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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9130

14 February 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 31 / 37
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/committee of the regions/february plenary session

13/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - On the agenda for the Committee of the Regions plenary session (see EUROPE 9129), the opinion from Bernd Vögerle (PES, Austria) is on “Doing more with less: Green Paper on energy efficiency” and the one from Bernard Soulanges (PES, France) is on “Public Passenger Transport by rail and road”.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Debate on the Bolkestein directive, a victory for European democracy
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/ISLAM: Solana stresses EU has never wanted to offend Muslims - Denmark withdraws diplomats from Iran, Syria and Indonesia
(EU) EU/KOSOVO: EU welcomes election of Kosovo's new president
(EU) EU/IRAN/NUCLEAR: Teheran affirms attachment to NPT - Russia-Iran meeting on Thursday to discuss Russian compromise proposal
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE/BELGIUM: Five missions of “United States of Europe” according to Guy Verhofstadt
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AVIAN FLU: Presence of highly pathogenic virus is confirmed in wild birds in Greece, Italy and Bulgaria - analyses underway in Slovenia and Bulgaria
(EU) EU/EQUALITY/LISBON: France, Sweden, Spain, Denmark, Finland and Czech Republic suggest Spring Summit should approve European Pact for Gender Equality
(EU) EU/ECONOMY/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Immediate action required on challenges of ageing population in Europe, stresses Commission report
(EU) EU/EDUCATION/ENTREPRISE: Member States should include entrepreneurship in their school programmes, Commission recommends
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: IATA calls on Commission to examine airports' tariff practices
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/TRADE: EU to relaunch sanctions over FSC
(EU) EU/WTO: Brazil prepared to make concessions to move Doha negotiations forward, promises President Lula
(EU) EU/MERGERS: Yes to acquisition of Erdemir by Arcelor and Oyak
(EU) EU/UN/CONGO: UN and Commission launch appeal for humanitarian action in 2006 for Congo ($681 million)
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY: First meeting of EnginEurope group aims to strengthen competitiveness in European machine manufacturing
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Agreement between ITER partners
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Commission launches third call for security research proposals
(EU) EU/HISTORY:
(EU) EU/DEFENCE/RESEARCH: European defence agency identifies first series of themes and priorities for research
(EU) EU/G8/FINANCE: Little progress on energy security after stormy debate
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Legal statistics for 2006
(EU) EU/ITALY/LANGUAGES: Italian Representation's website for defending role of Italian in EU
(EU) EP/COMMUNITY LAW/GREENS:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: First meeting of high-level consultative group on integration of ethnic minorities, particularly Roma, into society
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/REGIONAL: Eurocities seminar on cities and challenge of integration
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Mobile telephone operators condemn Commission's action on roaming
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Inland navigation congress in Vienna on 13-15 February
(EU) EU/ECONOMY/TAXATION:
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/FEBRUARY PLENARY SESSION:
(EU) EU/REGIONAL:
(EU) EU/EESC/LISBON STRATEGY: Conference on improving national ownership of Lisbon Strategy, with Ferenc Gyurcsany, José Manuel Barroso, Maria Joao Rodrigues and Wolfgang Schüssel
(EU) EU/BUSINESS/WOMEN: Success of CH.A.S.E. project against gender stereotyping in employment
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/HEALTH/DEMOGRAPHICS:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 674
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