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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9100

31 December 2005
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 31
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) banking

Spain's biggest bank, SANTANDER, is considering buying back control of British bank ABBEY's credit card operations in a move that could cost it at least £289 mil (EUR 421 mil). SANTANDER has issued 15 million cards worldwide.

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
: Our offices will be closed on 2 January 2006 for the New Year holidays. Newsletter EUROPE 9101 will be dated 4 January 2006 - We wish you a Happy New Year for 2006!
(EU) EU/BULGARIA: Serguey Stanishev meets Chancellor Schussel and Heinz Fischer in Vienna - Franco Frattini to visit Bulgaria in January
(EU) EU/IRAN/NUCLEAR: Iran softens stance and considers Russian nuclear offer
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Relaxing of penal code? New developments in Orhan Pamuk case - Abdulla Gul criticises legal proceedings against MEP Joost Lagendijk
(EU) EU/UN: British Presidency welcomes agreement to set up a Peacebuilding Commission at the United Nations
(EU) EU/LEBANON/UN:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Meeting with Austrian Presidency on 9 January - Weekly meeting on 11 January to focus on British deficit and GMOs
(EU) EU/ECB/ITALY: European Central Bank and European Commission welcome appointment of Mario Draghi's appointment as governor of the Bank of Italy following Antonio Fazio's resignation
(EU) EU/ECB: First Governing Council meeting on 12 January - Meeting in Madrid in June and Paris in October
(EU) EU/EIB: Philippe Maystadt's term of office as EIB President is renewed
(EU) EU/RUSSIA/ENERGY: 25% of natural gas consumed in EU comes from Russia
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EP/JANUARY PLENARY: European Constitution, Austrian Presidency, citizenship, human trafficking, Neighbourhood Policy, Chechnya, assassination of Rafiq Hariri, WTO, sugar and air travel
(EU) EU/SPORT: Commission proposes to build on success of European Year of Education through Sport
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Culture 2000 Programme supports 217 pan-European projects in 2005
(EU) EU/DRUGS:
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Increasing recognition of women's work
(EU) EU/AUSTRIAN PRESIDENCY: Controversy surrounding obscene posters
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Privatisation:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Steel:
(EU) Cars:
(EU) Hotel and catering:
(EU) Robots:
(EU) Electronics:
(EU) Electronics:
(EU) Agri-food:
(EU) Holding:
SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Documents No. 2429: 15/16 December European Council - New EU Strategy for Africa
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 29/12/2005: