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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9697

5 July 2008
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/memory/youth

04/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - During the ceremony organised in honour of the president of the European Parliament, Hans-Gert Pöttering, on Wednesday 2 July in the house of Jean Monnet in Houjarray (France), Paul Collowald, former journalist and director general of the European Parliament, recalled the importance that Pierre Pflimlin gave to the expression “European Community” chosen intentionally by the founding fathers. The former president of the Council of France and president of the...

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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