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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9473

21 July 2007
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/middle east
Quartet meeting in Lisbon and questions about Tony Blair's mission

Brussels, 20/07/2007 (Agence Europe) - The international quartet on the Middle East (the European Union, United States, Russia and the UN) met in Lisbon, Portugal, on 19 July. The meeting was attended by the former UK prime minister Tony Blair, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Portuguese Foreign Minister (and current President of the Council of the EU) Luis Amado, and EU High Representative for the CFSP Javier...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Voices raised in Africa and India against risks of total liberalisation of world agricultural trade
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/FOREIGN RELATIONS: EU27 launch of IGC and discussion of situation in Chad, the Middle East and Kosovo
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Quartet meeting in Lisbon and questions about Tony Blair's mission
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: Meeting of EU-Morocco Association Council - Human rights groups remind Council and Commission of 'fragile' situation
(EU) EU/FRANCE/UNITED KINGDOM:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Communication, on 20 November, on Common Agricultural Policy health check
(EU) EU/TRADE: Row brewing in Council and Commission over whether to renew antidumping taxes on Chinese bulbs
(EU) EU/REGIONAL/COHESION: Commission approves Sweden's national strategy and priorities
(EU) EU/FOOD SAFETY: Imminent ban on Red 2G potentially carcinogenic food colouring
(EU) EU/JHA: Europeans still await details of “Visa Waiver Program”
(EU) EU/JHA/IMMIGRATION:
(EU) EU/JHA/UNITED STATES/PNR:
(EU) EU/JHA/BULGARIA/SCHENGEN:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Commission takes close look at economic performances of potential applicant countries
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Proposal to update EU-Madagascar fisheries agreement
(EU) EU/COMPANY LAW: Commission consults businesses on possible European Private Company Statute
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission calls for further information on Gdansk shipyard before deciding whether or not to approve aid proposed by Poland
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Three acquisitions approved
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: UK and France to suggest cut-rate VAT on green products - Sarkozy wants to discuss yuan exchange rate with China
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/CUSTOMS: US lawmakers reach deal on radiation scanning of all cargo-containing ships in foreign ports
(EU) EU/CIVIL PROTECTION: EU answers Greece's plea for help in fighting forest fires - Two French fire-fighting aircraft on their way
(EU) EP/CULTURE/EDUCATION: Figel sets out work programme for 2008
(EU) EU/CULTURE:
(EU) EU/MULTIMEDIA: TV broadcasters welcome Commission's interest in development of mobile television
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: NGOs critical that Commission is ignoring water used in agriculture in its drought strategy
(EU) EU/JHA/TERRORISM:
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Important legislation published in Official Journal
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€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 20/07/2007: