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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9464

10 July 2007
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/culture
Putting culture policy on the agenda is no longer taboo, says Commissioner Figel in Avignon

Brussels, 09/07/2007 (Agence Europe) - This weekend, Commissioner for Education, Training, Youth and Culture Jan Figel took part in the events surrounding the 60th Avignon Festival (France). On Sunday, Mr Figel and French Culture Minister Christine Albanel took part in a debate, “What is the use of a culture policy in Europe?”, a debate under the aegis of former Vice-President of the European Parliament Catherine Lalumière. “Cultural initiatives today account for 0.03% of the...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Polemic on role of competition is prelude to European debate on economic, industrial and trade policies
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EU REFORM: No British referendum on new treaty if negotiating mandate is respected, Gordon Brown confirms
(EU) EU/PALESTINE: EU Mediterranean countries recommend change of approach in Middle East - Open letter to Tony Blair
(EU) EU/NATO/UN/FRANCE:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TERRORISM: Commission to launch Green Paper on bio-preparedness
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Algeria, Nigeria and Niger looking for European partners to help build trans-Sahara gas pipeline
(EU) EU/BIOFUELS: International consensus on “green” fuel potential to ensure sustainable growth
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Future rules on solvability for insurance sector to be based on risks run by insurers
(EU) EU/ECB: ECB focuses on innovations of future Treaty
(EU) EU/IMF: Finance Ministers of EU discuss successor to Rodrigo Rato - Paris proposes Dominique Strauss-Kahn
(EU) EU/FRAUD: Financial damage of structural fund fraud rises in 2006
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Closure of Polish cod fishery in Baltic
(EU) FRANCE/GMO:
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: EU member states continue and expand cooperation - Koper meeting results
(EU) EP/IMMIGRATION: EPP supports Malta and appeals for common European policy
(EU) EU/TRADE DEFENCE:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: Commission campaigns for better protection from UV rays
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Guimarães informal Council conclusions
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Putting culture policy on the agenda is no longer taboo, says Commissioner Figel in Avignon
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court confirms Commission's authorisation of Akzo Nobel takeover, against request by Sun Chemical
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Community regime to harmonise excise does not apply to lubricating oil
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: Vast majority of citizens in favour of development aid, according to Eurobarometer survey
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission approves proposed acquisition of Magyar Hipermarket by Louis Delhaize
(EU) EU/MEDIA:
(EU) EU/EIB/SLOVENIA:
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: EU Publications Office offers multilingual consolidated version of Community legislation
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in official journal
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 741
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