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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9320
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha council

Ministers, aware of “insufficient progress” on police and legal cooperation, are, in the majority, reluctant to allow European Council to take abandonment of the right of veto further - France proposes compromise solution

Brussels, 04/12/2006 (Agence Europe) - During the review of The Hague Programme on Monday, EU justice ministers unanimously agreed to slam the “insufficient progress” in some areas of criminal justice and police cooperation. However, a large majority of Member States were opposed to the European Council, meeting on 14-15 December, taking further the matter of decision-making mechanisms which apply in the area of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA), and in particular the issue of the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: European Commission recommendation on negotiations with Turkey is wise, but does not resolve any of the fundamental problems
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Jacques Chirac and Angela Merkel to discuss idea of new deadline to re-evaluate Turkey's progress
(EU) EU/NEIGHBOURHOOD: European Commission's proposals to improve European neighbourhood policy (ENP)
(EU) EU/CONGO: Commission intends to double aid to DRC to support reconstruction of State - Louis Michel to attend investiture of Joseph Kabila
(EU) EU/KAZAKHSTAN: signature of energy cooperation agreement -
Mr Barroso supports Kazakhstan's application for presidency of OSCE in 2009
(EU) EU/OSCE: Erkki Tuomioja hopes OSCE will continue to play important role in South-East Europe
(EU) EU/EUROPEANS OF THE YEAR: European Voice nominees for 2006
(EU) EU/BALKANS:
(EU) EU/JHA/TURKEY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/INNOVATION STRATEGY: Competitiveness council highlights IPR, joint technological initiatives and standardisation
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL: EU divided on how to improve protection of IPR - 2007 report on Commission strategy
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL: Wide support from Member States for proposal to modernise Community customs code
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Ministers, aware of “insufficient progress” on police and legal cooperation, are, in the majority, reluctant to allow European Council to take abandonment of the right of veto further - France proposes compromise solution
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Agreement on setting up European agency for fundamental rights
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL/CRIMINAL JUSTICE: Judges will be able to take previous convictions in other Member States into account
(EU) EU/HEALTH: In tricky health services dossier, some Member States want to link legal security of patients to healthcare systems
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission recommends abolition of capital duty on capital contributions by 2010
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: North Sea quotas agreed with Norway
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: New EU-Mauritania fishing agreement adopted
(EU) EP/ECONOMY: Pervenche Berès calls on Europe to move forward in economic and financial matters
(EU) EU/KOSOVO: Council approves €150 million in financial assistance to Kosovo
(EU) EU/CHEMICAL PRODUCTS: EP/Council compromise on REACH provokes contrasting reactions, but should lead to second reading agreement on 13 December
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Vocational education and training the focus of Informal Council in Helsinki on 4 and 5 December
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Sweden's State monopoly on retail sales of alcoholic beverages means conditional ban on private imports
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: José Manuel Barroso and Commissioner Stavros Dimas at CoR plenary (6/7 December)
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: IACA concerned about stigmatisation of air transport
(EU) EU/REGIONS/KNOWLEDGE SOCIETY:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
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