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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8982

2 July 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/energy
EWEA and Greenpeace call on G8 countries to promote wind energy to tackle climate change

Brussels, 01/07/2005 (Agence Europe) - With the British government putting the fight against climate change and promoting renewable energy at the top of its priority list for its presidency of the Council of the EU and of the Agenda for the meeting of the G8 on 7 and 8 July in Gleneagles (Scotland), the associations Greenpeace, Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) and the European Wind Energy Association (EWEA) published a report on 30 June entitled WindForce 12 describing how wind energy could...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Confusion and inconsistency in EU's attitude towards Turkey
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/BRITISH PRESIDENCY: Informal autumn summit on future of European social model - Negotiation with Turkey to begin on 3 October, Blair says
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: Commission welcomes ratification by Cyprus
(EU) EU/AFRICA: José Manuel Barroso and Louis Michel take part in AU summit in Sirte, on eve of G8 summit
(EU) EU/OSCE: Panel makes recommendations for OSCE reform
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Serbia hopes negotiations will open in autumn on stabilisation and association agreement
(EU) EP/EPP/GERMANY:
(EU) EU/TORTURE: Presidency calls for ratification of Protocol to Convention against Torture establishing prison visit mechanism
(EU) EU/BULGARIA/ELDR:
(EU) EU/EP/TERRORISM: International summit on terrorism is requested during Parliament roundtable
(EU) EP/ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES: Parliament calls for zero tolerance and takes stance in favour of total ban
(EU) EP/TURKEY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/COUNCIL: Calendar of UK Presidency for second half of 2005
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVE: UK Presidency promises to “do its best” to gain agreement on dossier in spite of difficulties
(EU) EU/CRIMINALITY:
(EU) EP/SESSION: Rocard report to be debated on Tuesday morning
(EU) EP/PATENTS: Greens/EFA group calls for changes to "patentability of software" directive and forges political allegiances
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: According to Eurobaromètre survey, Europeans find it easy to travel within EU, but still largely unaware of their rights
(EU) EU/WTO/AGRICULTURE: Fischer Boel says breakdown of meetings in July would endanger agreement in Hong Kong at end of year
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Emergency measures to protect anchovy stocks
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: Commission publishes results of public consultation on new draft general political declaration to guide and revive EU development policy
(EU) EU/G8: Scope of G8 results on Africa and climate change still largely uncertain
(EU) EU/EIB: Loan of 200 million euros for second tram line in Montpellier, France
(EU) EU/ENERGY: EWEA and Greenpeace call on G8 countries to promote wind energy to tackle climate change
(EU) IEA/OIL: More supply, more investment and more energy efficiency are urgently-needed responses to volatility of oil prices, says Claude Mandill
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/PLENARY: Volatile debate expected on Romanian, Bulgarian and Turkish progress on path to accession
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Douglas Alexander highlights crucial role of Committee in bringing Europe closer to citizens
(EU) EU/REGIONS/SOCIAL:
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