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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9042

6 October 2005
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/council of europe
Thomas Hammarberg appointed Human Rights Commissioner

Strasbourg, 05/10/2005 (Agence Europe) - Swedish national Thomas Hammarberg will take over from Spaniard Alvaro Gil-Robles as the Council of Europe Human Rights Commissioner on 1 January for a non-renewable 6 year term of office. Hammarberg used to be Secretary General of Amnesty International and was voted in on a second round of voting by a relative majority, receiving 104 votes, as opposed to 93 for Polish lawyer Marek Antoni Nowicki, and only 33 votes for Belgian energy minister Marc...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Close and confidential links between the EU and Turkey are vital, but nobody has proved that accession is the only way
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/CONSTITUTION/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Jo Leinen and Richard Corbett said idea of renegotiating Constitution in 2006 is 'premature'
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Thomas Hammarberg appointed Human Rights Commissioner
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/PALESTINE: Commission unveils comprehensive EU strategy - Benita Ferrero-Waldner give go-ahead for further aid if there is progress in implementing Roadmap and other donors follow suit
(EU) EU/TURKEY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Summit agrees on visa facilitation and readmission - EU does not fear energy dependency
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission appoints representative to monitor implementation of Microsoft's obligations
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Peugeot fined 49.5 million EUR for anti-competitive practices
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/INDUSTRIAL POLICY: With integrated approach that is both horizontal and sectoral, Commission hopes to strengthen European manufacturing industry
(EU) EU/TRADE: Commission restates its full support for negotiators in Hong Kong, Commissioners Mandelson and Fischer Boel
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT COUNCIL: External relations in air transport, safety and security on Transport Council agenda
(EU) EU/EP/CHEMICAL PRODUCTS: At first reading, Environment Committee manages to keep REACH's health and environment objectives, but nothing certain for Plenary
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/EIB:
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET: Right and Left blame each other for delay on committee's vote on "Services" Directive
(EU) EU/EUROCHAMBRES/SOCIAL DIALOGUE: Christoph Leitl says social dialogue should be transformed into social and economic dialogue - Open letters to Tony Blair and Jose Manuel Barroso - UNICE's reactions
(EU) EU/SOCIAL DIALOGUE: European Confederation of Independent Trade Unions recognised as social partner
(EU) EU/EIB: Emergency loan for flood relief in Romania
(EU) EU/EMU:
(EU) EU/EMU:
(EU) EU/ENERGY: New Member States should exploit great energy efficiency potential of buildings, says Ecofys report for Eurima
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: European Parliament's stance on third rail package is step forward in rail reform, EIM says
(EU) EESC/BETTER REGULATION: EESC calls for "cultural revolution", and stresses importance of improved implementatoin of European legislation
(EU) EU/NOTRE EUROPE: Tommaso Padoa-Schioppa, new president of Jacques Delors's and Pascal Lamy's study and research group
(EU) EU/BIO-ETHICS:
(EU) EU/EUROBAROMETER: Slump in enthusiasm about future of Europe in recent Eurobarometer poll
(EU) EU/CULTURE/UNESCO: Towards adoption of Charter on Cultural Diversity - United States isolated
SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Documents No. 2421: EU opens membership talks with Turkey
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