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Renate Weber presses European Commission to take Italy to Court

Brussels, 01/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - MEP Renate Weber (ALDE, Romania) demanded on 30 June that the European Commission take Italy to the European Court of Justice after the Italian government announced its intention to fingerprint Roma people. The Italian Interior Minister, Roberto Maroni (Northern League), recently announced that he intended to send security forces into nomadic camps in Italy to “take fingerprints from all of them (Roma), including children, to prevent phenomena such as...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Angela Merkel calls for "Euro system" to carry more weight in defining new international rules on financial market management
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY: New Irish referendum on same day as European elections, June 2009?
(EU) EU/ZIMBABWE: EU supports AU in efforts to obtain formation of national unity government from Mugabe
(EU) EP/EPP-ED: EPP's ambition is to campaign for 2009 elections on same legislative programme in all 27 EU countries
(EU) EU/FRENCH PRESIDENCY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Renewed social agenda for 21st century
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/JHA: Report by EU Fundamental Rights Agency demands enhanced powers and measures to combat homophobia
(EU) EU/JHA: Renate Weber presses European Commission to take Italy to Court
(EU) EU/JHA: EU hopes to conclude agreement on data protection with Washington in 2009
(EU) EU/ANTIDISCRIMINATION:
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/JHA: UNHCR demands that French Presidency protect refugees
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Banks and mobile phone operators commit to promoting innovative payment services
(EU) EU/COMPANY LAW: Five new members of European Corporate Governance Forum
(EU) EU/TAXATION:
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Ahead of G8 summit in Hokkaido, a hundred law-makers from rich countries and emerging economies list key elements of post-2012 international system
(EU) EP/CLIMATE: Interinstitutional compromise deal to include aviation in ETS comes under criticism by rapporteur Peter Liese confident about vote on 9 July
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Greece asked to recover more than €230 million in illegal aid granted to Hellenic shipyards
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission authorises training aid for DHL Leipzig-Halle, but rejects operating aid
(EU) EU/State AID: Green light to investment aid to set up LCD plant for Samsung in Slovakia
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Green light to aid to Intico Solar for production of thin film solar modules in Sachsen-Anhalt
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission adopts block exemption for state aid to fisheries sector
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Clearance for Nokia's acquisition of NAVTEQ
(EU) STATE AID:
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: OECD and Chinese manufacturers call for ambitious outcome in NAMA and services trade talks
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Commission compares figures with those quoted by Nicolas Sarkozy in his disagreement with Peter Mandelson
(EU) EU/BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Entry into force of interim agreement paves way for modern trade relations with EU
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Further increase in industrial producer price index
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Unemployment stable at 7.2% in eurozone in May - 0.1% increase in EU27
(EU) EP/TEXTILES:
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: EIB and UN Blue Plan publish new study on climate change in the Mediterranean
(EU) EU/EIB/PORTUGAL:
(EU) EU/EIB/ETHIOPIA:
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY:
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: CEDEFOP delighted that informal lifelong learning is now officially recognised in many countries
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: European interoperability Framework Mark 2 generates fear in software industry
(EU) EU/EDUCATION:
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Commission encourages e-Health initiatives
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Major acts published in EU Official Journal
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