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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9268

20 September 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 40 / 47
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/mezzogiorno

19/09/2006 (Agence Europe) - MEP Gianni Pittella (PES, Italy) will take part in a round table discussion organised by the Camera de Commercio di Napoli in Brussels on 20 September. Also attending will be Italian minister for innovation and the civil service Luigi Nicolais. The topic of the round table is Instruments and opportunity for development and the competitive relaunch of the Mezzogiorno (Southern Italy). In a press release, the Democratici di sinistra MEP stressed the need to...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Eurogroup President's orientations for 2007-08
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: Jo Leinen says European citizens already paying price of “non-Constitution” - polemic with Barroso Commission
(EU) EU/EPP/FRANCE: EPP considers Nicolas Sarkozy's ideas, which according to Alain Lamassoure, were given warm welcome
(EU) EP/DEFENCE:
(EU) EP/ISLAM:
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EP/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Greens present “Plan B - Change the European Governance” of permanent Forum of civil society
(EU) EP/SEAT: Tony Blair is invited to sign petition on single seat
(EU) EP/INDONESIA:
(EU) EU/ELDR/ROMANIA: Liberal congress in Bucharest on 12-13 October
(EU) EU/TREATY OF ROME: Guy Verhofstadt celebrates the “spirit of Val Duchesse”
(EU) EU/TREATY OF ROME:
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/REGIONS:
(EU) EP//SECULARISM:
(EU) EPP/SWEDISH ELECTIONS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Mandelson rejects Australian compromise proposal on modalities and criticises prime minister John Howard
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA/AGRICULTURE: Agricultural Member States concerned
(EU) EU/RUSSIA/ENERGY: Piebalgs calls on Moscow to clearly identify Sakhalin-2 problems used for withdrawing Shell exploitation permit
(EU) EU/CHINA/CONSUMERS: Commission and China increase cooperation on food and product safety on EU market
(EU) EU/CHINA/CUSTOMS: Pilot project for more effective combat of counterfeiting
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/AIR TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/JHA/IMMIGRATION: €3 million is allocated to Spain, Italy and Malta
(EU) EU/JHA/DATA PROTECTION: Law on privacy supports fight against crime
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission wants precise definition of drift nets
(EU) EU/JHA/IMMIGRATION:
(EU) EU/BUDGET:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Quality requirements of maize for intervention debated
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission accepts school milk scheme has to be changed
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/TECHNOLOGY: €78 million for tailoring grid technologies and services to business needs
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Commission consults on State aid framework
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Industrial production is down in July 2006
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: EDA meeting on 20 September focuses on strengthened EU industrial and technological base
(EU) TELECOMMUNICATION: Etno says low penetration of broadband in some Member States due to many factors
(EU) EU/AVIATION TRANSPORT/PARAGUAY:
(EU) EU/CANADA:
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET: Different reactions from interest groups on scope of EP second reading of “services” directive
(EU) EP/EPP-ED: Summit of Chairpersons of European parliamentary and national groups discusses sustainable energy policy
(EU) EP/MEZZOGIORNO:
(EU) EP/SECOND PLENARY OF SEPTEMBER: Accession by Bulgaria and Romania - Turkey - immigration - services of general interest - cohesion - data protection - air quality - mobility and education - counterfeiting - speeches by Lebanese Prime Minister and President of Liberia
(EU) EU/IMF/WORLD BANK: Symbolic adjustment of IMF decision-making power and World Bank's good governance strategy
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: European lawyers wishing to establish in a Member State are not required to prove language skills - in event of refusal of registration, recourse must be sought in a competent court
SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Document N° 2442: Trans-European Transport Networks: Annual progress report by Coordinator Etienne Davignon
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