login
login

Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8983

5 July 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 42 / 43
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT / European library
No. 648

*** DANIEL GADBIN, FRANCIS KERNALEGUEN (Editors): Le statut juridique de l'enfant dans l'espace européen. Bruylant (67 rue de la Régence, B-1000 Brussels. Tel: (32-2) 5129845 - fax: 5117202 - E-mail: info@bruylant.be - Internet: www.bruylant.be). 2004, 514 pp., €60. ISBN 2-8027-1886-x

Children today enjoy special attention in most societies. But given that society is changing, the position of children and how they are perceived changes too. We are a far cry, for example, from the...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Mad cows, soil-free farming, polluted water and the end of biodiversity were the fruit of the obsession with productivity in agriculture - Not an experience to be repeated
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/G8/RUSSIA: A few days ahead of G8, France, Germany and Russia reiterate willingness to cooperate on major international dossiers
(EU) EU/CENTRAL ASIA: Mr Kubis appointed EU special representative
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/LUXEMBOURG:
(EU) EU/GREECE/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/DARFUR: Council ready to adopt EU aid for strengthening Darfur mission to Darfur - beginning of African transport battalions
(EU) EU/SUDAN/DARFUR: EU calls for respect of cease-fire
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: ECAS hopes to launch debate at European level during “reflection period” opened by Council
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE: 50th anniversary of Council of Europe Prize
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: President Barroso postpones presentation of thematic air quality strategy till autumn - Commission orientation debate 20 July to reconcile environment and competitiveness
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission presents its strategy for deploying harmonised European system for implementation of ERTMS/ETCS railway signalling
(EU) EU/CHINA/AVIATION: Joint declaration with view to enhanced cooperation
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN SOCIAL MODEL: "No magic formulae" in Commission's report for informal European Council this autumn
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Mr Blair criticises level of agricultural expenditure
(EU) EU/TRADE: EU bans trade in torture equipment
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light to joint venture between BP and Nova Chemicals
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Idea of initiative for shareholder voting rights takes root
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: EFR supports “lead supervisor” model to improve inspections
(EU) EU/RUSSIA/TRADE:
(EU) EU/EP/ARMAMENTS:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Lobbying hots up at Commission over revision of computerised reservation systems' code of conduct
(EU) EU/EEA/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: High costs cannot justify postponed adoption of directive on driving licence, Eurocop says
(EU) EU/INDIA: Negotiations on EU/India action plan continue while both partners step up dialogue on energy
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Second generation of “Erasmus Mundus” will welcome almost 1000 third-countries graduates and academics
(EU) EP/REGIONS/COHESION FUNDS: Jeremy Smith (CEMR) calls on EP to adopt Hatzidakis and Fava reports on structural funds
(EU) UE/ENTREPRISES:
(EU) EU/MEDIA: Launch of "NEM" platform to stimulate development of new audiovisual and multi-media services
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Citizenship education is very real dimension of European education programmes, says Eurydice
(EU) UE/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Mbanga Plantations company complains of being overcharged by multinationals and demands compensation from EU
(EU) EU/EESC/JULY PLENARY: Improvement of dialogue with organised civil society and importance of participatory democracy at centre of work - Alexander Douglas and Jan Figel to take part
(EU) EU/ETUC/BRITISH PRESIDENCY:
(EU) EP/REGIONAL: Olbrycht report supports new method for promoting territorial cohesion
(EU) EU/EIB: EUR 35 million loan for “Fier-Tepelene road project” in Albania
(EU) EU/EIB: EUR 10 million loan to Senegal
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Euro-zone and EU25 unemployment down to 8.8%
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 648
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 04/07/2005: