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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9845

21 February 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 35 / 36
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EUROPEAN UNION

 23/02 -  BRUSSELS: - General Affairs and External Relations Council (also 24/02) 
 -  BRUSSELS: - EU-Lebanon Association Council 
 -  BRUSSELS: - Four-way meeting with the European Council 
 -  GAZA/MIDDLE EAST: - EuroMed Parliamentary Assembly Mission (also 24/02) 
 -  BRUSSELS: - EP: Budgets Committee (also 24/02) 
 -  CROATIA/ZAGREB: - 9th joint meeting of EP-Sabor parliamentary committee (also 24/02) - Visit by an EP Fisheries Committee delegation (until...

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Preparations for European Council - Balkans - Eastern Partnership - Middle East
(EU) EP/CFSP: EP calls for more financial resources - No partnership possible with Russia without democracy and human rights
(EU) EP/HUMAN RIGHTS: EP says Member States are jointly responsible in CIA activities in Europe
(EU) EP/POLITICAL GROUPS: Conference of Presidents to examine reform of Parliamentary committees on 5 March
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Announcement of resumption of meetings between parliamentarians causes confusion among Arab countries
(EU) EU/TUNISIA: Transport cooperation
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Is the success of EU enlargement being undermined by the crisis? Mini summit of several new EU Member States
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: European G20 members try to coordinate efforts
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/BUDGET: General Affairs Council expected to simply confirm doubts about €5 billion in EU funding for Economic Recovery Plan
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission to request clarification on ITAly's car industry aid scheme
(EU) EU/AUDIT: Commission stalls on submission of documents to third country audit authorities
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Taxation infringement procedures continued
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission hopes that Swiss Bank UBS will cooperate with member states in same way as it has with United States
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Commission pursuing several infringement proceedings
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: Children deserve special place in external policy and this wish should come true, says Parliament
(EU) EP/SINGLE MARKET: EP in favour of looking into idea of European professional cards to stimulate mobility of service providers
(EU) EP/RESEARCH: Parliament approves European research infrastructure
(EU) EP/AUDIOVISUAL: Parliament says Observatory should extend activities
(EU) EP/FISHERIES:
(EU) EP/FISHERIES:
(EU) EP/ENERGY: Parliament is adamant 20% energy efficiency target by 2020 should be legally binding
(EU) EU/ENERGY COUNCIL: Commission will not suggest imposing compulsory stocks of natural gas on member states
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Reducing the differences between agricultural prices and farm prices
(EU) EU/UN/ENVIRONMENT: EU welcomes consensus for binding mercury treaty
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Commission to discuss impact of financial crisis on real economy with European social partners
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Warning that Spanish legislation on EU pensioners' access to healthcare may break EU rules
(EU) EU/JHA: EU to launch e-justice later this year
(EU) EU/JHA: Expert group on review of data protection directive disbanded
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Wanted: English language translators
(EU) EU/EIB: EIB Forum 2009 “Connecting Europe: Financing mobility and sustainable cities”
(EU) EU/STATISTICS: Wide variations in GDP per capita across EU27 regions in 2006
(EU) EU/TERRORISM: EU27 anti-terror policies under the spotlight
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Important legislation published in EU Official Journal
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