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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9054

22 October 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/education
Erasmus Networks now cover nine-tenths of Europe's universities

Brussels, 21/10/2005 (Agence Europe) - In 2005, the number of European Universities taking part in the ERASMUS University Cooperation scheme rose to an impressive 87% of all European universities, across 31 countries (the 25 EU Member States, Bulgaria, Turkey, Liechtenstein, Iceland and Norway), explains the European Commission. The success of the inter-university cooperation partnerships supported confirms the power of the ERASMUS scheme to integrate and network Europe's higher education...

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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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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) 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
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(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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