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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9665

22 May 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 12 / 31
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/internet
Broadband access and combating unwanted mail central to forthcoming French Presidency priorities

Brussels, 21/05/2008 (Agence Europe) - French Secretary of State for Industry and Consumption Luc Chatel announced on Wednesday 21 May that during the French Presidency he wanted to launch discussion on “the relevance of a right of access” to broadband internet in the countries of the EU, AFP has said. Chatel “proposes to begin … discussions on the relevance of a right of access to broadband, at an affordable price, across the whole of the EU and under terms specific to the...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/TURKEY: EP urges Ankara to pursue reforms, in its own interest and that of pursuing accession negotiations
(EU) EP/BURMA: Despite Louis Michel's efforts, Burmese junta is still reticent about aid deliveries
(EU) EP/CHINA: Compassion towards Chinese population affected so badly by recent earthquake - Full marks for crisis management
(EU) EP/ROMA: Commissioner Spidla calls for reflection - Several parliamentarians choose polemics and recriminations
(EU) EP/NORTHERN IRELAND: EP thinks “Peace experience” may serve as example for other reconciliation and peace projects in world
(EU) EP/CALENDAR: Parliament adopts its 2009 calendar
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Green light for EU ambassadors to launch negotiations with Moscow on new strengthened partnership agreement
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Paris banishes recent ambiguities to make room for Union for the Mediterranean revamped by Commission
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Croatia, Bosnia and Monaco soon members of Barcelona process
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AUDIOVISUAL: Member States advocate joint approach combating digital piracy
(EU) EU/INTERNET: Broadband access and combating unwanted mail central to forthcoming French Presidency priorities
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission notes increase in environmental protection aid
(EU) EP/CLIMATE: Parliament says science in need of urgent action and calls for more adaptation measures
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: MEPs approve compromise with Council on mercury exports
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: Parliament gives green light to criminal sanctions for environmental crime
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET: EP supports targeted efforts on legislative simplification on company law, auditing and accounts inspections
(EU) EP/MARINE POLICY: Call for ambitious measures to exploit full potential of EU's marine dimension
(EU) EP/EQUALITY: EP demands that European Commission show “more political courage” by proposing an “general” anti-discrimination directive and “results”
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2009: EP follows budget committee's recommendations
(EU) EP/BUDGET:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission to adopt recommendation on auditors' liability by summer
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Charlie McCreevy outlines forthcoming European Private Company Statute - proposal for late June or early July
(EU) EP/ENERGY: Warm welcome from energy committee for Commission compromise on effective unbundling in gas sector
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission approves €500 million in aid for freight in French overseas departments and Czech Republic
(EU) EU/JHA: Several NGOs continue to say no to returns directive
(EU) EU/RACISM: ENAR condemns violence against Roma in Italy
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION: Thursday's meeting of eastern Mediterranean ministers for interior
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/STATE AID:
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