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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9201

31 May 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 8 / 27
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/internal market
Almost unanimous political agreement on "Services" directive one year after French rejection of Constitution - Compromise born of "collective spirit" for some, "precarious" for others

Brussels, 30/05/06 (Agence Europe) - After more than eight hours of negotiations, the 25 Economy Ministers of the EU reached political agreement on Monday evening on the proposed directive on services in the internal market. One by one, almost all of the delegations (Germany, Cyprus, Denmark, Spain, Estonia, France, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Czech Republic, Slovenia and Sweden) indicated that they supported the compromise text in the last tour de table. No...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: WTO Trade Talks - European Commission must not forget restrictions on its remit when offering EU concessions
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/RELIGIONS: Exchange of views with religious leaders
(EU) EP/CFSP: Javier Solana provides national and European parliamentarians with update on international situation
(EU) EU/NATO: EU delegation in Kabul under ISAF protection
(EU) EU/JHA/HUMAN RIGHTS: Amnesty International exposes human rights deficit in Europe
(EU) EU/JHA/TERRORISM: Iraq has had negative impact on war against terror in Europe
(EU) EU/TUNISIA: Ban on League of Human Rights Congress - PES calls for relations with Tunis to be “reconsidered”
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Almost unanimous political agreement on "Services" directive one year after French rejection of Constitution - Compromise born of "collective spirit" for some, "precarious" for others
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET: Socialist and Green groups campaign for directive on services of general economic interest
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light for acquisition by Apollo Group of some of Akzo Nobel's business
(EU) EU/COMPETITION/ENERGY:
(EU) EP/ECONOMY/ECB: Rejection of Lithuania's application to join euro zone unfortunate case, says Mr Juncker, defending Commission as guardian of treaties - President of Eurogroup not opposed to reflection on appointment of ECB board members
(EU) EU/COUNCIL/JHA: Ministers to discuss SIS II, evidence collection warrant and small claims disputes on Thursday and Friday
(EU) EU/JHA/TERRORISM: EU adds Tamil Tigers to terrorist blacklist
(EU) EU/PACIFIC: Commission proposes stronger partnership between EU and Pacific Islands, along lines of stronger partnership with Africa and Caribbean
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE/WTO: EU may change its agricultural offer, but only for overall agreement on Doha Round, says Ms Fischer Boel
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: "Extremely tough" negotiations expected on reform of wine-making sector
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Initiatives to boost sector's competitiveness
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Farm organisations very concerned about initial approach to reform of wine industry
(EU) EU/TRADE/BELARUS:
(EU) EU/COHESION POLICY: Signing of JEREMIE, JESSICA and JASPERS agreements
(EU) EU/STATE AID: UEAPME says proposed state aid regulations are counter-productive
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Two rulings from Council and Commission on EU/US agreement on processing of personal data on airline passengers are annulled
(EU) EU/CINEMA:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS/MANAGERS: Conference on management employability and mobility
(EU) EU/CONFERENCES: Conferences and seminars in June 2006
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