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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9062

5 November 2005
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/emu
Estonia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia are furthest ahead in preparations to adopt euro, but all must speed up pace

Brussels, 04/11/2005 (Agence Europe) - On 4 October, the Commission adopted the second report on preparations for the adoption of the euro by the Member States without an opt-out (the 10 Member States which joined the Union in the most recent wave of enlargement plus Sweden), a report which aims to "ensure that when the decision to adopt the euro is taken, all conditions are fulfilled", Joaquin Almunia told the press. These decisions depend on respect for the Maastricht criteria, which the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Europe's energy policy: ambitions and obstacles
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: Council on Monday will discuss 2007-2013 Financial Perspectives and WTO negotiations on Doha Round - Discussion of Kosovo with Martti Ahtisaari - EU's reaction to Iran
(EU) EU/TERRORISM/EUROPE: European Commission in state of alert to row over secret CIA prisons in Europe
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(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE/FRANCE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EMU: Estonia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia are furthest ahead in preparations to adopt euro, but all must speed up pace
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Ministers to look at cut-rate VAT on Tuesday and decide on Hungary's excess budget deficit
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL/BUDGET: Council to take position on Tuesday on improving controls on budget expenditure -Josep Borrell writes to Tony Blair
(EU) EU/WTO/SUGAR: EU has until 22 May 2006 to come into line with WTO verdict against European support regime for sugar exports
(EU) EU/STATE AID /TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/CHINA: Mandelson and Bo discuss global business, bilateral trade and the Doha Round
(EU) EU/MEDICINES: Commission preparing a G10+ - Commissioner Kyprianou's dream of single European price - Pharmaceutical industry suggests applying G10 recommendations to get ball rolling
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: European Environment Bureau publishes reference guide for better and implementation of environmental legislation
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Experience of European CIVITAS programme in towns to develop clean urban transport must be of benefit to new Member States
(EU) EP/FOOD SAFETY: Green light at first reading to revision of legislation on food additives, adapting it to latest scientific data
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: Parliament in favour of changes to directive on construction plant noise and other outside equipment
(EU) EU/EQUALITY: Informal ministerial meetings on challenges facing women in the workplace
(EU) EU/EESC/COMMISSION: Anne-Marie Sigmund and José Manuel Barroso to sign new strengthened and more political protocol of cooperation
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(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Leader in European research, Germany rakes in 20% of Community funding
(EU) OECD/RESEARCH: Offshoring of research is in fashion, OECD report states - China outclasses Europe
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(EU) EU/REGIONS/SOCIAL DIALOGUE: Budapest conference says social dialogue must be strengthened in new EU Member States and candidate countries
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Arc Manche establishes a Regional Assembly, with Alain le Vern from Upper Normandy as President
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(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Emergence of shared knowledge societies will be key to new, 'intelligent', sustainable human development
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