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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9260

8 September 2006
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/children's rights
Franco Frattini unveils child protection measures - Call for a European Coordinator

Strasbourg, 07/09/2006 (Agence Europe) - After a 'Family and Child Protection' Intergroup meeting in Strasbourg on 6 September, Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou (EPP/ED, Greece) and Franco Frattini, EU Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner, presented several new EU child protection measures to the media. The measures are part of initiatives to be unveiled in a special European Commission report adopted at the beginning of July.

Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou said a European Coordinator was...

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(EU) EU/TURKEY: Rehn/Babacan meeting - Commission refuses to link respect of Turkish commitments on customs union to Cypriot question
(EU) EU/ROMANIA/ENLARGEMENT: Bucharest may agree to possible safeguard measures if accession treaty is respected in full
(EU) EU/SLOVAKIA: Slovak prime minister called on to show objectivity on attitude to minorities
(EU) EU/LEBANON: EU welcomes lifting of blockade by Israel
(EU) EP/KOSOVO: Worried MEPs and Commission stress that future EU mission to Kosovo must have sufficient funding and necessary numbers to carry out tasks
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST:
(EU) EP/LEBANON:
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST: EP/MIDDLE EAST: EP demands mandate to be better defined and calls on Quartet to apply road map
(EU) EP/MIDDLE EAST: Leyla Shahid sees possibility of new “dynamic force” in Middle East after “defeat of military solution”
(EU) EP/TERRORISM/CIA: MEPs react strongly to President Bush' admission that CIA camps do exist
(EU) EU/IRAN/NUCLEAR: Solana is ready to meet Larijani on Saturday - Washington, wanting immediate sanctions, in minority among Six
(EU) EU/GERMAN PRESIDENCY: Jean-Claude Juncker says question of enlargement and EU decision-making capacity must be resolved before debate can be launched
(EU) EU/SOMALIA:
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(EU) EP/UNITED STATES/AIR PASSENGERS: EP takes pragmatic approach to civil liberties - Franco Frattini, critical of EU Court of Justice, says deal urgently required with United States
(EU) EU/EP/CLIMATE: MEPs revile Member States for negligence - Commission called on to improve its assessment of two allocation plans for emission quotas
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: European Maritime Security Agency given EUR 154 mil to combat pollution from ships
(EU) EP/HEALTH/CONSUMERS:
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN SOCIAL MODEL: Yes to a social model that reflects common values and is implemented in different ways in different Member States - Paula Lehtomaki says: “Europe can be both competitive and socially strong” - Vladimir Spidla announces proposal in tune with EP's wishes
(EU) EP/HEALTH: Parliament wants directive on mental health in Europe and on defence of sufferers' rights
(EU) EP/MEDICINES: Concern at damage caused by false medicines - Call for a global anti-counterfeiting convention
(EU) EP/BUDGET: Solution to Strasbourg buildings question
(EU) EP/CHILDREN'S RIGHTS: Franco Frattini unveils child protection measures - Call for a European Coordinator
(EU) EU/JHA/IMMIGRATION: President Barroso appeals to all European leaders to help Spain, Italy and Malta. - Barroso will raise problem at informal summit in Lahti
(EU) EU/EIB/EUROMED: EIB to contribute up to €10 million in Lombardy for a Mediterranean investment fund
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Acquisition of Casema and Multikabel by Cinven and Warburg aprpoved
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: acquisition of Foster Yeoman by Aggregate Industries cleared - refers review of UK local aggregates markets to Office of Fair Trading
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(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: New EU cotton aid scheme cancelled but effects of annulment suspended for 'reasonable time'
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: UK working time guidelines infringe EU rules
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: German and Austrian landowners' appeal against list of Natura 2000 natural habitat sites dismissed as inadmissible
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Eurochambres wants simplified EU Vocational Education and Training system
(EU) EU/TAXATION/POLLUTION:
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