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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9632

1 April 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/energy
Greens slam United Kingdom's return to nuclear

Brussels, 31/03/2008 (Agence Europe) - The expansion of nuclear power n the United Kingdom mooted by British prime minister Gordon Brown during the official visit of French president Nicolas Sarkozy to London last week has generated outrage from the Green group at the European Parliament. The President of the Green group, German MEP Daniel Cohn-Bendit, and Luxembourg MEP and energy expert Claude Turmes, explain in a press release that Gordon Brown's appeal for an expansion of the UK's...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Different applications and further reflection on EU trade policy
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Twenty-Seven attempt to thaw relations with Serbia
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: EU27 prepared to start negotiations with Russia on new partnership agreement
(EU) EU/TIBET: EU calls for Chinese authorities to enter constructive dialogue
(EU) EU/CHINA: Beijing wants EU to keep out of Tibet
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Commission examines Turkey's constitutional court decision that request to close down AKP is admissible
(EU) EU/NETHERLANDS:
(EU) EP/EUROMED: Hans-Gert Pöttering elected president of Euromed Parliamentary assembly
(EU) EP/TRANSPARENCY: Greens say Alexander Stubb's report on lobbying does not go far enough - Committee to vote this Tuesday
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY: Poland may ratify treaty Tuesday
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY: Forced vote at Slovak parliament?
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/COMMUNICATION: New phase in “Plan-D” to stimulate active European citizenship
(EU) EU/COMMUNICATION: Prospect of new audiovisual strategy
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Natura 2000 network gains ground and benefits biodiversity throughout Europe
(EU) EU/EP/CLIMATE: Parliamentary temporary committee to adopt its interim report on climate change on 1 April
(EU) EU/TRADE: WTO slams US and Canadian sanctions on EU goods in hormone-treated meat dispute
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Peter Mandelson 'encouraged' by George W. Bush's new farm concessions
(EU) EP/ENERGY: Greens slam United Kingdom's return to nuclear
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Bright future for aquaculture
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Concern from France and Spain about EU fruit and vegetable imports
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: European producers condemn 'scaremongering' report about pesticides in wine
(EU) EU/JHA: ECRE says Dublin mechanism is obstacle to future European asylum system
(EU) EU/JHA: Three Schengen nations open joint visa centre in Dubai
(EU) EU/JHA: UNHCR calls on EU to harmonise asylum systems
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: New historic record for eurozone inflation
(EU) EP/EIB: Budgetary control committee calls for real control of EIB regulation to accompany its strengthened financing capacities for major EU infrastructure
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Neelie Kroes insists that Commission is not anti-business
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission launches in-depth investigation into Nokia's planned buy-up of Navteq
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises 3M's acquisition of Aearo
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/EURO: Jean-Claude Juncker and Joaquin Almunia attend EESC conference on euro's advantages and benefits
(EU) EU/INFORMATION: Officials and representatives of European and Slovenian institutions discuss European Union with high school students in Slovenia
(EU) EU/EDUCATION/CULTURE: Commission proposes 2009 as European year of creativity and innovation
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in EU Official Journal
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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(EU) Finance:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 772
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 31/03/2008: