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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9344

16 January 2007
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 24
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/court of justice
Any job seeker subsidised by a Member State must be able to use this aid to find a job in another Member State

Luxembourg, 15/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - In a judgment given on 11 January, the European Court of Justice ruled that the support provided by the Bundesagentur für Arbeit (German Federal Employment Agency) to persons seeking employment must not be conditional on the job found being covered by German social security contributions (Case C-208/05). The Bundesagentur, citing German social law, refused to honour a staff recruitment voucher which was used to find employment in the Netherlands....

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Comments about orientations by President of EPP-ED parliamentary group
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CHINA: Wednesday's Peking launch of negotiations on new partnership and cooperation agreement
(EU) EU/KOSOVO: European Union continues strengthening its commitment in Kosovo
(EU) EU/SOMALIA: While political reconciliation is priority of Somalis, Louis Michel is concerned about US military operations
(EU) EU/BELARUS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Mandelson thinks Union in strong position in Geneva but criticises France for being “needlessly defensive”
(EU) EU/JHA/INFORMAL COUNCIL: Presidency announces "consensus" between Member States to extend "Schengen III" to whole EU - Four Member States enter reservations based on costs
(EU) EU/INFORMAL JHA COUNCIL: Still no general agreement among Member States on “Rome III”
(EU) EU/JHA/INFORMAL COUNCIL: Commission calls for more funding for FRONTEX
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission wants Polish regulator to carry out new market analysis of telecommunications retail market access
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Andris Piebalgs says unilateral target of 20% cut in greenhouse gas emissions is “absolute minimum”
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: ECB must remain independent and Euro must remain sheltered from political debate, stresses Angela Merkel
(EU) EU/SYRIA/EURO: After Iran and intentions expressed by GCC countries, Syria announces decision to replace dollar with euro for external transactions
(EU) EU/EMU: Abusive price increases further to changeover to euro in Slovenia few and far between, according to Joaquin Almunia
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Commission reports "mixed" bottom line for accession funds in 2005
(EU) EU/EESC/PLENARY: Olli Rehn welcomes new Bulgarian and Romanian members - Equal opportunities, European society and EU cohesion central to agenda
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Meeting of high-level officials of Barcelona Process and of Anna Lindh Foundation board (16/17 January)
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Any job seeker subsidised by a Member State must be able to use this aid to find a job in another Member State
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
(EU) EU/EIB/REGIONAL/COHESION: JASPERS Regional Office opened in Warsaw
(EU) EU/LEBANON: “Paris III” conference on mobilising reconstruction aid for country recently devastated by recent war with Israel
(EU) EU/ITALY/SOCIAL:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 716
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