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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9198

24 May 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 41 / 42
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/eib €
500 million for urban and social renewal in France

Luxembourg, 23/05/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 22 May, the European Investment Bank (EIB), the French Ministry of Employment, Social Cohesion and Housing, the Agence nationale pour la rénovation urbaine (ANRU) and Dexia Crédit Local agreed on an urban and social renewal programme with a budget of €500 million as part of the French policy for towns and housing. The aim of the programme is to finance the investment of regional authorities (regions, departments, municipalities, etc.) having...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: constitutional treaty: recent developments and french contribution
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/PALESTINE: Council approves humanitarian aid of €34 million - Meeting to prepare international funding mechanism
(EU) EU/MONTENEGRO: EU calls on Podgorica and Belgrade to begin “direct dialogue on way ahead” as soon as possible
(EU) EU/INDIA:
(EU) EU/FRANCE/CONSTITUTION:
(EU) EU/CHARLEMAGNE PRIZE: Jacques Delors praises Jean-Claude Juncker
(EU) EU/FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS AGENCY: Austrian presidency hoping for agreement by 12 June on agency's competencies
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Seppo Kääriäinen seeks to promote better EU/NATO collaboration
(EU) EU/UN/TORTURE/USA: UN calls on US to close Guantanamo and stop using secret prisons
(EU) EP/HUMAN RIGHTS: Hoping for greater involvement, EP trusts future annual reports will comprise list of countries of particular concern
(EU) EP/ITALY: New MEPs after elections
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Failure of European Fisheries Fund - incoming Finnish Presidency inherits difficult dossier
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Council divided on labelling of organic products
(EU) EU/ITALY/EMU: New minister for economy, Padoa Schioppa, worried about country's public finances and will meet Almunia on Wednesday
(EU) EU/EU SUMMIT/RUSSIA: Eurochambres' demands for 25 May summit
(EU)EU/EFTA/COLOMBIA: Moves to greater trade cooperation between EFTA and Colombia
(EU) EU/LITHUANIA/EMU:
(EU) EU/JHA/LIBYA: Franco Frattini expresses satisfaction after visit to Libya
(EU) EU/AUDIOVISUAL/CULTURE: Adoption in Cannes of European film on-line charter - Viviane Reding awards Blaz Kutin “New Talent” prize
(EU) EU/FRAUD: Commission suggests improving OLAF investigations
(EU) EP/ENERGY: Parliament ratifies Energy Community Treaty but stipulates it must have social dimension
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Slight reduction in overall tax burden in 2004
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Ms Hübner in South-West of England
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/INSURANCE:
(EU) EU/REGIONS /STATISTICS: Regional GDP per inhabitant in the EU25 in 2003
(EU) EU/AUSTRIAN PRESIDENCY/SOCIAL/WOMEN: Maria Rauch-Kallat stresses role of social partners in setting wage levels - Vladimir Spidla announces communication on issue of gap between men's and women's pay
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN CITIZENSHIP:
(EU) EU/ARMAMENTS: Member States to rethink their acquisition systems
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Barroso and Figel open exhibition of contemporary works of art in Europe
(EU) EU/ICT/COPYRIGHT: CLRA denounces perverse effects of copyright levies collection system in Europe
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN MYTHS AND SYMBOLS:
(EU) EU/REGIONS/MUNICIPALITIES:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Public permitted to attend meeting of EU scientific committee for fisheries
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE/HEALTH: Members of French Academy of Medicine meet members of the Assembly of the Council of Europe
(EU) EP/MEDICINES:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: Galileo and European subsidiaries lose case against European Commission regarding use of great mathematician's name
(EU) EU/EIB €: 500 million for urban and social renewal in France
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 23/05/2006: