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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9605

20 February 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 32
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha

19/02/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 19 February the Commission provided assurances that it was on the same policy line as the Czech Republic on the objective of lifting the obligatory visas for visiting the US. On 18 February, Commissioner Franco Frattini met the Czech vice prime minister in charge of European affairs, Alexandr Vondra and declared, “there is no disagreement between the Commission and Czech Republic. We share the same goal that the US ensures equal treatment for all EU...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: The EU and an independent Kosovo: light and darkness, certainty and confusion
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Sweden seeks “strong, modern, open” Europe and hopes to be part of EU “hard core”
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Poland withdraws reservation on new partnership agreement
(EU) EU/CUBA: Willing to engage in constructive political dialogue with Cuba, Louis Michel will be in La Havana on 6 and 7 March
(EU) EP/KOSOVO: Daniel Cohn-Bendit objects to “global legality” of Kosovo's independence being dictated by President Putin
(EU) EP/KOSOVO: Watson says fears of Balkanisation are exaggerated
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Five stability and convergence programmes are assessed
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission rejects increase in export aid for pigmeat
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Council completes first part of debate on CAP Health Check
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Large majority of EU member states denounce discrepancies of revised compromise texts on agriculture and NAMA
(EU) EP/TRADE: European Parliament supports and backs Commission improvements to third country market access strategy
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET: Free movement of goods package under way - Launch of study on European safety marking
(EU) EP/COMPETITION: Parliament requests investigation into abuses in supermarket sector
(EU) EP/BUDGET: Parliament wants every EU institution to have its own rules on professional ethics
(EU) EP/FRAUD:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EP/JHA: Parliament rejects report on prevention of terrorism
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Commission invites European social partners to negotiate changes to directive on European works councils - first reaction from social partners
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: European Unions on offensive for fair wages - Call to EU Finance Ministers
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT: Slight rise in overall EU employment rate in 3rd quarter of 2007
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: Commission approves Ireland and UK cross-border cooperation programme and Rhineland Palatinate operational programme
(EU) EU/PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: Commission clarifies law on institutionalised public-private partnerships
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: EU contributes €583.5 million to regional development programme for Yorkshire and Humber (UK)
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: Veneto region's contribution to “National Energy Saving Day”
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: Commission's second annual conference on regions for economic change
(EU) EP/TECHNOLOGY: Industry committee approves common position on EIT
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
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