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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9147
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/tibet

Green MEPs call for appointment of special European Commission envoy

Brussels, 08/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - Returning from a visit to the Tibetan refugee community in northern India, three members of the Greens/EFA group of the European Parliament - Eva Lichtenberger of Austria, Milan Horacek of Germany and Sepp Kusstatscher of Italy - call on the European Commission yet again to appoint a Special Envoy for Tibet. MEPs, who were in the region with a delegation of the Tibet Intergroup from the European Parliament, call, moreover, for strengthened European aid...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: With its increasingly important role, Parliament is creating new problems and challenges for itself
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Friday and Saturday's informal meeting in Salzburg set to be dominated by Balkans, Middle East and dialogue between cultures
(EU) EU/POLAND/CONSTITUTION: Polish President in favour of starting Constitutional debate on Europe again "from scratch" - "Time not yet ripe" for European Foreign Minister
(EU) EP/UN REFORM: MEPs against "pause for reflection" called for by United States on creation of Human Rights Council
(EU) EP/BELARUS:
(EU) EP/TERRORISM/CIA: Italian and Belgian secret services reportedly did not know about CIA activity in Europe - MEPs do not like what they hear
(EU) EP/EUROMED: Policy committee prepares EMPA plenary for end of March in Brussels
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Commission adopts its draft European energy strategy defining basis for common policy and heart of objectives triangle: “security, competitiveness and sustainability”
(EU) EU/AVIAN FLU: Very real danger of H5N1 virus appearing in Australia, USA and Canada
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Clarifications on lifting embargo on British beef
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Martin Power says Commission expected to present its amended proposal on “services directive” on 4 April
(EU) EU/COMPETITION/POLAND: Double warning for Poland for preventing Unicredit/HVB merger
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY/COMMISSION:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET/ENERGY: Madrid defends strengthened power of national regulator - Enel discusses counter-offer on Suez
(EU) EU/STATE AID/TRANSPORT: Commission authorises EUR 25 million to save Volare from bankruptcy
(EU) EU/STATE AID/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EP/ALGERIA: Visiting Algiers, President Borrell calms Algerian fears about consequences of association agreement
(EU) EP/TIBET: Green MEPs call for appointment of special European Commission envoy
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN/SPAIN:
(EU) EU/LISBON STRATEGY/INDUSTRY: Lakshmi Mittal and Guy Dollé to attend European Business Summit before European Council
(EU) EU/SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Coalition of 10 environmental NGOs launches pragmatic programme for sustainable development in EU - for an ambitious revised strategy
(EU) EU/GMO/ENVIRONMENT: Friends of the Earth says WTO's introductory verdict on GMO dispute does not condemn EU
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/EP/WOMEN: On 8 March, European Institutions chart the distance covered, and point to progress still to be made
(EU) EP/WOMEN/TURKEY: TUSIAD Seminar on “Women in Turkey - women business leaders speak
(EU) EU/SPRING SUMMIT/SOCIAL: Solidar letter to Chancellor Schüssel - Solidar and ETUC support European pact for gender equality
(EU) EU/CORPORATE LAW: EFCG clarifies 'comply or explain' principle - further study to examine "one share one vote" concept
(EU) EU/PUBLIC PROCUREMENT:
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