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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9054

22 October 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/development
New European development policy, EU strategy for Africa, trade and development on agenda of informal Council of Leeds

Brussels, 21/10/2005 (Agence Europe) - Translating the EU's ambition to make a significant contribution to the achievement of the Millennium Development Objectives into reality will be a question for the EU ministers with responsibility for development issues, at the informal Council, to be held on Monday and Tuesday in Leeds (United Kingdom). Hillary Benn, British Secretary of State for International development, will chair the session. Louis Michel, Commissioner for Development policy,...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/CONSTITUTION: Duff and Voggenhuber propose " parliamentary forums" to stimulate debate (first in spring 2006, to prepare for June European Council) and consultative referendum on improved text
(EU) EU/HAITI: Commission and international donors confirm sustainable development commitment
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(EU) EU/TUNISIA/HUMAN RIGHTS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Health ministers acknowledge need for concerted response to human flu pandemic - Global action plan could be examined during formal meeting on 9 December
(EU) EU/BIRD FLU: EU extends embargo measures on imports of poultry from Russia and strengthens preventive measures
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Determination prevails at end of first round of talks on liberalisation of air services
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE-FISHERIES COUNCIL: Sugar, WTO, GMO and protection of hake and lobster stocks on agenda for meeting Monday and Tuesday
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: New European development policy, EU strategy for Africa, trade and development on agenda of informal Council of Leeds
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Institutional impasse, social model, budget, internal market and WTO - Ernest Antoine Selliere urges EU to be proactive
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Launch in Brussels on Monday of second European Climate Change Programme
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Screening with Turkey and Croatia will last till autumn 2006 but will not prevent opening of talks on first chapters in parallel
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(EU) EU/AVIAN FLU:
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN LEFT/SERVICES: Francis Wurtz takes stance in favour of rejecting services directive although he believes original principle is replaced by equally “diabolical” neo-liberal principle of mutual recognition
(EU) EU/TOURISM: Gunter Verheugen outlines ways of making European tourisms sustainable
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Erasmus Networks now cover nine-tenths of Europe's universities
(EU) EU/CULTURE:
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2006: EP to re-establish more ambitious level of funding for Lisbon Strategy and EU's external actions
(EU) EP/GLOBALISATION/BUDGET/CAP:
(EU) EU/ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: Moroccan authorities agreed to meet representatives of UNHCR
(EU) EU/ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: EU to create emergency fund of 20 million EUR
(EU) EU/TERRORISM: Further changes to EU's list
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Tax policy and revenue varies widely from one Member State to the next
(EU) EU/OECD: FATF welcomes UN resolution urging Member States to apply the FATF Forty Recommendations on money laundering and the Nine Special Recommendations on terrorist financing - Nauru is back on board
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