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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9043

7 October 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 27 / 39
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/turkey/entreprise
Tüsiad says Turkish business welcomes start of accession talks and will continue to contribute to social transformation process in Turkey

Brussels, 05/10/2005 (Agence Europe) - In a press release, Omer Sabanci, President of Tüsiad, the Turkish Industry and Business Association, represented in Unice, welcomes the start of accession talks (see European social partners' reactions in EUROPE No. 9041). Sabanci said Tüsiad would 'continue to contribute to the social transformation process in Turkey and will keep on conveying the views of the Turkish private sector to the EU public and through Unice, which is the umbrella...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Just how much have the Turkish authorities assessed the repercussions of its accession to the EU and the prospects of an alternative solution?
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/UKRAINE: Jose Manuel Barroso says future of Ukraine is in Europe but talking about accession all the time is not the best way to get there
(EU) EU/BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA: Commission welcomes police reform in Republika Srpska
(EU) EP/CYPRUS: Josep Borrell calls for renewed efforts
(EU) EU/IRAN/NUCLEAR:
(EU) EU/MOLDOVA: agreement on EU mission at Moldova border to be signed on 7 October
(EU) EU/BELARUS:
(EU) EU/POLAND: EP wants 31 August to be Freedom and Solidarity Day to remember Solidarity in Poland
(EU) EP/NORTHERN IRELAND: Gerry Adams reaffirms EU's decisive role in Northern Ireland peace process and urges for PEACE programme to be continued - Danuta Hübner's reaction is positive
(EU) EU/ACEH: EU urges Djakarta to address issue of GAM rebels still awaiting amnesty
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EMU: Commission anticipates possible economic upturn in euro zone in second half of year, but is refraining from excessive optimism and may review its growth forecast for 2005 downwards
(EU) EU/EMU: Almunia denounces accounting ruses used by Member States to hide deficits and takes stance in favour of coalition between CDU/CSU and SPD, in Germany
(EU) EU/LISBON STRATEGY: First “contact” meeting between national coordinators for implementation of renewed Lisbon Strategy, with President Barroso
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT COUNCIL: Transport Ministers agree, unenthusiastically, to liberalisation of international passenger transport in 2010, and on norms for air transport assistance
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: EADS gives green light to A350, without immediate State aid - Opportunity for negotiations with Washington ?
(EU) EP/COMPETITION: Neelie Kroes outlines her views of European competitiveness to European Parliament's Economic and Monetary Committee
(EU) EP/INDUSTRY: Gunter Verheugen defends CARS 21 group's integrated approach to boosting competitiveness in the car industry
(EU) EU/ECB: Rates remain unchanged but President Trichet calls for great vigilance as energy prices will stay high - Trichet says he is not announcing imminent rise in interest rates, but “if there is need for moving, we will move”
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission proposes seasonal closure of eel fishing to restore stock levels
(EU) EU/ANIMAL HEALTH: Community rules on BSE more flexible - Beef on bone may again be authorised
(EU) EU/FRANCE/COMMISSION: Tension rises after Jacques Chirac's remarks on European Commission's attitude in Hewlett-Packard affair
(EU) EU/INFORMAL SUMMIT/FRANCE/BUDGET:
(EU) EP/COMMUNICATION/COMMISSION: Communication must become policy in its own right, according to Ms Wallström
(EU) EP/SERVICES DIRECTIVE/EPP-ED:
(EU) EP/TRANSPORTS:
(EU) EP/BRUSSELS SESSION: Iran, Ethiopia, Africa policy - Sugar reforms - Education, urban issues and enlargement, women and poverty
(EU) EU/TURKEY/ENTREPRISE: Tüsiad says Turkish business welcomes start of accession talks and will continue to contribute to social transformation process in Turkey
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Retail trade up
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION/GREECE: Amnesty International hauls Greece over coals on its treatment of asylum seekers and minorities, and calls on Commission to put pressure on Athens
(EU) EP/ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION:
(EU) EP/ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION:
(EU) EU/ORGANISED CRIME/EUROPOL/EUROJUST:
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Commission suggests 2008 should become European Year of Intercultural Dialogue
(EU) EU/DEBATE ON EUROPE: With new publication, “Europe's World”, “Friends of Europe” hope to enrich debate on key issues in Europe
(EU) EU/CULTURE:
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Land of OberösterReich may not ban use of GMOs on its territory, European judges decide
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Seven new judges to European Civil Service Tribunal take their oaths
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE:
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