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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/spring summit/protectionism

Heads of State carefully avoid discussing economic protectionism - Chirac stresses France's openness

Brussels, 24/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - Although the theme of economic protectionism hovered over the pre-Spring Summit, the subject was finally not brought up in discussions between Heads of State and Government. The European Council kept scrupulously to its agenda thus, at least for now, thwarting a polemic fuelled in recent days by the draft letter from Italian Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti (EUROPE 9157 and 9158). “The term was not brought up in the debate at all”, Austrian...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/SPRING SUMMIT: EU25 agree on priority areas and ambitious targets for implementation of Lisbon Strategy - Austrian Presidency and European Commission express satisfaction
(EU) EP/SPRING SUMMIT/ENERGY: Common energy policy for Europe takes on board most proposals in Green Paper on Energy
(EU) EU/SUMMIT/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Controversial debate between foreign ministers - Special meeting in April
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN UNION/ENLARGEMENT: Jacques Chirac is in favour of enlargement when Union absorption capacity allows
(EU) EU/SPRING SUMMIT/SERVICES: Summit notes Commission's intention to base amended draft directive largely on way EP vote went
(EU) EU/SPRING SUMMIT/SPAIN: Support for Spain following ETA's ceasefire announcement
(EU) EU/SPRING SUMMIT/PROTECTIONISM: Heads of State carefully avoid discussing economic protectionism - Chirac stresses France's openness
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/BELARUS: EU hardens tone towards Belarus
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/LANGUAGES/FRANCE:
(EU) EUROPEAN COUNCIL:
(EU) EP/EUROMED:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EP/JHA/TERRORISM/CIA: Victim and journalist statements 'provide considerable evidence that 'extraordinary renditions' had taken place in Europe' - Claudio Fava convinced that Italian and Swedish authorities were involved in illegal renditions
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION/G6: Interior Ministers considering “integration contracts”
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Danuta Hübner discusses implementation of Structural Funds with Cypriot delegation
(EU) EU/BIRD FLU: EU reviews measures to combat virus
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE/INDUSTRY: Parliament wants EU to produce crops for non-food use
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: Parliament in favour of 233 million euro consumer action programme 2007-2013, separate from health action programme
(EU) EP/CONSUMERS: MEPs restore nutritional profile and authorisation procedure in proposal for regulation on nutrition and health claims
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION/ENERGY: Suez calls on Enel to clarify its intentions
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(EU) EU/LISBON STRATEGY/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/UNITED STATES:
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN COUNCIL/LANGUAGES:
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: IIMG's first interim report identifies several uncertainties surrounding Lamfalussy Process
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: MEPs query legal value of statement on MiFID draft implementing measures
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Commission reaches agreement with EFRAG over work programme on international accounting standards
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission asks Malta to end two off score tax schemes
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
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(EU) EU/UNITED STATES:
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