login
login
Image header Agence Europe
Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9393
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 42
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/environment

Günter Verheugen speaking to environment committee confident of industry's capacity to respond to environmental and climate challenges

Brussels, 23/03/2007 (Agence Europe) - “There is no opposition between growth policy and environmental policy”. Günter Verheugen, Vice-President of the Commission with responsibility for enterprise and industry, made this assertion the key theme of his speech on 22 March before the European Parliament's environment committee, newly led by the Czech MEP Miroslav Ouzky (PPE-DE group). Among the leading themes in the Commissioner's preliminary presentation and subsequent exchange of views...

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/50TH ANNIVERSARY OF TREATIES OF ROME: Berlin Declaration is ready to be signed on Sunday after Prague lifts reservations on Friday - Aim of three institutions is to renew collective commitment to Union by 2009
(EU) EU/50 YEARS OF EUROPE: Peter Mandelson thinks Union should act continent-wide in a world of continental partners
(EU) EU/BELARUS:
(EU) EP/DEFENCE: General Bentégeat presents Parliament with project to give EU a joint rapid reaction capacity
(EU) EP/DEFENCE/INDUSTRY:
(EU) EP/BELARUS:
(EU) EU/PALESTINE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: ECOFIN Council expected to reach political agreement on two draft financial services directives
(EU) EU/TRADE: Commission says it does not want to stop Russia joining WTO - Mandelson in Moscow in attempt to resolve certain points of friction
(EU) EU/US/ENERGY: Andris Piebalgs goes to Washington to enhance bilateral contacts on energy and climate
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Andris Piebalgs warns that European energy sector needs €1.79 trillion investment by 2030
(EU) EU/CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission brings several infringement procedures
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission brings infringement procedures for barriers to free movement of goods
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission takes Spain to Court - Slovenia must fully apply Financial Transparency Directive
(EU) EU/AIR TRANSPORT: EU27 endorse agreement negotiated with Russia on overflight of Siberia
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Council common position on rules for granting EU financial support to TEN projects
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Commission consults on shape of possible changes to EU framework for retail investment funds
(EU) EU/TAXATION:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/AIR TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EP/ACP: Study report invites Commission to be more flexible toward ACP concerns on economic partnership agreements
(EU) EU/HEALTH/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: Günter Verheugen speaking to environment committee confident of industry's capacity to respond to environmental and climate challenges
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Consumer protection committee supports roaming opt-in
(EU) EP/MEDIA: Positive welcome from “culture” committee to draft consolidated directive on television without frontiers
(EU) EU/COMMUNICATION: Commission presents its European communication strategy to Parliament
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Glavakis's report slightly relaxes conditions for granting financial support for modernising fishing vessels
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Duarte Freitas Report increases aid for supplying fishery products from remote regions by €2 million
(EU) EP/HEALTH: MEPs mobilise against cancer
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission sends Greece back to Court of Justice for failure to adopt new framework for broadcasting service
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission gives go-ahead to Thrane and Thrane's acquisition of Nera
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/EIB: European Investment Bank plans debut Romanian Leu bond
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Legislation published in Official Journal
TIMETABLE
:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 23/03/2007: