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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9604

19 February 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 33 / 33
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT / € value in different currencies on 18/02/2008

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Ratifications of Lisbon treaty: call to keep calm
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EUROPE OF RESULTS: Elmar Brok calls for “a policy of consolidation” for EU
(EU) EU/KOSOVO: EU defines common position but opinions still differ over recognition of Kosovo
(EU) EP/KOSOVO: MEPs point out stakes at play for Kosovo
(EU) EU/NEIGHBOURHOOD: Council wants more free-trade agreements and wants them to be more ambitious with ENP beneficiary countries
(EU) EU/MYANMAR: Council sets out requirements for democratic transition in Burma/Mynamar
(EU) EU/CHAD:
(EU) EU/MOLDOVA: Towards negotiation of new reinforced agreement
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Croatia called upon to respect its commitments
(EU) EU/CZECH REPUBLIC:
(EU) EU/CYPRUS:
(EU) EU/CHAD: 27 strongly condemn new attempts to overthrow government by force and reaffirm neutrality of EUFOR Tchad/RCA
(EU) EU/KENYA: Council, still concerned by violence, welcomes positive progress
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/WTO: 20 Agriculture Ministers deem compromise on Doha Round “unacceptable”
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Member states support reform of control rules
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Stavros Dimas calls for swift adoption of Commission proposals for achievement of Kyoto targets
(EU) EU/TRADE: EU-Ukraine FTA talks opened - Mandelson expects “tough” negotiations
(EU) EP/TRADE POLICY: Mandelson attends debate on trade defence and access to third country markets in Parliament
(EU) EU/FRAUD: Commission calls Member States to order for failing to protect financial interests of EU sufficiently
(EU) EU/ TRADE DEFENCE: Towards maintaining anti-dumping measures on imports of ammonium nitrate from Russia
(EU) EU/TRADE DEFENCE:
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission draws new balance sheet of citizenship in EU
(EU) EP/CITIZENSHIP: Alain Lamassoure draws up report on application of European law which affects citizens' lives directly
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Commission promotes Euroskills 2008 competition to celebrate European craftsmanship
(EU) EU/TRAINING: Cedefop says that by 2015, 50% of workers will need medium-level skills and 30% will be highly qualified
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court of first instance finds against Spanish anti-EDF law
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Approval for proposed acquisition of former ICI's adhesives and electronic materials businesses by Henkel
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION:
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Global employment:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 766
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