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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9367
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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi

EIB as European policy instrument

There's no point saying that the European Investment Bank (EIB) should be an instrument for facilitating Community policies. It is rather the evolution of the concept and its being put into practice that is of more interest. The debates and initial distrust of some private banks at the competition they were wary about belong to a bygone age. The EIB has won its place in the world financial panorama and its specific supporting role to EU activity has been clarified and accentuated under the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: EIB as European policy instrument
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/TURKEY: EU sets criteria for opening accession talks on chapter on free movement of capital
(EU) EU/FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Agency to open its doors in Vienna on 1 March
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/OMBUDSMAN: Nikiforos Diamandouros calls for principle of good administration to be included in Berlin Declaration
(EU) EU/ESDP:
(EU) EU/NETHERLANDS:
(EU) EP/DARFUR: Parliament calls on UN to set date for deployment of peace force without waiting for agreement from Khartoum - Call for sanctions to be applied by EU and international community
(EU) EP/TURKEY: EP report criticises women's rights situation
(EU) EP/RUSSIA: EP wonders about respect for human rights in re-admission agreement with Moscow
(EU) EP/EUROMED/EMPA: Annual EuroMed Parliamentary Assembly session to be devoted to inter-cultural dialogue and challenge of employment in Mediterranean - Barroso, Solana and Amr Moussa invited to attend
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENERGY COUNCIL: Ministers reach compromise delaying decision on unbundling until later date - Support for binding target for biofuels but target for renewables as a whole can remain indicative
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Rumen Ovcharov wants “responsible and reasonable” approach to question of energy shortages in South East Europe
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Ministers reach partial agreement on Schengen III
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: EU defers negotiation on PNR data transfer
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Poland lifts veto on transfer of prisoners
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Member states committed to strengthening Frontex
(EU) JHA: 116000 single emergency number for children who have disappeared
(EU) EU/FRAUD: Fraud detected in pre-accession agricultural aid
(EU) EU/JHA/TERRORISM:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Proposal to simplify Common market organisation for milk
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission comes down on Britain and Ireland for overfishing of mackerel and herring
(EU) EU/EDUCATION/YOUTH: Friday's Council to adopt its contribution to Spring European Summit
(EU) EU/SWITZERLAND/TAXATION:
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: EU celebrates second anniversary of Kyoto Protocol
(EU) EP/CLIMATE: EU must pledge to reduce emissions by at least 30% by 2020 to reach 60-80% reduction in 2050 - Parliament says there is no other choice
(EU) EP/TRANS-EUROPEAN NETWORKS: Parliament calls for better coordination of Trans-European Transport Networks (TEN-T)
(EU) EP/MARITIME SECURITY:
(EU) EP/ECONOMY: Parliament says current growth needs exploiting
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Parliament takes cautious approach to wine reform - no large-scale grubbing-up of vines and no abrupt end to distillations
(EU) EP/COMPANY LAW: Directive on cross-border exercise of shareholders' rights to vote in quoted companies is underway
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES:
(EU) EU/TRADE PROTECTION:
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