login
login

Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9132

16 February 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 20 / 31
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/services
MEPs for and against PES-EPP/ED compromise

Strasbourg, 15/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - Supporters and opponents of the Gebhardt-Harbour compromise clashed during the extended debate on Tuesday evening at the parliament on the “services” directive (see other articles and EUROPE 9131). This solution, according to Jacques Toubon (EPP-ED, France) “”constitutes a block on social dumping…is based on subsidiarity…it is a genuine compromise”. Toubon also said that “the European Parliament draft takes the monopoly away from the...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: two good reasons for approving the revised “services” directive
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/AUSTRIAN PRESIDENCY: President Fischer in favour of European referendums where result would be acquired if majority of all voters and majority of Member States say “yes” - Emphasis should be placed on social and cultural dimension and education
(EU) EP/ISLAM: MEPs, Commission and Council insist on genuine dialogue to overcome crisis following caricatures of Muhammed
(EU) EP/IRAN: Parliament calls for unity among international community and for Iranian nuclear dossier to be resolved by diplomacy
(EU) EU/IRAN: Ms Plassnik calls on Teheran to give up uranium enrichment and hopes for "positive development" in EU-Iran relations
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/MIDDLE EAST: Washington shows solidarity with Danish government and Europeans over cartoon ruckus - A “positive signal” to Hamas
(EU) EU/GREECE:
(EU) EU/COTE D'IVOIRE:
(EU) OSCE/ISLAM:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES 2007-2013: Commission's seven detailed proposals for Trialogue of 21 February
(EU) EU/BIRD FLU: Bird flu spreading quickly among wild birds within European Union
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EP/ENERGY:
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET: Evelyne Gebhardt says compromise negotiated between PES/EPP-ED group holding firm
(EU) EU/COMPETITION/TRANSPORT: Commission inquiry into presumed cartel in air-freight sector mounts inspections on company premises
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION/ARCELOR:
(EU) EP/SOCIAL/TEMPORARY WORK:
(EU) EU/EP/CLIMATE: EU celebrates first anniversary of Kyoto Protocol, eyes riveted on additional measures to be taken and international regime to be negotiated for post-2012
(EU) EP/SERVICES: MEPs for and against PES-EPP/ED compromise
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Parliament overwhelmingly approves agreement with Council on directive to protect workers against risks from optical radiation
(EU) EP/JHA/VISAS: EP adopts new legislation to facilitate “small-scale cross-border traffic”
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Parliament supports extension of special access regimes for North Sea fisheries
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Approval of fishing agreement between EU and Salomon Islands
(EU) EP/AIR TRANSPORT: Towards a Community licence for air traffic controllers
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Land Oberösterreich and Austrian government challenge EU Tribunal decision on use of GMOs in Upper Austria
(EU) EP/LIBERALS:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT/ENVIRONMENT: Plans to transfer road freight transport to inland waterways must not threaten ecosystems, warns WWF
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission allocates 900,000 euro in for Sahrawi refugee camps in Algeria
(EU) EU/EDUCATION/BUSINESS:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 15/02/2006: