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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9015

30 August 2005
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/turkey
Crucial week for launch of negotiations with Turkey - COREPER meets on Wednesday, foreign ministers on Thursday and Friday

Brussels, 29/08/2005 (Agence Europe) - The launch of accession negotiations with Turkey, scheduled for 3 October, is entering a crucial phase, with EU foreign ministers meeting in Newport (South Wales) on Thursday and Friday this week, and EU Member States' permanent representatives paving the way for the Newport meeting at the COREPER meeting on Wednesday. Debate will focus on the unilateral statement by Turkey when signing the protocol to the Customs Agreement that it still does not...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/IRAN/NUCLEAR: Teheran wants non-aligned countries to join EU3 negotiations
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Crucial week for launch of negotiations with Turkey - COREPER meets on Wednesday, foreign ministers on Thursday and Friday
(EU) EU/PALESTINIAN TERRITORIES: After meeting with Silvan Shalom, Javier Solana states objective must now be to implement Roadmap
(EU) EU/IRAQ: EU welcomes publication of Iraq's Constitution
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE/FEDERALISM:
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT: first European elections in new Member States seen as a mid-term test for governments ahead rather than a test of European issues
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Hartmut Nassauer and Markus Ferber repeat call for a 'privileged partnership'
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/CHINA/TEXTILES: European and Chinese experts are unable to reach compromise in Beijing - Peter Mandelson to put proposals to Member States for finding solution to quota crisis
(EU) EP/AIR SAFETY: Georg Jarzembowski calls for EASA to draw up a blacklist for whole of Europe
(EU) EU/CHINA/FRANCE/SHOES:
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/BIRD FLU: Discovery of mildly pathogenic bird flu virus in Finland -Italy steps up border controls
(EU) EU/TAKEOVER BIDS: Commission confident that France will respect European legislation when defining its "strategic sectors"
(EU) EU/ECB:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: European Restructuring Monitor stresses restructuring in Europe has also allowed job creation
(EU) EU/CARIBBEAN/DISASTERS: EUR 3.5 million for Caribbean
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT/ENVIRONMENT: Watchword of fourth European Mobility Week is “Clever Commuting”
(EU) EU/DISASTERS/CLIMATE: WWF states it is urgent to reduce emissions
(EU) EU/GLOBALISATION:
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