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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9795

3 December 2008
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ecofin council
Launch of inter-institutonal negotiations on four legislative proposals for financial services

Brussels, 02/12/2008 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 2 December, European finance ministers underlined a general orientation by qualified majority on four draft directives in the following areas: demands on capital for lending bodies (EUROPE 9787); deposit guarantee systems (EUROPE 9786); activities of European insurance and reassurance companies (Solvency II directive: EUROPE 9787); European rules on undertakings for collective investment in securities (UCITS) (EUROPE 9788). During a public...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Angela Merkel and Nicolas Sarkozy's goals for European Council and its results next week
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/ISRAEL: Tzipi Livni rejects criticism on humanitarian drama in Gaza and calls on EU to understand Israel has no choice but to act this way
(EU) EP/ISRAEL: Véronique De Keyser plans to request deferral of vote on EU-Israel protocol assent
(EU) EP/ISRAEL: Leila Chahid calls on NGOs to rally against plan to give Israel special status
(EU) EU/SOCIALISTS: Saving jobs must be main priority of European economic recovery plan, says PES - Criticism for Commission
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN ELECTIONS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EUROGROUP: Aim of coordinated recovery plan is approved but no figures are given
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Recovery plan, for growth and employment approved, but questions remain
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: French presidency hoping for signal from European Council on applying reduced VAT rates to certain services
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Launch of inter-institutonal negotiations on four legislative proposals for financial services
(EU) EU/RESEARCH COUNCIL: EU adopts Vision 2020 for European Research Area
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS: Council backs clusters strategy
(EU) EU/JHA: Commission wants to improve protection for asylum seekers in Union
(EU) EU/JHA: French Presidency repeats benefits of “European PNR”
(EU) EU/JHA: HCR welcomes future resettlement of Iraqi refugees
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Successful trialogue on CO2 emissions from cars thanks to progressive targets and penalties
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Ashton says pending issues can be resolved
(EU) EU/ENERGY: EU-Egypt Cooperation Agreement signed
(EU) EP/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Parliament continues to look at reform of roaming regulation
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission encourages Member States to support “healthy banks” and bolster “normal economy”
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