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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9609
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/united kingdom

25/02/2008 (Agence Europe) - The president of the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Pöttering, will visit the United Kingdom on 26-27 February. On Tuesday, he will meet, amongst others, the MP Michael Martin, the Speaker of the House of Commons, and Baroness Hayman, the Speaker of the House of Lords. On Wednesday, after a meeting with the former prime minister Tony Blair and representatives of religious communities, Mr Pöttering will be received by her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. He will then...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: EU/Kosovo: Official line doesn't reveal whole truth
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Presidential elections will not alter transatlantic relations or US climate change policy, which is “more ambitious” than EU's, says Boyden Gray
(EU) EU/CYPRUS: Election of Mr Christofias offers opportunity to relaunch reunification process of island, says Mr Barroso
(EU) EU/SLOVENIA: Mr Barroso and Mr Solana pay tribute to Janez Drnovšek
(EU) EU/BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA:
(EU) EU/CENTRAL AMERICA:
(EU) EU/COLOMBIA:
(EU) EP/UNITED KINGDOM:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL: Ministers hope to make free movement of knowledge “fifth European freedom”
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL: Conclusions on re-examination of single market
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Council calls for balance between needs of combating climate change and those of industry competitiveness in climate-energy package
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: European code of conduct for sovereign wealth funds
(EU) EU/TRADE: 4th negotiation session for agreement on EU/Iraq trade and cooperation
(EU) EU/CUSTOMS: US and European customs seize 360,000 counterfeit integrated circuits
(EU) EU/EURO: EMU commemorative coin chosen
(EU) EU/JHA: EU still awaiting responses from Poland and Romania on secret CIA flights
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Washington gets behind Nabucco gas pipeline project
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Aluminium producer Alcan suspected of abuse of dominant position
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises purchase of Arysta by Permira
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Nicolas Sarkozy hastens to define new objectives of Common Agricultural Policy before EU budget review
(EU) EP/BUDGET: Audit reveals aberrations in payments to MEPs' assistants
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT COUNCIL: Preparation of Tripartite Social Summit and Spring European Council - protection of persons with disabilities and review of single market on agenda
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT: Very clear improvement of EU employment situation in 2006-2007 - youth unemployment a subject of major concern, states Commission's 2008 joint report
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: John Monks criticises inertia of social Europe and appeals for European works committees that are more efficient and will make boardrooms more honest
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Commission prepares transplant action plan and directive of quality and safety of transplants
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Hydrogen could greatly reduce consumption of petrol in road transport
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Commission launches research programmes in fields of embedded information technology and nano-electrics
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Ministerial conference on information society
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Education:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 767
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