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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/industry

Günter Verheugen tells Parliament that there should be no political interference in the management of Airbus

Strasbourg, 15/03/2007 (Agence Europe) - Addressing the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday, Industry Commissioner Günter Verheugen said that politics was “not competent” to become involved in the management of the Airbus case. He felt that, while the announcement of the Airbus Power 8 restructuring plan, with its 10,000 planned redundancies in Europe, including 4,300 in France and 3,700 in Germany, “creates uncertainties”, and while there may be resulting calls for...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Europe's way of negotiating agricultural dossier at WTO is absurd
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/ASEAN: Europeans and Asians seek closer cooperation
(EU) EU/SENEGAL:
(EU) EU/ZIMBABWE:
(EU) EU/INDONESIA: EU seeking to increase trade with Jakarta and rapidly conclude partnership and association agreement
(EU) EU/EAST TIMOR: EU deploys electoral monitoring mission
(EU) EU/NIGERIA: EU dispatches electoral monitoring mission
(EU) EP/KOSOVO: Marti Ahtisaari's proposal gets MEPs' support that underlines Kosovo and Serbia's European prospects
(EU) EP/SECURITY/NPT: MEPs insist on EU cohesion at Vienna preparatory conference with view to 2010 Review conference
(EU) EP/POLITICAL GROUPS: Mircea Cosea of Romania leaves ALDE to join Identity, Tradition and Sovereignty Group
(EU) EP/50TH ANNIVERSARY OF TREATY OF ROME:
(EU) EU/50TH ANNIVERSARY OF TREATY OF ROME:
(EU) EU/BERLIN DECLARATION:
(EU) EP/BERLIN DECLARATION:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/GALILEO: Commission wants solution by 10 May
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Inauguration of section of Paris-Bratislava high-speed rail line
(EU) EU/G8/CLIMATE: G8 environment ministers and those of emerging countries prepare their contribution to G8 summit in Heiligendamm
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Viviane Reding proposes European policy strategy for smart radio tags
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: EU decision requiring cigarette lighters to be child-resistant takes effect
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: Africa's place at informal council suggests priority for next G8 summit - preliminary debate on division of work at EU
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Union and Japan to coordinate their positions
(EU) EP/TRADE: MEPs debate how appropriate it is to review EU trade protection measures before end of Doha Round
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Parliament strengthens proposal on sales denominations of veal
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: MEPs' doubts about impartiality of external Commission study on “one share, one voice” principle
(EU) EP/EQUALITY: To reach Barcelona Summit objectives by 2010, Parliament calls for quality care facilities at reasonable prices for all children
(EU) EP/INDUSTRY: Günter Verheugen tells Parliament that there should be no political interference in the management of Airbus
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: United Kingdom “thin cap” legislation is generally compatible with freedom of establishment
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court confirms judgement against British Airways
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Coach drivers meeting again soon to “rectify” new social rules in road transport
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Documents N. 2463: European Council action plan (2007-2009): energy policy for Europe
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