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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9432
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/acp

Friday's joint Council to conclude formal and comprehensive review on economic partnership agreements in order to speed things up

Brussels, 24/05/2007 (Agence Europe) - The negotiation of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the EU and six ACP (African/Caribbean/Pacific) regional sub-groups is the main issue discussed at the 32nd session of the ACP-EU Council of Ministers meeting in Brussels on 25 May under the joint chairmanship of Heidemarie Wieczorek-Zeul, the federal minister for development, and Mohlabi K. Tsekoa, the foreign minister of the Kingdom of Lesotho. Peter Mandelson, European trade...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Opinions continue to differ over essential elements of new European Treaty - Importance of “Part III” of 2004 project
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/FRANCE: Sarkozy and Barroso say compromise is in reach on idea of simplified treaty - Paris' tone toughens on Doha round - French initiative for “economic government”
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: EU extends its observation mission in Rafah
(EU) EP/ESTONIA: MEPs express solidarity with Tallinn in crisis with Russia
(EU) EP/NETHERLANDS: Cautious welcome to Balkenende's ideas, particularly on role of national parliaments
(EU) EU/EDA: Alexander Weis to take over from Nick Witney
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ACP: Friday's joint Council to conclude formal and comprehensive review on economic partnership agreements in order to speed things up
(EU) EU/POST: No agreement in sight for June postal services Council - new charge made by McCreevy for total liberalisation of post in 2009
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Andris Piebalgs provides assurances that Union wants amicable solution to issue of unbundling
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Commission conditionally exempts Poseidon gas pipeline from third party access rules of “gas” directive
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: New fisheries agreement between EU and Guinea Bissau
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: With Green Paper on safer ship dismantling, Commission prepares ground for future European strategy
(EU) EU/EDUCATION/YOUTH/CULTURE: Council adopts compromise on proposal to revise Television without Borders Directive
(EU) EP/CLIMATE CHANGE: Temporary committee on climate change, chaired by Guido Sacconi, gets down to work
(EU) EP/HEALTH: Parliament wants widest possible access to health services throughout Europe
(EU) EP/DEVELOPMENT: Parliament wants to be involved in developing EU trade aid strategy
(EU) EP/REGIONAL: Parliament calls for greater effectiveness from cohesion policy which is set to become EU's largest budget item
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: EP calls for decent work development programme and introduction of minimum wages
(EU) EP/JHA: European Parliament outlines integrated strategy for fighting organised crime
(EU) EU/TRANS-EUROPEAN NETWORKS: Parliamentary green light on TEN funding rules
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Half-hearted approval of plan to create Common Market Organisation
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Parliament rallies to compromise on maize
(EU) EP/LATIN AMERICA: Salafranca Sánchez-Neya co-president of Euro-Latin American Parliamentary Assembly
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court of First Instance confirms decision against German recycling system “der Grüne Punkt” for abusing dominant position
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Disparities in EU technical services - infringement proceedings to be launched soon
(EU) EU/EUROMED: First talks in Brussels with view to “South-South” cooperation backed by EU
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: European Social Model must become pillar of EU, says COMECE
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: EU27 foreign direct investment flows with rest of world up in 2006, while intra-EU flows are down
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION:
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