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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/development/air transport

ERA forwards counter-proposal to contribution on airline tickets

Brussels, 06/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - Opposed to a contribution on top of the price of airline tickets, which is set to see the day in France and a few other countries in the EU to go towards development aid (EUROPE 9143), the aviation industry has proposed another means of increasing aid from the developed to the poorest countries. Rather than taxing the aviation transport sector, the European Regions Airline Association (ERA) has suggested investing in the development of transport...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Energy: Europe must make its political ambitions known over next few months, but technical choices require much further study and effort
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CFSP/DEMOCRACY: European Union election observation missions among “most effective instruments for democratisation”, says Ms Ferrero-Waldner - No overlap with OSCE in belarus and Ukraine
(EU) EU/IRAN/NUCLEAR: IAEA hopes for last-gasp agreement
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Consultations on human rights - EU concerns regarding “impunity and lack of rule of law” in Chechnya and North Caucasus
(EU) EU/AUSTRIAN PRESIDENCY/BALKANS: According to Ursula Plassnik, informal Salzburg meeting should highlight European vocation in Balkans
(EU) EU/PAKISTAN/CARTOONS:
(EU) EP/INTERNAL REFORM: Conference of Presidents on 9 March to discuss proposals from President Borrell with aim of making Parliament's work more easily understood and lively and sessions better attended
(EU) EUCONSTITITION/FRANCE: Initiative for relaunching ratificiation
(EU) EU/TRANSNISTRIA: Javier Solana welcomes entry into force of declaration on customs between Ukraine and Moldova
(EU) EU/LEBANON:
(EU) EU/FEDERALISTS/CONSTITUTION:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: Orientations debate on EU GMO policy, spring summit, climate change, thematic strategies on 9 March session agenda
(EU) EU/AUSTRIAN PRESIDENCY/SUBSIDIARITY: Conference on “Europe begins at home” on 18 and 19 April
(EU) EU/ACP: Commissioner Michel in Ouagadoudou to reactivate 10th EDF programming
(EU) EU/AVIAN INFLUENZA: Bouches-du-Rhône affected by avian flu - Precautionary measures in Poland
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Measures against swine fever in Germany are stepped up
(EU) EU/INFORMATION society: Viviane Reding welcomes launch of technological platform Artemis
(EU) EU/AUDIOVISUALS: Good showing for MEDIA-supported films at Oscars, says Commissioner Reding
(EU) EU/WOMEN: according to Eurostat, women in EU25 live on average six years longer than men and work more hours per day - More women (9.6%) than men (7.6%) unemployed in January 2006
(EU) EP/HOUSING/URBAN VIOLENCE:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/CHILDHOOD: Publishing latest report on children's rights in EU, Euronet network calls for greater protection for children in Europe without Borders
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Member States agree to 2.5 million tonne cut to their sugar production
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: According to Danuta Hübner, “regional actors must get beyond their differences to ensure success of innovation”
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT/REGIONS: Motorways of the sea should not be abandoned, says conference of Peripheral Maritime Regions of Europe
(EU) EU/FISHERIES/MARITIME TRANSPORT: Commissioner Borg visits UK
(EU) EU/EMU: Persistent differences between euro-zone Member States should provide incentive to meet more sophisticated criteria for adoption of single currency, Bruegel study stresses - Statements by Estonian prime minister and president of Lithuania's central bank
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT/AIR TRANSPORT: ERA forwards counter-proposal to contribution on airline tickets
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(EU) EU/EESC/LISBON STRATEGY: Conference on national ownership of Lisbon strategy, with Laszlo Kovacs and Maria João Rodrigues
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(EU) EU/MOTOR INDUSTRY/ICT: FIA welcomes “smart car” strategy
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