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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9439
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/wto/doha

Peter Mandelson urges G8+5 leaders to use their authority to bring Round to conclusion

Brussels, 05/06/2007 (Agence Europe) - Speaking on Tuesday before the members of the European Parliament's International Trade Committee (INTA) chaired by Helmut Markov (GUE, Germany), Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson made a vibrant appeal to the leaders of the G8+5 (Germany, Canada, United States, France, Italy, Japan, United Kingdom and Russia plus the 5 large emerging countries: South Africa, Brazil, China, India and Mexico), who are to gather in Heiligendamm on 6-8 June to agree on...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Urgent objectives for Mediterranean area must not be linked to creation of hypothetical Union, separate from EU
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/UKRAINE: Union membership remains long term prospect, MEPs say
(EU) EU/EU REFORM: The Hague and Prague are on same wavelength
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: In Rabat, Gloser evokes idea of Mediterranean Union
(EU) EP/FYROM:
(EU) EU/IRAN:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EUROGROUP: Juncker and Almunia stress good economic times have to be used to meet commitments on budgetary consolidation
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: End of procedures against Germany, Greece and Malta - green light for Cyprus and Malta to join Euro-zone
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Luxembourg is main obstacle to overall agreement on VAT package - Ecofin Council wants dossier concluded by end of year
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Policy of short steps in combating tax fraud
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Peter Mandelson urges G8+5 leaders to use their authority to bring Round to conclusion
(EU) EU/EIB: Commission and EIB launch new instrument to fund research and innovation
(EU) EU/ECOFIN:
(EU) EU/G8/CLIMATE: On eve of G8, Angela Merkel and José Manuel Barroso keep on course - out of question to discard binding and ambitious targets under UN umbrella
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUsTICE: Monopoly on alcohol imports into Sweden is not compatible with Community law
(EU) EU/TURKEY/ENERGY: Commission and Ankara authorities agree to bolster energy cooperation between Union and Turkey
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Bulb manufacturers aim to gradually get rid of less efficient lighting
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Towards infringement procedure against several member states on posting of workers
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION: Malta does not want to be used as scapegoat in drama of illegal migrant shipwreck
(EU) EU/JHA: Forum on children's rights gets underway
(EU) EU/CANADA: Berlin summit approves launch of study aimed at assessing advantages of closer economic partnership
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY: Commission wants “integrated approach” from EU to ensure its supply of raw materials
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission proposes revision of rules on international bus and coach transport
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY: Commission proposes total ban on use of oestradiol to treat farm animals
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Agreement in sight on bluefin tuna recovery measures
(EU) EU/GALILEO:
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Commission launches public consultation on future of ENISA
(EU) EU/BETTER REGULATION: Speaking before EESC, Günter Verheugen calls for new European legislation culture
(EU) EU/EUROMED: EIB survey on savings in Morocco
(EU) EU/TRADE PROTECTION: Strong reaction from retailers and distributors to attacks on Peter Mandelson by some industrialists
(EU) EU/REGIONAL/ENLARGEMENT: Croatia needs institutional, administrative and budgetary capacity in place to ensure full participation in EU cohesion policy, says Danuta Hübner
(EU) EU/ROAD SAFETY:
(EU) EU/EUROMED: First statistical report on close EU/Mediterranean relationship
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: In April volume of retail trade rises by 1.6% in euro area and 2.7% in EU27
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
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