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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9557

5 December 2007
Contents Publication in full By article 33 / 37
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/culture
Boost from European Year of intercultural dialogue 2008

Brussels, 04/12/2007 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday in Brussels, European Commissioner for Education, Culture, Training and Youth Ján Figel inaugurated the European Year of Intercultural Dialogue 2008. He was accompanied by Katerina Batzeli (PES, Greece) and several figures from the cultural scene in Europe and further afield (Brazilian writer Paulo Coelho, Slovak conductor Jack Martin Händler, Romanian film director Radu Mihãileanu, Slovenian conceptual artist Marko Peljhan, Catalan bass...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Commission continues to close its eyes to essential agricultural issues
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/POLAND: Donald Tusk and José Manuel Barroso welcome new “climate of confidence and cooperation” between Warsaw and Brussels
(EU) EU/BELGIUM/TREATY: Belgium will sign and ratify Lisbon Treaty, regardless of current political problems, says Herman de Croo
(EU) EU/CFSP: Signing of Lisbon Treaty sets ball rolling for resuming work on EU “diplomatic service”
(EU) EP/FUTURE OF EUROPE: MEPs and national MPs have “central role” to play in explaining Lisbon Treaty to citizens
(EU) EU/BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EUROGROUP: Concerns over growth and inflation as risks increase
(EU) EU/EUROGROUP:
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: European roadmap for strengthening European system for supervision of financial players
(EU) EU/ECOFIN:
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Last-minute agreement on VAT package
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Businesseurope points finger of blame at member states whose implementation of Lisbon Strategy reforms is disappointing
(EU) EU/EURO: Cypriot finance minister considers changing over to single currency will not entail serious risk of inflation
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: At opening of Bali conference, Australia announces ratification of Kyoto protocol - EU welcomes move
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: Environment committee more ambitious than Commission when it involves improving fuel quality to help climate
(EU) EU/ENERGY COUNCIL: Portuguese presidency proposes ambitious technological roadmap to 2050
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Monti welcomes “positive dynamic” in discussions between Paris and Madrid on Franco-Spanish interconnection plan
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Final decision on consortium which will build Nabucco gas pipeline expected early next year
(EU) EU/TOY SAFETY:
(EU) EU/JHA: Gilles de Kerkhove to submit his evaluation report on EU's anti-terrorist strategy to JHA council
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Commission makes €1.75 billion available for research
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: New application uses your mobile phone to calculate your carbon footprint
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Fabius proposes “enhanced cooperation” to make research in Europe more competitive
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission approves proposed acquisition of BSG Group's wireless business by Syniverse
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(EU) EP/SESSION: Parliament, Commission and Council to solemnly proclaim charter of fundamental rights in Strasbourg
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Boost from European Year of intercultural dialogue 2008
(EU) EU/EPSCO COUNCIL: Bosses' and Unions' expectations
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal of EU
(EU) EU/SPORT:
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