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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9702

12 July 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/agriculture-fisheries council
Ministers to discuss CAP 'healthcheck' and help for struggling fishermen

Brussels, 11/07/2008 (Agence Europe) - EU agriculture and fisheries ministers will be meeting in Brussels on Tuesday 15 July 2008 to discuss the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) 'healthcheck' and seek a compromise on measures to help struggling fishermen. Tough talks are expected over progress in the Doha Round of World Trade Organisation (WTO) trade talks (see related article). The Council will be chaired by French minister Michel Barnier, who will brief his colleagues on the French...

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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Paris summit of 13 July - Relaunch or refoundation of Barcelona Process
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY: Experts begin to identify legally possible solutions to Irish problem
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT: “Yes” to new accessions, but subject to conditions - Moves towards new intermediate stages between ENP and accession
(EU) EP/POLITICAL GROUPS: From 2009, political groups will need to have 25 members from 7 countries
(EU) EP/CHINA: Parliament recalls China's commitments on human rights
(EU) EP/KASHMIR: EP wants unidentified graves investigated
(EU) EP/BANGLADESH: EP calls for state of emergency to be lifted
(EU) EP/ZIMBABWE: European Parliament calls for transition government and for further European sanctions against Mugabe and his regime
(EU) EP/DEATH PENALTY: EP says death sentence on Troy Davis must be commuted
(EU) EP/FRENCH PRESIDENCY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Ministers resolve to build a Europe with firm goals that citizens can understand
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Xavier Bertrand says social dialogue should be one of the drivers of Social Europe
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE-FISHERIES COUNCIL: Ministers to discuss CAP 'healthcheck' and help for struggling fishermen
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: Consultation on common methodology for classifying consumer complaints
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Preparations for Geneva meeting gearing up
(EU) EU/WTO:
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Traditional and new operators criticise, for opposite reasons, MEPs' position on telecoms package - Commission generally pleased
(EU) EU/MULTILINGUALISM: How languages help business
(EU) EP/JHA: EP calls on Italy to stop ethnic census of Roma
(EU) EP/JHA: Member states to go back to drawing board on collection of biometric data from applicants for Schengen visas
(EU) EP/JHA: MEPs call for better EU training for national judges
(EU) EU/EIB: Nine Mediterranean banks join forces to make it easier for ex-pats to send money home
(EU) EU/EIB: €500 million loan for Dutch natural gas network
(EU) EIB/POLAND:
(EU) EU/EIB: Bank and European Ombudsman sign memorandum of understanding
(EU) EU/OMBUDSMAN: Despite progress, Commission is still a bad payer
(EU) EU/EIB/GERMANY:
(EU) EU/ECB:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Spot checks of cereal distributors
(EU) EU/COURT of JUSTICE: Court of Justice confirms first European Commission decision on SONY/BMG merger
(EU) EU/COURT of JUSTICE: Employers saying they do not want to recruit people of a specific ethnic origin are guilty of direct discrimination
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Important legislation published in EU Official Journal
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