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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9388

17 March 2007
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/palestine
National unity government deal is step in right direction but EU will wait and see

Brussels, 16/03/2007 (Agence Europe) - The rival Palestinian movements Hamas and Fatah managed to agree on a national unity government on Thursday, under the power-sharing agreement signed in Mecca last month. Israel immediately announced that it would not deal with the new government, but the international community is taking a prudent line, waiting to see what would happen with the new government and whether its programme respects the three criteria set by the Quartet - recognising the...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Concluding Doha Round on the basis of the (remarkable) results so far
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/PALESTINE: National unity government deal is step in right direction but EU will wait and see
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: EU and US leaders discuss preparations for 30 April summit and international issues in Washington on 19 March
(EU) EU/ASIA:
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES:
(EU) EP/BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: MEPs say reform is still essential and stress role education plays in reconciliation
(EU) EP/GUATEMALA: MEPs condemn assassination of parliamentarians and call on authorities to step up fight against organised crime
(EU) EP/CAMBODIA: Concerned by climate of impunity in Cambodia, MEPs want inquiries to be made into murder of trade unionists
(EU) EP/NIGERIA: Government calls for action in respect of human rights before next general elections in April
(EU) EU/COMMISSION:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY: Member states failing to properly check food products
(EU) EU/TRADE: Definitive antidumping measures levied on Chinese strawberries
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/AIR TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: Ministers to discuss voluntary modulation, simplification of EU rules and food safety on Monday and Tuesday
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission objects to extending excise duties exemption for recreational aviation and private leisure craft
(EU) EU/SMALL BUSINESSES:
(EU) EU/JHA/VISAS: No agreement in sight with Ottawa
(EU) EU/JHA: Eurojust involved in dismantling VAT fraud network
(EU) EU/JHA: Drop in EU asylum requests
(EU) EP/LATIN AMERICA: EP recommends Euro-Latin American inter-regional global partnership
(EU) EP/LATIN AMERICA: Parliament proposes Euro-Latin American inter-regional association with Andean Community
(EU) EP/EUROMED: Parliament adopts mixed report on setting up Euro-Mediterranean free trade area
(EU) EP/CLIMATE: Parliament to set up temporary climate change committee
(EU) EU/GAMBLING: EFTA Court finds State gambling monopolies admissible - Impact in EU is foreseen
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission encourages private actions against cartels, but hopes to avoid “Americanisation” of European legal culture
(EU) EU/CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Farmers come up with 50 ways of reducing red tape
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Vladimir Spidla backs launch of gas industry social dialogue
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Legislation published in Official Journals
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
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