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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9633

2 April 2008
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/finland

01/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - Finnish MEP Alexander Stubb (EPP-ED) was appointed his country's new foreign minister on Tuesday. He succeeds Ilkka Kanerva who was compelled to resign after an affair involving an SMS sent to a striptease artist. Mr Stubb will also replace Mr Kanerva at the rotating presidency of the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE). (H.B.)

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Merciless war on counterfeiting has nothing to do with protectionism
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Ban on AKP could lead to suspension of EU membership talks - Debate at Commission on Wednesday
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY: Polish Sejm approves Lisbon Treaty
(EU) EU/FINLAND:
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Jean-Pierre Jouyet says most member states do not want Tony Blair to become President of European Council
(EU) EU/ZIMBABWE: EU calls on Zimbabwe Electoral Commission to announce official results of 29 March elections as soon as possible
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL:
(EU) EP/TRANSPARENCY: EP Constitutional Affairs Committee calls for compulsory register of lobbyists
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Finance ministers to continue work on financial stability and management of crossborder crises
(EU) EP/CLIMATE: Temporary committee calls for greater effort to be made for long term objectives and more measures for adjusting to climate change
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Expected on 1 April, publication of verified greenhouse gas emissions data for 2007 is deferred
(EU) EU/TRADE: New rise in Russian export tariffs for wood takes effect at risk of delaying WTO accession process
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Andris Piebalgs encourages wind power expansion
(EU) EU/JHA: Hortefeux promoting European immigration pact
(EU) EP/JHA: Ms Isler BEguin condemns abuse of Mauritanian by French police
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EP/MEDIA: European Parliament hearing focuses on challenges of mobile television
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/EQUALITY: for Court of Justice, refusal to allow life partners benefit from survivor's pension is direct discrimination based on sexual orientation
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Court of Justice says certain aspects of Flemish care insurance scheme are contrary to Community law
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Androula Vassiliou promises presentation of proposal on cross-border care next June
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Unemployment unchanged in eurozone in February - Slight fall in EU27 unemployment
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS:
(EU) EU/REGIONAL AFFAIRS: Czech Republic to receive €26.9 billion in EU funding for 2007-2013
(EU) EU/EDUCATION:
(EU) EU/INTERNATIONAL TRADE UNIONS:
(EU) EU/CONFERENCE/BANKING:
(EU) EU/CONFERENCE:
(EU) EU/STATISTICS: Commission welcomes implementation of regulation on income statistics and living conditions
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
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