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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9109

14 January 2006
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/iran/nuclear programme
Europe defends its stance on Teheran's nuclear programme - EU-3, United States, China and Russia meet in London

Brussels, 13/01/2006 (Agence Europe) - Tired of Iran's “concealment and deception” during more than two years of intense diplomatic wrangling over Teheran's nuclear programme, the EU-3 (Germany, France and the United Kingdom) decided on Thursday to take the matter to the UN Security Council in order to strengthen the authority of the International Atomic Energy Agency's resolutions (see EUROPE 9108). While confirming its pledge to resolve the matter through diplomatic means, the EU-3...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Jacques Delors sets out conditions for reviving Europe
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/CONSITUTION: Duff and Voggenhuber call on European Parliament to fill 'space' left by Council but admit that colleagues do not share their idea of limited review of the text, keeping the constitutional core
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE/DENMARK: Anders Fogh Rasmussen echoes Wolfgang Schussel's criticisms of over-powerful European Court of Justice
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/FRANCE: Nicolas Sarkozy wants shortened constitution to be submitted to French National Assembly for approval after fact-finding tour of European capitals
(EU) EU/LIBERIA: Louis Michel to visit Liberia for the investiture of Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, first woman to be elected President on the African continent
(EU) EU/UNO/BELARUS: UN Special Rapporteur says human rights situation continues to worsen in Belarus
(EU) EU/OSCE: Frozen conflicts and organised crime priorities for 2006 says OSCE Presidency
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Austria's priorities are EU civil and military operations, civilian-military coordination and the Balkans
(EU) EU/IRAN/NUCLEAR PROGRAMME: Europe defends its stance on Teheran's nuclear programme - EU-3, United States, China and Russia meet in London
(EU) EU/SOMALIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: EU25 agrees on idea of European intervention teams for illegal aliens - Measures to combat illegal immigration through publication of list of safe countries
(EU) EU/AVIAN FLU: Commission pledges 80 million euros to help developing countries fight bird flu
(EU) EU/AVIAN FLU: No new EU measures except extending embargo on bird imports - warning on Turkey
(EU) EU/TRADE: Anti-dumping committee opens road to measures against imports of Chinese footwear
(EU) EU/GMO: marketing of three new varieties of genetically modified maize by American group Monsanto is authorised
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Strategy for urban environment
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Flexicurity and social dimension of revised Lisbon Strategy central to work of EU social Troika and informal Council of 19-20 January in Villach
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Fifth edition of European Innovation Scoreboard reveals Union is far from full potential and still lagging behind United States and Japan
(EU) EP/FIRST PLENARY OF 2006: Chancellor Schussel to outline Austrian Presidency's programme - Statements on energy supply - Voting on Equitable Life investigative committee and temporary committee investigating CIA prisons in Europe - Battle hots up over Port Services Directive
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Picasso family loses case against DaimlerChrysler over use of 'Picaro'
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Promotion of agricultural products in EU
(EU) EU/REGIONAL/BULGARIA: Commission proposes 20.35 million euros in aid following flood disasters in Bulgaria
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: 2.5 million euros for vulnerable sections of Yemeni population
(EU) EU/MULTILINGUALISM: EU enlargement entails new interpreting needs - AIIC says trend towards “everything in English” leads to cultural impoverishment
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Companies unwittingly party to carousel fraud are entitled to reimbursement of input VAT paid
(EU) EU/EFTA: Carl Baudenbacher re-elected President of the EFTA Court
(EU) EU/CALENDAR: Major European events, 16-24 January 2006
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