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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9309

18 November 2006
Contents Publication in full By article 28 / 39
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/ombudsman
Schwab report adopted

Strasbourg, 17/11/2006 (Agence Europe) - On 16 November in Strasbourg, the European Parliament adopted the report by German Christian Democrat MEP Andreas Schwab on the European Ombudsman's annual report and welcomed “the generally very constructive cooperation between the Ombudsman and the institutions and endorsed him in his role of 'external control mechanism and, in addition, as a valuable source of ongoing improvement to European administration'”. Parliament called on the Ombudsman...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: The EU clarifies its intentions regarding the Doha Round and China
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/ESDP: Parliament for more robust ESDP
(EU) EP/FRANCE/SPAIN:
(EU) EP/IRAN: EP calls on Teheran to renew dialogue with EU on human rights and laments worsening of situation over last year
(EU) EP/CYPRUS/TURKEY:
(EU) EP/ETHIOPIA: Cooperation with Ethiopia should be conditional on respect for human rights and good governance, says Parliament
(EU) EP/BANGLADESH: EP calls on transitional government to guarantee free and fair elections in January 2007
(EU) EP/PES/FRANCE:
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE/ITALY: Combining integration and enlargement, with two “points of arrival”, “fundamental Treaty and external borders”, says Massimo D'Alema
(EU) EU/TREATY OF ROME:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES COUNCIL: Ministers to discuss deep-sea fish quotas, fishing in the Mediterranean and bananas
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Tougher controls in North-East Atlantic
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Ministers on Tuesday to focus on meshing of cohesion Policy and Growth and Jobs Strategy
(EU) EU/ENERGY COMMUNITY: 1st ministerial meeting adopts work programme for Energy Community - Importance of social dimension - 4 observer countries
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY/ENVIRONMENT: New global system for measuring truck and bus emissions
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Court finds Spain guilty of failing to transpose EU Gas Directive
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Commission organises Energy Policy forum in Brussels
(EU) EU/EGYPT/ENERGY:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) ACP/EU: Growing instability in East Africa, trade and programming of 10th EDF on agenda of Joint Parliamentary Assembly in Bridgetown
(EU) EU/ASIA/HUMANITARIAN AID: European Commission grants 7 million EUR for preparations for natural disasters in Southeast Asia
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: MEPs wish to exclude barometers from ban on sales of objects containing mercury
(EU) EP/TAXATION: EP raises proposed thresholds for travellers to bring goods into EU tax-free
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES:
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET: Charlie McCreevy says agreement cannot be reached on harmonising gambling in EU
(EU) EP/JHA: Parliament wants action plan to tackle human trafficking
(EU) EP/JHA: MEPs call for rules on transnational successions
(EU) EP/OMBUDSMAN: Schwab report adopted
(EU) EP/WOMEN: EP reiterates call for greater participation of women in international politics
(EU) EU/RESEARCH/HEALTH: EU must step up efforts to fight neglected diseases
(EU) EU/PES/SOCIAL: Delors and Rasmussen argue for new social Europe
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT/MEDITERRANEAN: Twenty environment ministers at Mediterranean's sickbed, in Cairo on 20 November
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/ECONOMICS: UNICE publishes autumn forecasts 2006
(EU) EU/JHA/REFUGEES: ECRE launches 'Refugee Stories' campaign
(EU) EU/CULTURE:
(EU) EU/YOUTH/CITIZENSHIP:
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