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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9847

25 February 2009
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/eastern partnership
Difficult debate on funding begins - Involvement of third countries to be decided on case by case basis

Brussels, 24/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - The principle of the Eastern Partnership with the six countries to the east of the EU (Ukraine, Georgia, Moldova, Armenia, Azerbaijan and Belarus) may have received wide support in Monday's External Relations Council (see EUROPE 9846), but several important technical details still have to be ironed out before the official launch, scheduled to take place in Prague on 7 May. The European Commission has proposed an overall budget of €600 million for the...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Vaclav Klaus has every right to set out his ideas; Czech people must choose
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EASTERN PARTNERSHIP: Difficult debate on funding begins - Involvement of third countries to be decided on case by case basis
(EU) EU/BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Austrian Valentin Inzko likely to be next EU and international community special representative
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: New visit by Javier Solana to whole region
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Shimon Peres warns EU against making any kind of contact with Hamas - Peres invited to address EP in Strasbourg
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Visit by 15 MEPs to assess damage and people's living conditions
(EU) EU/POLAND:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Giving fresh impetus to integration of financial supervision in Europe
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Support must be given to banks of Central and Eastern Europe, says Hungarian prime minister, in favour of speeding up membership to eurozone
(EU) EU/ECONOMIC CRISIS: Commission increases flexibility of structural fund use by member states
(EU) EU/TAXATION: EU-Switzerland anti-fraud agreement to come into force in some member states
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Further fall in European industry orders
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Minister will try to reach agreement on Guantanamo detainees
(EU) EU/JHA: Africa and Balkans new hubs for getting cocaine into Europe
(EU) EU/TRADE: BusinessEurope recommends pro-active Commission approach to growing protectionism in world
(EU) EU/TRADE DEFENCE: EU prepares to slap duty on “B99” bio-fuel exports
(EU) EP/HEALTH: Parliament calls for greater effort on mental health in European Union
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
(EU) EU/MEDICINES:
(EU) EU/MEDICINES:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Commission meeting with social partners should highlight need to act in favour of ambitious Europe for workers and business leaders
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: EAPN puts forward 10 demands for next European Parliament
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Andalucía to receive some €15 billion from European funds for 2007-2013
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Xavier Gizard, CPMR General Secretary, leaves post
(EU) EU/OMBUDSMAN:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Stockholm to be Green capital of Europe in 2010 - Hamburg to take over in 2011 to serve as European models
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in EU Official Journal
SUPPLEMENT
« EUROPE »/Documents No. 2512: Consolidate European defence
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