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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9673
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/fyrom

Election violence might impact on opening of EU accession talks

Brussels, 02/06/2008 (Agence Europe) - The stormy general elections in the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) on 1 June 2008, won by the party of the outgoing prime minister Nikola Gruevski, may impact on the decision to be taken by the European Commission in the autumn on whether the country meets all the criteria for EU accession talks to begin. In a telephone conversation with Gruevski, EU Enlargement Commissioner Olli Rehn expressed concern on Monday at the violence that...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Union for the Mediterranean: reasons for subsisting scepticism
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/EUROMED: Draft resolution on Union for the Mediterranean
(EU) EU/FYROM: Election violence might impact on opening of EU accession talks
(EU) EP/NEIGHBOURHOOD: Socialist Group at EP wants EU to implement “Union for Black Sea” that covers Russia and Turkey
(EU) EU/INDIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EUROGROUP: No EU tax measures to combat rising oil prices - All member state budgets must be back in balance by 2012
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Christine Lagarde proposes that surplus on VAT on oil products be used to stimulate purchasing power
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: conclusions on progress of four dossiers related to compensation and delivery versus payment sector
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Finance ministers discuss measures to tackle food price rises
(EU) EU/ENTREPRISE: Christoph Leitl says small business act will help change mind-set and behaviour towards SMEs
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Airlines banking more on single sky than ETS for tackling sector emissions
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Bathing water quality remains high
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Commission calls on public to tell it if it is well informed about new car fuel consumption levels and co2 emissions
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission announces further restrictions for 2009
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission calls on France to recover €65 million paid to fishermen in 2006
(EU) EU/REGIONS: Towards greater emphasis on peri-urban dimension within Common Agricultural policy
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Agreement in pipeline on RWE gas network
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Investigation launched against Sanofi-Aventis
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET:
(EU) ACP/EU/IMMIGRATION: ACP group calls for migrants to be respected and for innovative solutions to stop brain drain and illegal immigration
(EU) EU/WTO/TEXTILES: Euratex says it is 'shocked' by latest WTO NAMA text (industrial goods)
(EU) EU/JHA: Schengen opens to Switzerland in December
(EU) EU/JHA: Austria reintroduces border controls
(EU) EU/JHA: Ms Alliot-Marie recommends concerted action against trafficking in human beings
(EU) EP/JHA: criticism of closed Belgian centres
(EU) EP/JHA:
(EU) EP/PLENARY: MEPs to discuss CFSP, CFDP, financial services, Union for the Mediterranean and situation in Georgia
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EP/OMBUDSMAN: Threat to citizens' document access
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in EU Official Journal
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Telecoms:
(EU) Telecom:
SUPPLEMENT
EUROPE/Documents No. 2490: The first ten years of the ECB
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