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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9054

22 October 2005
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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

Brussels, 21/10/2005 (Agence Europe) - Meeting informally to the north-west of London on Thursday evening, European Union health ministers discussed the state of European preparedness against bird flu and the risk of a human flu pandemic. Bulgaria, Romania, Croatia and Turkey as well as the World Health Organisation (WHO) were also represented during the meeting chaired by British Health Minister Patricia Hewitt. No decision was taken during the meeting which nonetheless allowed ministers to...

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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
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(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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