for September New York summit
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Investigation into aid to Poczta Polska
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Commission to adopt two Green Papers mid-July, on asset management and mortgage loans
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/HEALTHCARE: Vladimir Spidla hopes for decisive progress by 2006 towards European electronic health insurance card, which he hopes will be genuine "mobility card"
(EU) EP/ARMAMENTS: National preferences undermining competition
(EU) EP/BRITISH PRESIDENCY/CSU:
(EU) EP/NUCLEAR: Greens angry over ITER plan
(EU) EP/RESEARCH: Parliament supports research and security programme and highlights dual research
(EU) EP/G8/GREENS:
(EU) EU/CANADA:
(EU) EP/SESSION DE JULY: Africa and globalisation, ten years after Srebrenica, Iraq, security in Middle East - Speech by president Ciampi - Debate with president Trichet - Structural and cohesion funds - Patenting computer assisted inventions
(EU) EU/AVIATION/CHINA: At EU-China aviation Summit, Commissioner Barrot will try to boost political and industrial cooperation with Beijing
(EU) EU/EEA: EEA Council reiterates importance of European agencies such as EFSA for EEA/EFTA countries
(EU) EU/INSURANCE: CEA renews appeal for better regulations and intends to focus on directive "Solvability II" - Towards solution on international accounting standard "IAS 39"?
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Mutual insurance companies call for impact study and pilot projects on future "Solvability II" system
(EU) EU/UNIONS/WTO/SERVICES: European Unions call on COmmission to reconsider its position
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/ENTERPRISE: Exchange of good practices essential for improving SME environment
(EU) EU/REGIONAL/BRITISH PRESIDENCY: CPMR calls on British presidency to take regional policy into account
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY/GERMANY:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: European judges strengthen environmental protection rules in affair involving building in port of Fossacesia without environmental impact study
(EU) EU/RESEARCH/EUREKA: Czech republic takes charge of EUREKA presidency
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/MEDICINE:
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