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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9640

11 April 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/economy
2.6% rise in euro area GDP in 2006 - 2.9% rise in EU27

Brussels, 10/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - In the fourth quarter of 2007, euro area GDP grew by 0.4% and EU27 GDP by 0.5% compared with the previous quarter, when growth was 0.7% and 0.8% respectively, Eurostat revealed on Wednesday 9 April. Slovakia (+3.3%) recorded the highest growth rate compared with the previous quarter, followed by Poland (+2.0%) and the Czech Republic (+1.7%). The fourth quarter was marked mainly by static private consumption and growth in investment and exports.

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/TIBET: China must open dialogue with Dalai Lama without preconditions
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Respect of common values is “key to accession”, Barroso tells Turkish parliament
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Commission rejects link made by Polish President between European affairs and NATO membership
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Belgium wants future permanent president to have limited powers
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY: Austria ratifies new EU Treaty
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Further information on report by Andrea Canino
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT COUNCIL: Biodiversity, biomass and biofuels at heart of informal meeting on synergies between biodiversity and climate change
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: On second reading, environment committee reinstateS compulsory recycling targets in framework directive
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: “Volkswagen” continues polemic
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Commission makes recommendations on management of intellectual property in knowledge transfer
(EU) EU/INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Debate on legal protection of innovation tackling climate change
(EU) EU/ECB: Level of inflation prevents any fall in rates
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: 2.6% rise in euro area GDP in 2006 - 2.9% rise in EU27
(EU) EU/TRADE: Europeans and Americans to affirm commitment to promoting open investment
(EU) EU/TRADE: Commission proposes amendment of “green line” regulation to facilitate trade in Cyprus
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2009: Priority on controlling expenditure, ecology, information policy and statute for assistants
(EU) EP/BUDGET: Funding from globalisation fund for Portugal and Malta
(EU) EP/BUDGET:
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Better management of licences in third countries
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Parliament wants to know about impact of individual transferable quotas
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Economic model to defend market regulation
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission boosts humanitarian aid for victims of SIDR cyclone by €12 million
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/TRADE DEFENCE:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: International urban design competition opens for facelift to European quarter of Brussels
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Commission presents Europe-wide credit system in vocational education and training, ECVET
(EU) EU/MEDIA: “Television without borders” directive provisions on advertising upsets media programme partner, Switzerland
(EU) EU/AUDIOVISUAL: MAVISE launch, new database on channels and television companies in European Union
(EU) EU/TECHNOLOGY: EIT seat expected to be made known on 30 May
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission supports move to lower termination rates in Italy
(EU) EU/MULTILINGUALISM: Commissioner Orban receives petition on use of German language in EU institutions
(EU) EU/COMMISSION:
(EU) EU/EIB/CENTRAL ASIA:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Court upholds ruling against Deutsche Telekom for internet service prices
(EU) EU/COURT: Adidas sees its “three stripes” intellectual property get further court of justice backing
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official journal of EU
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