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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9697

5 July 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 24 / 25
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EUROPEAN UNION

 7/07 -  STRASBOURG: - European Parliament plenary session (until 10/07) 
 -  CANNES: - Meeting of EU justice and home affairs ministers (also 8/07) 
 -  BRUSSELS: - Meeting of the Eurogroup 
 -  PARIS: - Meeting of chairs of COSAC delegations (Conference of bodies specialising in European and EU affairs of EU parliaments) - Debate on the Barcelona process and a Union for the Mediterranean, with EU Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner 
 -  STRASBOURG: - EP: committee...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Promising prospects and difficulties in negotiations between EU and Russia
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Negotiations on new agreement begin in good atmosphere - Moscow may accept principles of Energy Charter but not its instruments of implementation
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: conference on challenges and prospects in Middle East
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Referendum remains compulsory in France for all new EU accessions, after that of Croatia
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY: Cyprus ratifies Treaty
(EU) EU/MEMORY/YOUTH:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: More flexibility and solidarity in Energy/Climate package to help countries of East, but without “undoing” package
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Green light for ad hoc working group to improve assessment of GMOs in EU
(EU) EU/G8: Commission hopes for progress on climate
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: French Presidency unveils oil prices roadmap
(EU) EU/COPYRIGHT: Lyricists threaten to stop songs being broadcast or downloaded if European Commission smashes royalty collection monopolies
(EU) EU/TRADE:
(EU) EU/JHA: Debate of French Presidency's priorities to be launched at 8 July Cannes summit
(EU) EU/JHA: Move towards greater efficiency in Home Affairs
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission critical of poor inter-governmental cooperation in Justice and Home Affairs
(EU) EP/EPP-ED: Debates on low CO2 emission energy sources
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: French Presidency conference on seeking solutions for feeding the world
(EU) EP/DEFENCE: Rühle and Lambsdorff draft reports on defence package to be presented in Strasbourg on Monday
(EU) EU/EIB/BALTIC STATES:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Renewed social agenda and new legislation - Europeans pessimistic about the future
(EU) EU/EIB/ESTONIA:
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
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