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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9864

19 March 2009
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS / A look behind the news, by ferdinando riccardi
The European Council must plan debate on energy which it is avoiding this Thursday

A simple list. Unsurprisingly, the European Council to open this Thursday afternoon will be dominated by the economic and financial crisis. The energy dossier will not be absent from the agenda; indeed, it will be the first point dealt with, but no in-depth debate is planned. The draft conclusions prepared by the Presidency go no further than to indicate the priority objectives: to define a crisis mechanism; to prepare a third "package" to complete the single market in this field (to be...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
THE DAY IN POLITICS
GENERAL NEWS
SUPPLEMENT