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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9658

9 May 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 33 / 34
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EUROPEAN UNION

 13/05 -  BRUSSELS: - Meeting of Eurogroup 
 -  BRUSSELS: -EP/political groups: week of preparations the forthcoming plenary 
 -  BRUSSELS: -Social economy week "Social Economy in Europe: a key player for Europe" (to 16/05) 
 -  BRUSSELS: - Conference on counterfeiting and piracy, organised by Commission 
 14/05 -  BRUSSELS: - Ecofin Council 
 -  BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the European Commission 
 -  BRUSSELS: - Intergroup on Social Economy of the EP 
 15/05...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Some thoughts on the evolving EU-Africa relationship
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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/HUMAN RIGHTS: CFSP of EU must do more to target promotion of human rights in world, says EP
(EU) EP/TRANSPARENCY: EP wants compulsory lobbyist register common to Council, Commission and Parliament
(EU) EP/TRANSPARENCY: Jens-Peter Bonde's “political testament”
(EU) EU/ECUADOR:
(EU) EU/COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY:
(EU) EU/COMMEMORATION: Hague Congress to give its vision of future of Europe in medium and long term
(EU) EU/COMMEMORATION: Europe: wonderful heritage, great ambition
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Next ECOFIN Council to focus on financial services and taxation
(EU) EU/ECB: No change in interest rates in Eurozone where the risk of inflation remains high
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Drop in retail trade in Europe
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: Despite slight improvement, too many airlines are still misleading consumers over final price of flight tickets sold online
(EU) EU/JHA: Eleven member states block returns directive agreement
(EU) EP/JHA: PES wants death of illegal immigrant in Belgium clarified
(EU) EU/JHA: Franco Frattini resigns from Commission
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Summit in May looks increasingly unlikely
(EU) EU/TRADE: Second Transatlantic Economic Council meeting to be held on 12 and 13 May 2008
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: Greater economic, political and regional cooperation between the EU and Africa
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT:
(EU) EP/SPORT: Mavrommatis report on sport adopted
(EU) EP/TeleCOMS: EP picks away at Commission's package of telecom reforms
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission sends Belgium final warning over "must carry" obligations regime
(EU) EU/AUDIOVISUAL: Commission sends Spain reasoned opinion for not complying with "Television without Frontiers" directive
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Spain sent warning on application of non-EU harmonised excise duty on mineral oils
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission restates its opposition to restrictions on lorries on A12 motorway in Austria
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: List of “safe countries of origin” can only be drawn up through Council and Parliament co-decision
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: PMOI removed from British list of terrorist organisations
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE:
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