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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9641

12 April 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 35
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/turkey

11/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - Francis Wurtz MEP (GUE/NGL, France) has criticised a decision by Diyarbakir in Turkey sentencing former Turkish parliamentarian Leyla Zana, who is Kurdish, to two years in prison for having supported a terrorist organisation. Zana won the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize in 1995 after being found guilty of making a speech in March 2007 at a Kurdish festival in Diyarbakir. She has already spent ten years in prison with three other Kurdish parliamentarians for...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Comments on the barrage of discussion and negotiations to reform and shore up management of the financial markets
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/CROATIA: MEPs see no major obstacles to conclusion of accession talks in 2009
(EU) EP/FYROM:
(EU) EU/BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA: Passing of police reform bill by Bosnian House of Representatives may allow SAA to be signed
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Commission wants to encourage civil society's involvement in EU enlargement process
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY: Slovakia ratifies treaty and Belgium makes big step forward
(EU) EU/GULF STATES:
(EU) EU/EUROMED/UfM: France officially sets out ideas and plans for 39 Barcelona Process countries against a backdrop of confusion
(EU) EU/NETHERLANDS: EU officials go back to school on Monday 14 April
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Jose Manuel Barroso calls for Turkish national consensus to make success of accession negotiations
(EU) EP/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/EPP:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE-FISHERIES COUNCIL: Debate on illegal fishing and cod recovery plan - agreement in sight on fishing quotas surpassed by Poland
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission adds two more companies to “black list” of airlines
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: New compromise texts expected end April
(EU) EU/TRADE:
(EU) EU/ENERGY: European Environment Agency scientific committee calls for 10% biofuels target to be suspended
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Moderate increase in bioethanol production in 2007
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS:
(EU) EU/JHA: Future French EU Presidency is planning on convergent police practice by 2014
(EU) EU/SOCIAL DIALOGUE:
(EU) EP/JHA: Group of MEPs proposes improving emergency cooperation in recovering missing children
(EU) EU/JHA: Chairman of G29 group calls for budget from Commission
(EU) EP/INTERNET/JUSTICE:
(EU) EP/CLIMATE CHANGE: Parliament asks Commission to report on economics of adaptation to climate change
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: Parliament critical of EU delay in implementing aims of Sixth Environment Action Programme
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Committee of Regions calls for regions to be more responsible for efficient water management in Europe
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Commission and EIB to combine efforts to clean up Mediterranean
(EU) EU/ALGERIA:
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission clears proposed joint venture between ArcelorMittal and BE Sverige
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission clears proposed acquisition of Trane by Ingersoll-Rand
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
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