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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9148

10 March 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha/women
Franco Frattini hopes to restore visa obligation for some countries during World Cup Football to combat forced prostitution - move to prevent sexual exploitation of women

Brussels, 09/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday, European Justice Commissioner Franco Frattini floated the idea of bringing back the visa obligation for a number of countries during the period of the World Cup football tournament in June this year, in order to fight against forced prostitution in Germany. Speaking during a seminar at the European Parliament in Brussels, the Commissioner said he would suggest bringing back temporary visas for countries from whence the prostitutes come....

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Aims, ambitions and limits of the Commission's “Green Paper” on energy
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/AU/SUDAN: EU, US, UA and UN affirm African Union's key role in possible UN Darfur mission
(EU) EU/GEORGIA: Tiblissi wants European observers in South Ossetia
(EU) EU/TUNISIA: Europe is pleased about Tunisia's promises for greater political openness and good results of cooperation
(EU) EU/IRAN: IAEA formally sends Iranian nuclear dossier to UN Security Council
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: EFSA procedures for assessing risks of GMOs and EU decision-making process for authorising GMOs reviled by Council - Greater transparency and democracy wanted
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/SOCIAL: Mr Zapatero announces lifting of restrictions on free movement of workers
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Proposal to raise de minimis aid ceiling
(EU) EU/STATISTICS: Eurostat clarifies conditions for recording military equipment expenditure in national accounts
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/INTERNAL MARKET:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission suggests measures to help sector overcome current crisis
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT/SOCIAL COUNCIL: Adoption of key-messages for Spring Summit will focus social affairs ministers' attention
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Proposal to liberalise port services in European Union is dead and buried
(EU) EU/AIR TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/WTO: Crucial G-6 meeting in London this weekend to try to break deadlock in Doha negotiations
(EU) EU/RUSSIA/ENERGY: Barroso to meet Putin in Moscow on 17 March
(EU) EU/ENERGY/COUNCIL: Bartenstein and Wicks fully support Green Paper
(EU) EP/ENERGY/GREEN PAPER: Giles Chichester regrets key nuclear role is not highlighted
(EU) EU/ENERGY/SOCIAL PARTNERS: Industry gives green paper a welcome but points finger at shortcomings - unions very critical
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission to pick up EP's main amendments to “services” directive - parallel workshops in prospect
(EU) EU/EP/INTERNAL MARKET: Hungary, Poland Czech Republic and Netherlands unhappy with vote on “services” directive
(EU) EU/EP/WOMEN: On 8 March human rights sub-committee announced initiatives-polemic between MEPs on abortion
(EU) EU/JHA/WOMEN: Franco Frattini hopes to restore visa obligation for some countries during World Cup Football to combat forced prostitution - move to prevent sexual exploitation of women
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission proposes better control of firearms in line with UN protocol
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission launches public consultation on radio frequency ID tags to replace bar codes
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Two great unknowns in new composition of Court in October; French and German judges
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Economists' report puts forward several proposals and underlines need for EU to review its budget and monetary policy mix
(EU) EU/EESC/LISBON STRATEGY: In their message to Spring Summit, Anne-Marie Sigmund and Sandor Demjan say Lisbon Strategy must be “vision for Europe, a complex social modernisation project”, remain “global, forward-looking and ambitious” and be “useful to all citizens”
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