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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/acp

Joint parliamentary assembly mobilises for fighting poverty and demands that deadline restrictions do not herald hasty signing of EPA that goes against development

Bridgetown, 21/11/2006 (Agence Europe) - The ACP/EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly, which brought 70 MEPs and the same number of ACP (Africa/Caribbean/Pacific) delegates together in Bridgetown (Barbados) gave an indication on 20 November of its commitment to the fight against poverty and its concerns regarding threats to the progress of these countries attaining the Millennium Development Objectives. The lack of drinking water, weapons sales to poor countries, on-going negotiations on the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Conditions for relaunch according to the actors in the European story
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/BELARUS: Outlining advantages of rapprochement with Belarus and EU, Commission encourages people to help Minsk regime develop
(EU/LEBANON:
(EU) EP/RUSSIA/HUMAN RIGHTS:
(EU) EU/UKRAINE/MOLDOVA: Commission welcomes border cooperation agreement between these two countries, showing “ENP is bearing fruit”
(EU) EP/PRESIDENCY/TURKEY/CONSTITUTION:
(EU) EU/ARMENIA:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/FRANCE:
(EU) EU/NICARAGUA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Council agreement on electronic logbook
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Unanimous agreement from ministers on deep-water quotas
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Despite criticisms, Council is due to adopt reform of aid for banana sector before end of year
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: New Member States call for extension of simplified aid scheme until end of 2013
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Over one million tonnes of sugar quotas renounced in EU - Commission calls for more to be done
(EU) EU/BUDGET 2007: Discussions continue on draft budget
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission clears acquisition of Schwarz by UCB
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Separate proposals from Finnish presidency and Laszlo Kovacs for approximation of excise taxes on alcoholic drinks
(EU) EU/ECB: ECB examines developments in European bank card sector
(EU) EU/ECB:
(EU) EU/ECB:
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Gazprom confirms that it will ensure gas supplies to EU this winter and in longer term - Ukraine guarantees transit
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: Danuta Hübner pleased all Member States want priority on innovation in their operational programmes
(EU) EU/BELGIUM/SOCIAL:
(EU) EU/TRADE/ENERGY: Mandelson argues for international energy rules to be reinforced
(EU) EU/JHA/IMMIGRATION: Franco Frattini tables on Libya for countering illegal immigration
(EU) EU/JHA/TERRORISM: Member States imperil EU's credibility, says Gijs de Vries
(EU) EU/JHA/FRAUD:
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Iter agreement signed
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: ARTEMIS to be first technological inititiative
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/ACP: Joint parliamentary assembly mobilises for fighting poverty and demands that deadline restrictions do not herald hasty signing of EPA that goes against development
(EU) EP/SECOND NOVEMBER SESSION: Debate on future of Europe with Bertie Ahern - Accession by Romania and Bulgaria - EU/Russia summit - R&D framework programme - Fight against AIDS
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court Advocate General supports dismissal of appeal from Danone over fine on illegal agreement
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Diesel SpA cannot prevent transit of trade marked goods through a Member State where that trade mark is protected
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