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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9216

22 June 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 34 / 45
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION / (eu) telecommunications

Finnish company NOKIA and SIEMENS from Germany will merge their land line and mobile phone infrastructure. The two partners will therefore be creating a jointly owned company -NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS. It will have an annual turnover of nearly € 16 billion (€ 6.6 bn from NOKIA and 10 bn from SIEMENS), a workforce of around 60,000 and will be just behind CISCO SYSTEMS, ALCATEL-LUCENT and ERICSSON.

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Imbalance in Commission's document on EU's role in world
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Summit adopts declaration strengthening “strategic partnership” - Differing approaches on some issues cannot mask depth and quality of transatlantic relations, stresses Mr Schüssel - Bush wants an end to Guantanamo
(EU) EP/NEIGHBOURHOOD: Impact of neighbourhood policy on human rights and democracy questioned - Hearing on Egypt and Israel
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Further warning from Commissioner Rehn
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: End renditions and close Guantanamo
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/JEF:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Decision to reinforce energy cooperation and adoption of joint strategy against piracy and counterfeiting are main results of economic plank of Vienna Summit
(EU) EU/EMU/PORTUGAL: Commission notes that Portugal is on right track to bring its deficit back within Stability Pact limits
(EU) EU/EMU/CYPRUS: Commission proposes to close excessive deficit procedure against Cyprus
(EU) EP/ECB: ECB confirms economic growth is for real but inflationary pressures in medium term remain - Trichet says he supports European solution on stock market mergers
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Court of Auditors criticises Bulgaria and Romania's use of Phare programme funding
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Between €50 and €65 million in Community aid for poultry and egg producers
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Neelie Kroes welcomes remarkable work done by Chinese authorities when drafting anti-monopoly law
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY/RESEARCH: Industry commits to action programme to reduce testing on animals - Commission guidelines
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES:
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/AFRICA/MIGRATION/DEVELOPMENT: First Euro-African ministerial conference on migration and development to launch political and operational partnership (Rabat, 10-11 July)
(EU) EU/JHA: Franco Frattini hopes to rally support of Dutch MEPs to communitarisation of third pillar
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Indian cable producer Usha Martin challenges EU anti-dumping decision
(EU) EU/OECD:
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Bishops concerned at European Parliament vote on human embryo stem cell research
(EU) EU/COMECE: Rise in labour costs
(EU) EU/ENTERPRISE/SOCIAL: Eurochambres launches CAESAR, new project for corporate social responsiblity
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EP/JHA: LIBE Committee in favour of stepping up fight against organised crime
(EU) EP/TELEVISION: Greens/EFA denounce exploitation of televised ethnic-tourism by Endemol and France 2
(EU) EU/JHA/JUSTICE:
(EU) EP/PRESS SERVICE:
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/GOVERNANCE: Raymond Forni underlines value Committee places on tripartite contracts of agreed objectives, which should be relaunched and made more operational and accessible
(EU) EU/REGIONS/COMMUNICATION: “European institutions must play greater role in making Europe accessible to citizens”
(EU) EU/EIB:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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(EU) Publishing:
(EU) Distribution:
(EU) Agro-foods:
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(EU) Information technology:
(EU) Banking:
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€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 21/06/2006: