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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9134

18 February 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 31
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/services
Reasons for saying yes or no to the compromise

Brussels, 17/02/2006 (Agence Europe) - During the vote on the amended draft services directive after the adoption of the Gebhardt report (see EUROPE 9133), some political groups were united and others divided. Among the 213 no votes, the Greens/EFA group voted against en bloc, the GUE/NGL almost (Swede Sjöstedt abstained), similarly Independence and Democracy (Czech Zelezny abstained), whereas the Union for a Europe of Nations group voted against the new Member States' MEPs (except the...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Benefits and ambiguity in European Parliament's version services directive
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: EU to pursue aid to Palestinians pending composition and programme of new government, Solana says - Disagreement with Israel
(EU) EU/FRANCE/CONSTITUTION: Nicolas Sarkozy restates proposals for lighter constitutional treaty and a six-party motor for driving EU forward
(EU) EU/IRAN:
(EU) EU/BELARUS: EP concerned about political repression and failure to respect fundamental rights - Situation seems to be deteriorating ahead of 19 March presidential elections
(EU) EP/GUANTANAMO: Parliament calls for closure of American detention centre
(EU) EP/ARMENIA/AZERBAIJAN: Parliament indignant at destruction of Armenian cemetery of Djulfa
(EU) EP/SRI LANKA:
(EU) EP/ISLAM: MEPs laud freedom of expression and religious belief while condemning violence in the Muslim world
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE-FISHERIES COUNCIL: Avian influenza, animal welfare and biofuels on Monday's agenda
(EU) EU/BIRD FLU: New outbreaks in Germany
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Further ECDC recommendations on tackling bird flu
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Justice, visa reciprocity and safe countries feature at Tuesday's JHA Council
(EU) EU/ASYLUM: Commission hopes to boost convergence of Member States' asylum practices
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Commission's inauguration of "European Year of Workers' Mobility" on Monday
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES: Few results can be expected from trilogue on 21 February - Presidency takes up European Council decisions
(EU) EU/WTO: Little progress is made on services in Geneva
(EU) EU/TRADE: Mandelson's response to Nath on Mittal Steel bid
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT/TRANSPORT: Defenders of environment and human rights welcome decision to recall aircraft carrier Clémenceau as moral victory
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: ECTA approves Commission's measures on roaming but urges it to evaluate whole of market
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Commission threatens banking industry with regulatory intervention unless it speeds up SEPA implementation
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) EP/SERVICES: Reasons for saying yes or no to the compromise
(EU) EP/SERVICES/SOCIAL PARTNERS: Gebhardt Report broadly welcomed - a few requests for improvements
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/CONSTITUENT SESSION: Michel Delebarre is elected new Committee president
(EU) EU/ENTERPRISE/EDUCATION:
TIMETABLE
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SUPPLEMENT
“EUROPE”/Documents N° 2432: Human Rights in the world: Parliament wants a clause on human rights inserted in all EU agreements
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