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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/education

Parliament supports Commission proposals to guarantee quality of higher education

Brussels, 18/10/2005 (Agence Europe) - Last Thursday, the European Parliament adopted at first reading the report by Ljudmila Novak (EPP-Ed, Slovenia) on the quality of higher education, amending the European Commission's proposal of 30 September 2004. In so doing, MEPs state their agreement for consolidating the next stage towards mutual recognition of systems to guarantee and assess the quality of higher education in Europe, via agencies for this purpose. The Parliament agrees with the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Requirements and conditions for integrated approach to industrial policy
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/IRAQ: announcement of referendum results postponed for few days - Joint statement by Jack Straw and Javier Solana
(EU) EU/IRAN: IAEA upbeat on prospects for renewed talks
(EU) EU/JORDAN: Benita Ferrero-Waldner to visit Jordan
(EU) EP/CONSTITUTION:
(EU) EU/COLLEGE OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/FYROM: New EU Special Representative
(EU) EU/ESDP: Solana stresses need to improve civil-military crisis-management coordination
(EU) EU/DRC: EU concern about lack of freedom of expression
(EU) EU/HAITI: Commission welcomes resumption of cooperation
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Jo Leinen wants Committee to work more intensively on European reflection period - Unanimous adoption of Shausberger-Tope Opinion
(EU) EU/FEDERALISTS/BELGIUM/CONSTITUTION:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: Council rejects French plan to straight-jacket Commissioners Mandelson and Fischer-Boel at WTO talks
(EU) EU/AVIAN FLU: Foreign ministers welcome efforts made in regions infected by bird flu virus and undertake greater coordination - Commissioner Kyprianou displeased at different levels of preparedness in Member States
(EU) EU/EARTHQUAKE/SOUTH ASIA: Council welcomes rapid aid deployed by EU and expresses solidarity for both short term and reconstruction phase
(EU) EU/TROPICAL STORM STAN:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: Progress on REACH, prudent conclusions for forthcoming international negotiations on climate, useful debate on "Better Regulation" achieved by Council
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission plans legal action against Italy, Spain and Greece on framework directive on water
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT/ITALY:
(EU) EU/CUSTOMS:
(EU) EU/JHA: Franco Frattini says that "exchange of information" is vital to step up police and legal cooperation in Europe
(EU) EP/JHA: Members of European and national parliaments debate Eurojust, Europol and European arrest warrant
(EU) EU/JAI/IMMIGRATION:
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission publishes communication on human trafficking
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Infringement proceedings against seven Member States over financial services, insurance and public procurement
(EU) EU/EIB: EUR 190 million loan to complete the French section of the A28 European motorway
(EU) EP/EPIZOOTIC: Parliament finally accepts joint funding of market support measures in event of foot-and-mouth disease or swine fever
(EU) EP/EDUCATION: Parliament supports Commission proposals to guarantee quality of higher education
(EU) EP/IMMUNITY:
(EU) EP/POVERTY:
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Research should help to increase competitiveness of rail sector
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: reform of rail sector will require financial resources and change of mindset
(EU) EP/MULTILINGUALISM: MEPs support Portas report on integration of immigrants through multi-lingualism
(EU) EP/CULTURE: Broad support for Pack report on challenges facing circuses
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Inflation rises 2.6% in one year
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Long wait in appeal against pre-accession aid to Turkey following Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan Pipeline Project Agreements
(EU) EU/BETTER REGULATION: ESBA welcomes first screening of EU regulation and urges Commission to fight soft rules
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Co-chaired by Tony Blair and José Manuel Barroso, informal tripartite social summit preparations take place in very difficult conditions - Contribution of European social partners focuses on economic security and social justice
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES/MARITIME REGIONS: CPMR President Claudio Martini restates organisation's belief in ambitious regional policy based on Commission proposals - Meeting with Barroso, Hübner and Douglas Alexander
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE/CULTURE: First multilingual thesaurus
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