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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9072

22 November 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 38 / 39
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT / European library
No. 663

*** CLAUDE DIDRY, ARNAUD MIAS: Le Moment Delors. Les syndicats au cœur de l'Europe sociale. Presses Interuniversitaires Européennes - Peter Lang (1 av. Maurice, B-1050 Brussels. E-mail: info@peterlang.com - Internet: www.peterlang.net). "Travail & Société" series, No. 48. 2005, 349 pp. ISBN 90-5201-274-1.

Has 'Social Europe' fallen out of favour with national politicians and the chattering classes? Not a week goes by, at any rate, without calls for the European project to be amended...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: A few more comments on the reshuffle in the services of the European Commission
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA: SAA talks can begin - Positive evaluation of police mission - Althea 'should remain broadly unchanged for the coming year'
(EU) EU/IRAQ: Council criticises 'bad treatment' of Iraqi prisoners
(EU) EU/IRAN: Thursday's IAEA board meeting will be decisive for continuation of talks on nuclear issue
(EU) EU/ESDP/MIDDLE EAST: EU civilian mission to be operational at Rafah border crossing allowing it to be opened on 25 November
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT:
(EU) EU/EXERCISE: EU discovers new kind of exercise in MILEX 05
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: EU military capabilities have not made significant progress over last six months
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: EU completes timetable for battlegroups
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY/DEFENCE: Green light to code of conduct liberalising armament market, minus Spain
(EU) EP/EMPA/EUROMED: Extraordinary session of Assembly marked by willingness to prove auguries of "Clash of civilisations" wrong - Israel threatens to leave Assembly
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/FRANCE:
(EU) EP/BURMA: EP wants sanctions and for UN Secretary General to mediate - EU High Level Envoy to work for release of political prisoners
(EU) EU/NUCLEAR WEAPONS: EP opposes new generation of mini nukes and bunker busters and calls on Iran to take action to regain international community's confidence
(EU) EU/PHILIPPINES/HUMAN RIGHTS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/WTO: Peter Mandelson does not rule out further farm concessions at Hong Kong Summit if pace of negotiations speeds up
(EU) EP/ACP:
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES: Member States await detailed compromise of UK Presidency with impatience and concern
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES COUNCIL: Ministers hope to agree on sugar reform Wednesday or Thursday - WTO and Baltic Sea fisheries also on agenda
(EU) EU/REGIONAL/FRANCE: Danuta Hübner discusses urban violence with Catherine Colonna and Catherine Vautrin - Further meeting between French services and EU on 24 November
(EU) UE/IMMIGRATION/ITALY: Franco Frattini pleads in favour of creation of European Naval Brigade
(EU) EU/HEALTH: EMEA and FDA ask Roche for additional data on Tamiflu
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET:
(EU) EU/ECB: ECB prepares to raise interest rates for eurozone as MEPs express concern about impact on growth
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET: Evelyne Gebhardt expects close vote on scope of services directive and country of origin
(EU) EP/KASHMIR: EP calls for swift deployment of all aid needed for those hit by earthquake
(EU) EP/AFRICA: Parliament gives green light to strategy for Africa
(EU) EP/NUCLEAR: Harms report on use of financial resources for decommissioning of nuclear power plants - Greens refuse to sign bad cheque for EUR 400 million for closure of two units of Bohunice power plant
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Updating regulations on wine, hops and seeds
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) EP/ANIMAL WELFARE: Proposed directive on humane animal trapping standards rejected
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Vladimir Spidla and Mihael Brejc call for more proactive approach to globalisation and its consequences - Support for fairer, more social globalisation at service of mankind's needs
(EU) EU/TRADE UNIONS/TEXTILES: Trade unions call for measures to protect jobs
(EU) EU/EIB/ENVIRONMENT: EUR 50 mil for construction of waste treatment and processing facilities in Lille, France
(EU) EU/MEDICINE:
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/OCDE/TAXATION:
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