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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9245

3 August 2006
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/lebanon
Mr Borrell writes to Mr Tuomioja renewing EP's appeal for immediate cease-fire - Ms Flautre wants to organise UN Council of human rights - Mr Hammerstein wants to use EU/Syria association agreement

Brussels, 02/08/2006 (Agence Europe) - While the EU Extraordinary Council on 1st August focused on the conflict in Lebanon and limited itself to calling for an “immediate end to hostilities between Israel and Hezbollah (EUROPE 9244), MEPs too called for a genuine cease-fire. This demand is formulated by president Borrell in a letter addressed to the president of the Council Erkki Tuomioja, which followed the extraordinary meeting on Lebanon of the Conference of presidents of the EP's...