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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9756

8 October 2008
Contents Publication in full By article 12 / 35
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/defence
Parliamentary internal market committee adopts Rühle and Graf Lambsdorff reports

Brussels, 07/10/2008 (Agence Europe) - The scrutiny of two draft directives has just moved on a step with the adoption on Tuesday 7 October of the reports by German Green MEP Heide Rühle and German Liberal Alexander Graf Lambsdorff by the European Parliament internal market committee.

Intra-Community transfer of defence-related products: the Parliamentary committee, which to a great extend stuck to Rühle's opinion, approved for the most part the arrangements proposed by the European...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Adverse effects of delay in implementing Lisbon Treaty are already visible
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN ELECTIONS: Andrew Duff's reform proposals for European election as from 2014 and creation of transnational list
(EU) EU/SERBIA: EU does not envisage partition of Kosovo - Netherlands continues to predicate pursuit of SAA on arrest of Mladic
(EU) EU/DRC: Solana concerned about political and humanitarian situation
(EU) EU/CYPRUS: Reunification talks meet differences of opinion of level of autonomy for each entity
(EU) EU/CROATIA:
(EU) EU/PAKISTAN:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Ministers form bloc to protect banking system
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Agreement on raising European minimum savings deposit guarantee threshold from €20,000 to €50,000
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Two camps come forward on developing rules for supervision of pan-European insurance groups
(EU) EU/EUROGROUP: Reassurance needed to prevent collapse
(EU) EP/DEFENCE: Parliamentary internal market committee adopts Rühle and Graf Lambsdorff reports
(EU) EP/CLIMATE: Environment committee vote on ETS revision keeps up fight against global warming without making concessions to industry
(EU) EU/TELECOMS: Commission calls on France to discuss amendment 138 at next “telecoms” council
(EU) EU/BUSINESS: Microsoft sets up European search technology centre
(EU) EU/TRADE: Council confirm Baroness Ashton in post of Trade Commissioner
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Energy dialogue at heart of Paris ministerial meeting
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Overfishing of bluefin tuna in 2007 confirmed
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission hopes to facilitate family reunification of foreigners
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Commission asks member states to do more to tackle social exclusion and poverty
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Prospect of plenary adoption of Council common position on temporary workers
(EU) EP/REGIONAL POLICY:
(EU) EP/SPORT: FIFA President Joseph Blatter defends “6+5” rule before Parliament
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Spain proposes debate on publication of lists of airline passengers in event of accident
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Italy suggests “systematic monitoring” of trans-European transport network projects
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Clearance for proposed takeover of Hercules by Ashland
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Irish finance minister seeks to be reassuring about Dublin's project to grant bank guarantees
(EU) EU/EIB: Agreement between EIB and Galicia on terms of cooperation for JESSICA programme
(EU) EU/EIB: NSG UK first British company to receive loan under joint EC-EIB research facility
(EU) EU/CONFERENCES/GLOBALISATION:
(EU) EU/POST: Slovakia must abandon hybrid mail sector
(EU) EU/EESC: Mario Sepi, next president of European economic and social committee
(EU) EU/GCC: Creation of common forum of chambers of commerce
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in EU Official Journal
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