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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9614

4 March 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 36
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/internal market
Legislation only as last resort

Brussels, 03/03/2008 (Agence Europe) - Speaking in Vilnius on Friday 29 February, Internal Market Commissioner Charlie McCreevy sang the praises of the renewed single market strategy (see EUROPE 9547) and of Lithuania's economic successes since it joined the European Union in 2004. He once again repeated his credo: legislation will be used to complete the internal market only when there is no other alternative. “We will only seek to act where real problems exist and where most benefits can...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: EU/Africa: how to make the development dimension a priority while taking account of ongoing international upheavals?
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Olli Rehn's great expectations for constitutional reform
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: EU wants to build on relations with Russia and its new President, Dimitri Medvedev, but says common values have to be respected
(EU) EU/ALGERIA: Benita Ferrero-Waldner visits Algeria to prepare for rehaul of Association Agreement
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Former French foreign minister Hervé de Charette calls for 'Mediterranean Union' project to be rescued
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST:
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN:
(EU) EU/IRELAND/LISBON TREATY:
(EU) EU/SERBIA/KOSOVO:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: Member States support structure and ambition of climate/energy package - all want political agreement by end 2008/beginning 2009 at latest
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission's legislative intentions on Common Agricultural Policy “health check”
(EU) EU/REGIONAL: Territorial dialogue meeting in Brdo to focus on new report concerning follow-up of Lisbon strategy, to be released at Spring Summit
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Social affairs ministers' key messages for the Spring summit
(EU) EU/EESC:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Legislation only as last resort
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Private gambling operators support Commission in legal battle against public monopolies
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES:
(EU) EU/TRADE DEFENCE: Chinese air compressor dossier another stinging setback for Peter Mandelson
(EU) EU/TRADE: EU demands consultations in WTO on rules on foreign financial information providers in China
(EU) EU/BUDGET: Draft Committee of Regions' opinion says EU budget should be planned over ten years with separate funding reserved for special projects
(EU) EP/2008 BUDGET:
(EU) EP/JHA: Hamon seeks more information on possible European protection for Ayaan Hirsi Ali
(EU) EU/JHA: Eurocop disappointed by further SIS II delay
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/JHA: Ottawa lifts visa requirements for four member states
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: ACI and ETRC call for mutual recognition of airport security
(EU) EU/TELECOMS: Old and new telecoms operators do not see eye-to-eye
(EU) EU/TELECOMS: Applying market mechanisms to radio frequencies would jeopardise development of digital television, according to UER
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission closes infringement proceedings against Latvia and Poland
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
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