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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9841

17 February 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 6 / 27
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/youth council
Member States should remain focussed on helping young people face the crisis

Brussels, 16/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - Key messages on young people for heads of state at the EU spring summit became more strident at the most recent Education Council meeting, held in Brussels
on Monday 16 February under the chairmanship of Czech education, youth and sports minister
Ondrej Liska.

Young people are among the most vulnerable sections of the population in the current economic downturn and the Council is urging member states to intensify their attempts to improve the...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: European market principles already affirmed must be asserted
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY: With polls looking good in Ireland calls mount for new referendum in first half of year - government wants “legal guarantees” before setting date
(EU) EU/LEBANON:
(EU) CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) CORRIGENDUM:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/YOUTH COUNCIL: Member States should remain focussed on helping young people face the crisis
(EU) EU/EDUCATION COUNCIL: member states consider new reference criteria for education and training strategic framework currently inopportune
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: High European pre-primary attendance rate of children according to new Eurydice study
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Possible European Foundation Statute
(EU) EP/ECONOMY: Tackling the crisis in unison without ignoring the rules of the Single Market or long-term stability
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Businesseurope sets out four key areas of action
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: G-7 Finance attacks protectionism
(EU) EU/TRADE: Towards free EU trade deal with South Korea
(EU) EU/TRADE:
(EU) EU/JHA: EU says American terrorist finance tracking programme is “very positive”
(EU) EU/GMO: Standing Committee fails to approve or reject lifting of French and Greek measures banning cultivation of MON 810 maize - now it is up to Council
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Marking anniversary of Kyoto Protocol, Stavros Dimas calls on international community to work for much bolder successor
(EU) EU/UN/ENVIRONMENT: EU calls on UNEP to negotiate binding international convention on use of mercury
(EU) EU/REGIONAL AFFAIRS: Eurostat figures show that unemployment ranged between 2.1% and 25.2% across regions of EU in 2007
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Conference on the need for regions to work as networks to face the financial crisis - Regiostars 2009 awards
(EU) EU/EIB: €600 million to reduce digital divide in Italy
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
(EU) Football:
(EU) Mining:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 812
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 16/02/2009: