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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9653

30 April 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha
ECRE denounces compromise on “returns” directive

Brussels, 29/04/2008 (Agence Europe) - Last Friday, the European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE) expressed serious doubt about measures to protect human rights included in the compromise text on the “returns” directive currently on the table of the Council and Parliament (EUROPE 9652). ECRE, a vast network of over 76 associations working throughout Europe for defending the right of asylum, states it has “serious concerns” about the period of detention (6 months and up to 18...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Divergences on biofuels and GMOs complicate agricultural relaunch
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/SERBIA: SAA signed but application will depend on another EU27 decision to confirm Belgrade's full cooperation with ICTY
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Negotiation mandate still deadlocked
(EU) EU/CROATIA: Membership talks move forward well but Zagreb should improve pre-accession aid management, says Olli Rehn
(EU) EU/UZBEKISTAN: EU welcomes progress on human rights but remains “seriously concerned” - suspension of visa restrictions
(EU) EU/ZIMBABWE:
(EU) EU/AU:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION:
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN/BALTIC: Two areas cooperate for “shared future” between two seas essential for Europe
(EU) EU/UNION FOR THE MEDITERRANEAN: Special meeting of senior officials from Barcelona Process countries on 15 May
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Bosnia asks to be part of Barcelona Process
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/BUDGET: On 6 May Commission will adopt preliminary budget for next year
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/CHINA: Next bilateral summit will allow effectiveness of new dialogue for attenuating European trade objections to be measured
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Russia refuses to be compelled to apply EU-envisaged reforms to its energy sector
(EU) EU/ACP: Oxfam puts heat on EPAs once again in analysis of negotiated texts
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission satisfied with application of international accounting standards regulation
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL: Conference on counterfeiting and piracy
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Tech Data can buy out Scribona
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Responding to long-term care needs of ageing population
(EU) EU/CONFERENCES:
(EU) EU/ADMINISTRATION:
(EU) EU/EIB: €102.5 million for long-term funding of A88 motorway in France
(EU) EU/EIB: Carbon Credit Funds operational
(EU) EU/TRADE DEFENCE:
(EU) EU/BUDGET:
(EU) EU/JHA: EU under constraint to conclude extensive legislative package by end of 2008
(EU) EU/JHA: Citizens want more accessible European civil justice
(EU) EU/JHA: ECRE denounces compromise on “returns” directive
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
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