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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/energy

Promoters of renewables slam inadequate Community research budget for green energy

Brussels, 20/07/2006 (Agence Europe) - In the run-up to an exceptional meeting of the Competitiveness Council on the 7th Framework Programme for Research and Development (see related article), scheduled for 24 July, promoters of renewable energies are grumbling. Speaking to the press on Tuesday, representatives of the EWEA (European Wind Energy Association), EREC and EUREC (European Renewable Energy Council and Centres) and EPIA (European Photovoltaic Industry Association) denounced the lack...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Energy: lessons from G8 summit and likely developments
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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/LEBANON: EU willing to support UN international force
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST: Presidents of political groups make unanimous appeal for ceasefire and for international force with EU participation
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Commission keeps pressure up on Romania and Bulgaria
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID/LEBANON: Commission launches emergency aid of €10 million and urges all parties to respect humanitarian law
(EU) EU/LEBANON:
(EU) EU/TERRORISM/COLOMBIA:
(EU) EU/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/POLAND:
(EU) EP/UEN/EPP-ED: Ms Muscardini confirms commitment of AN MEPs to UEN group following announcement of Fini's intention to join EPP in 2009
(EU) EP/EPP-ED: Jozsef Szajer calls for greater involvement of new Member States in the European process
(EU) EP/POLAND:
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN: Europeans must be prepared for losses in Afghanistan, Francesc Vendrell says
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: On Monday, Research Ministers will seek to reach common position on 7th FPRD
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Promoters of renewables slam inadequate Community research budget for green energy
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: COPA and COGECA urge Peter Mandelson to stop making concessions in Geneva
(EU) EU/FISHERIES:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES/KIRIBATI:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE/WINE:
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Lebanon, Schengen II information system, immigration and Hague Programme Review on agenda for Monday's JHA Council
(EU) EP/IMMIGRATION: ALDE MEPs feel EU could do more
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission approves decision of French regulator to bring down wholesale prices on SMS
(EU) EU/TAXATION/BELGIUM: Reasoned opinion on personal tax deductions
(EU) EU/TAXATION/BELGIUM: Commission requests Belgium to end discriminatory taxation of inbound dividends
(EU) EU/COUNCIL/IMMIGRATION: In face of huge influx of illegal immigrants, Council stresses maritime operational cooperation
(EU) EU/EESC/TURKEY: Involvement of organised civil society in accession talks debated at EU-Turkey JCC
(EU) NATO/COUNCIL OF EUROPE/KOSOVO:
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: Commission to ban 22 hair dye substances from 1st December 2006 if industrialists cannot prove their harmlessness
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: First participation of private sector (banks, business and civil society) at Open Days 2006 - Work focuses on how to attract sustainable foreign investment to European towns and regions
(EU) EU/REGIONS/RESEARCH: Claudio Martini (CPMR) calls for marine technology and sciences to be kept in 7th Framework Programme for Research
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Cardiovascular diseases and cancer remain main cause of death in EU
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: University cooperation aid in neighbouring countries
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission prohibits aid to Dutch broadband network
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Green light for nine electronics production facilities in Kobierzyce (Poland)
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission endorses aid for risk capital funds in southern Italy
(EU) EU/STATE AID/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/G8/TRADE/CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission authorises French industrial innovation agency's support for mobilisation programmes
(EU) EU/MERGERS: Green light for catering joint venture between LSG and Gate Gourmet in Paris Charles de Gaulle airport
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