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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9115

24 January 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 38
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture council
Green light to national aid in favour of Cypriot farmers

Brussels, 23/01/2006 (Agence Europe) - In Brussels on 23 January, the agriculture Minister of the Member States of the EU decided to allow Cyprus to pay national aid of 39.33 million EUR to its heavily indebted farmers. This money will be used to pay back a proportion of the loans contracted by over 15,000 Cypriot farmers, due to "exceptional circumstances", to banks and other financial establishments. The United Kingdom, Sweden, Denmark and the Netherlands abstained at the vote in the...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Some reflections on the European Parliament vote on granting European citizenship to immigrants
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Commission welcomes decision to drop charges against novelist Orhan Pamuk but calls for greater freedom of speech
(EU) EU/WEU/NUCLEAR DETERRENCE/FRANCE: Following President Chirac's statements, Jean-Pierre Masseret wants governments and parliaments to debate the use of nuclear weapons
(EU) EU/FR ANCE/GERM ANY:
(EU) EU/KOSOVO: EU urges leaders of Kosovo to continue former President Ibrahim Rugova's path of peace
(EU) EU/BANGLADESH: First EU Troika visit to Bangladesh
(EU) EU/IVORY COAST: Javier Solana slams violence in Ivory Coast
(EU) EP/TERRORISM/CIA: Dick Marty publishes interim assessment on alleged CIA gulags in Europe
(EU) EU/SYRIA:
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN GERDARMERIE FORCE: Inauguration of European Gendarmerie Force Staff
(EU) EP/UEF/REFLECTION PERIOD: Federalists appeal to civil society
(EU) EU/ITALY: Padoa-Schioppa, Silvestri and Greco present fifteen points for Italy's European policy at IAI conference - Germano-Italian convergence as basis of re-launch of Union
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: Member States lend their support to action plan on biomass
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission to propose to bring down sugar production quotas to re-establish market balance
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: Green light to national aid in favour of Cypriot farmers
(EU) EU/VAT: Grasser hopes for "broad agreement" on reduced rates
(EU) EU/EMU/FRANCE:
(EU) EU/BIRD FLU:
(EU) EU/ENERGY/ECOFIN: France presents strategy for common energy policy ahead of Spring Summit
(EU) EU/EMU:
(EU) EU/WTO: Peter Mandelson says Doha trade round blockage 'is not in Brussels' and accuses net farm exporters of taking negotiations hostage
(EU) EU/POLAND/INTERNAL MARKET: Warsaw's blocking of HVB acquisition by UniCredit is violation of free movement of capital, Charlie McCreevy says, calling for explanations
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Villach Informal Summit stresses need to strengthen Europe's social dimension to rebuild citizens' confidence
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: At Villach informal summit, Belgian Minister Rudy Demotte suggests “a policy of social dynamics, that is, a social snake which will be the counterpart of the European currency snake” as way of taking social Europe forward
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/SOCIAL: Rehn argues for further opening of labour markets to nationals of new Member States
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Gunter Verheugen wants EU schools to teach entrepreneurship
(EU) EU/LISBON STRATEGY: Wednesday sees publication of Commission progress report ahead of Spring Summit
(EU) EU/INNOVATION: Expert group chaired by Esko Aho calls for measures to make European market more innovation-friendly
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET:
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: Parliament calls for tougher sustainable development strategy for next five years - Urgent action needed on all fronts
(EU) EP/WOMEN'S RIGHTS/LISBON: Further concrete actions to fight against sex inequality on employment market
(EU) EP/ENTREPRISE: Vlasto report on Charter of SMEs makes concrete proposals to reinforce its application
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Jan Figel in Cannes awards prizes to European artists for music best exported across national borders
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Europa Nostra expresses concern about attacks on Kosovo's cultural heritage
(EU) EU/RELIGION/CULTURE:
(EU) EU/CONFERENCES: Conferences and seminars in February 2006
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 671
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