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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9142

2 March 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/south africa
Commissioner Louis Michel and President Thabo Mbeki lay foundations of strategic EU-South Africa partnership

Brussels, 01/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - In Pretoria on Tuesday evening, Development Policy Commissioner Louis Michel and Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa, discussed ways of upgrading the EU-South Africa partnership to a strategic level. The EU-South Africa Joint Cooperation Council of November 2005 (see EUROPE 9064) ended with the shared wish to take a qualitative step forward in bilateral relations between partners in a cooperation, development and trade agreement, signed in 1999 and...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Energy: Let's bring a bit of calm and lucidity to battle on takeovers
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CYPRUS: Commission welcomes technical dialogue between two communities and prospect of resuming talks under auspices of UN
(EU) EU/ISRAEL: Tzipi Livi tells Ursula Plassnik of her government's stance on financial transfers to Palestinian Authority
(EU) EU/IRAN/NUCLEAR: Uncertainty over outcome of Russian-Iranian talks in Moscow
(EU) EU/JHA/TERRORISM/CIA: Incomplete responses from Italy, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Macedonia and Poland on “secret detentions and rendition flights”
(EU) EU/BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: General Leakey believes cooperation between European civilian and military actors in Bosnia-Herzegovina can be improved
(EU) EU/BURMA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECONOMY/BUDGETS: Poland's budgetary strategy disappoints Commission, which is soon to relaunch excessive deficit proceedings -Similar sanctions for Germany, on notice to correct its deficit by end 2007
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Unemployment remains stable in euro-zone and EU-25
(EU) EU/EMU:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: “Added value of European Adjustment Fund for Globalisation is social value, social responsibility, solidarity”, affirms president Barroso, who calls for “proactive attitude to globalisation” - Vladimir Spidla says “these funds do not constitute compensation for unemployment” - Peter Mandelson, “we need to embrace globalisation not block it”
(EU) EU/COMPETITION/ENERGY: Barroso says “think European”
(EU) EU/COMPETITION/ENERGY: Giulio Tremonti and Neelie Kroes want to avoid asymmetry in liberalisation of energy markets
(EU) EU/ENERGY/UNIONS: John Monks stresses need for coherent European energy policy to Group on Competitiveness, Energy and the Environment
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission says France still failing to comply with EU rules on immature hake
(EU) EU/AVIAN FLU: Italy to pay out EUR 100 million and France EUR 52 million to poultry sector - Bahamas may be affected by avian flu - other diseases
(EU) EU/AVIAN FLU:
(EU) EU/SOUTH AFRICA: Commissioner Louis Michel and President Thabo Mbeki lay foundations of strategic EU-South Africa partnership
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Piebalgs and Khristenko want to launch joint energy efficiency initiative
(EU) EU/WTO: Start of multilateral negotiations on services
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: France reacts to Commission concern about decree on monitoring foreign investment
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Inflation at 2.4% in euro-zone in January
(EU) EU/INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY/CHINA:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/ZIMBABWE: EUR 15.8 million for new European development fund health programme in Zimbabwe
(EU) EU/WORLD BANK/AFRICA: Commission welcomes creation of Africa Catalytic Growth Fund
(EU) EU/USA: Boyden Gray - Ambassador to EU
(EU) EP/RUSSIA/DISCRIMINATION:
(EU) EP/TRANSPARENCY: MEPs press Council of ministers to open doors
(EU) EP/LIBYA: Simon Busuttil argues for greater cooperation with Libya on illegal immigration
(EU) EP/ECONOMY/DEVELOPMENT:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: State of play with EU aviation negotiations
(EU) EU/AUTOMOBILES: ETSC welcomes "intelligent car" initiative
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Council President Hans Winkler backs Committee campaign for territorial cooperation law
(EU) EU/LISBON STRATEGY: EEB, ETUC and Social NGOs Conference
(EU) EU/LISBON STRATEGY: Eurochambres calls for annual debates between EP and national parliaments before Spring Summits
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(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY:
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