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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9223

1 July 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/jha
MEPs react positively to proposal on lifting veto on judiciary and police cooperation

Brussels, 30/06/2006 (Agence Europe) - Many right- as well as left-wing MEPs have approved waiving the right of veto in the field of judiciary and police cooperation, as the Commission suggests. “National vetoes are out of date. They are a barrier to success in bringing terrorists and international criminals to justice”, Martin Schulz, leader of the Socialist Group at the EP, said after the Commission's presentation of several measures aimed at consolidating the Area for Justice,...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Three lessons from last Charlemagne prize, Jean-Claude Juncker
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/FINNISH PRESIDENCY: Finland aims at transparency and concrete results to counter EU legitimacy crisis - Vladimir Putin is invited to informal summit in October
(EU) EU/GUANTANAMO: Commission welcomes decision of US Supreme Court
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Code of good conduct on defence markets takes effect on 1 July
(EU) EU/IRAN/NUCLEAR:
(EU) EU/GEORGIA:
(EU) EU/SRI LANKA: Tamil parliamentarians call on EU to exert pressure on Sri Lankan government to respect its commitments
(EU) EU/MAURITANIA: EU welcomes results from constitutional referendum and encourages free and transparent elections to be held
(EU) EU/ARMS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/FINNISH PRESIDENCY: Calendar of formal and informal Council meetings in second half of 2006
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Commission adopts revised draft 7th FPRD - Greens criticise rejection of Parliament's proposal on renewable energy
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Stronger growth than expected?
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Intransigent US demands on agricultural market access under fire from all parties and dash hope for compromise on agricultural and NAMA modalities
(EU) EU/WTO/CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EU/FOOD SECURITY: In 2005 Member States made good use of rapid alert system for risks to food safety
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: United Kingdom, Slovenia and Portugal in the dock at Court of Justice for failure to transpose directives
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Directive banning certain hazardous substances in electric and electronic equipment comes into force
(EU) EU/GREECE/ENVIRONMENT: Commission refers Greece to Court of Justice over lack of waste water treatment
(EU) EU/PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: Infringement procedures against Germany, Austria, Italy and Malta
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT/ENVIRONMENT: Eight infringement procedures for failure to respect measures to reduce discharges of ship-generated waste into sea
(EU) EP/JHA: MEPs react positively to proposal on lifting veto on judiciary and police cooperation
(EU) EU/JHA/JUSTICE: Commission supports training of judges, prosecutors and lawyers
(EU) EU/JHA/BELGIUM:
(EU) EU/FINNISH PRESIDENCY/FISHERIES: New calendar for adoption of fishing possibilities and measures in Mediterranean on Council programme
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Recruitment of Bulgarian and Romanian officials
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Second Statement of Objections for MasterCard
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: €3 million for Timor Leste
(EU) ACP/WTO: ACP trade ministers make their participation in compromise on agriculture and NAMA subject to account being taken of their essential concerns
(EU) EU/ANIMAL HEALTH: Industry calls for greater means in field of applied research
(EU) EU/MEDIA:
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