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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9651

26 April 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/transport
EESC rejects opinion on bottlenecks due to somewhat anti-social and anti-environmental nature

Brussels, 25/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - During its April plenary session, the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) adopted all the opinions on its agenda (EUROPE 9648) except one: that on “bottlenecks in transport” by Jan Simons, who chairs the Dutch Transport Industries' Liaison Committee (NVO) and holds an honorary professorship for transport economy at the Free University of Amsterdam. The opinion was rejected by 64 votes against, 55 in favour and 16 abstentions. The reason...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Political developments in Turkey do not change Accession dossier
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Future contractual relations with Russia and Serbia at centre of Council on Tuesday 29 April
(EU) EU/BURMA: Council deplores democratic shortcomings
(EU) EU/EGYPT: 4th Association Council session
(EU) EU/CHINA:
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY:
(EU) EU/ZIMBABWE: EU Foreign Ministers take firmer line
(EU) EU/ECOWAS: Peace security, food crisis, human rights, regional integration to be discussed at 13th ministerial troika
(EU) EU/CHAD: EU welcomes formation of government
(EU) EP/CHAD: Parliament calls for national reconciliation
(EU) EP/ZIMBABWE: Call for democratic choice of Zimbabweans to be honoured
(EU) EP/IRAN: Parliament condemns treatment of women
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Council to adopt reform of wine sector on Tuesday
(EU) EU/CHINA: Barroso and Wen introduce first session in productive economic and trade dialogue mechanism
(EU) EU/TRADE: 7th round of negotiations on EU-South Korea FTA scheduled for week of 12 May
(EU) EU/JHA: Gap between EU and Russia narrows on visa issues
(EU) EP/JHA: PES and Greens disappointed over returns directive
(EU) EP/COMMISSION: EP sets out its expectations and wishes for European Commission annual policy strategy for 2009
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Opinions differ on causal link between strict GMO authorisation policy and high price of feed
(EU) EP/PLENARY:
(EU) EP/COMPETITION:
(EU) EP/BUDGET:
(EU) EP/FISCALITY: European Parliament abandons idea of minimum Community tax on CO2
(EU) EU/TRADE: Parliament wants EU Gulf Cooperation council FTA to include ambitious chapter on sustainable development
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: German courts must take account of best interests of the child, says Advocate General
(EU) EU/COMMUNICATION: Margot Wallström presents Commission's new audiovisual strategy - European concert in Athens on 9 May
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: EESC rejects opinion on bottlenecks due to somewhat anti-social and anti-environmental nature
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Public consultation process is initiated on off-shore wind farms
(EU) EP/CLIMATE: Delegation of MEPs heads for Washington to promote international negotiations
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
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