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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9872

31 March 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 36
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/ndustry

30/03/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Textile Producers Association, Euratex and the European platform for the future of the textile and clothing industry will be organising their 4th annual conference on 1-2 April in Brussels. Further information: (www.euratex.org). (E.H./trans/rh)

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: EU-USA: A few differences require frank discussion but let's not forget overall situation
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EASTERN PARTNERSHIP: Towards presence of Belarus, but not of President Loukashenko, at Summit
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: EU reiterates its call for two-State solution
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Process of enlargement should not slow down but there should be conditions, say EU27
(EU) EU/NATO: Strategic concept for 21st century
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN ELECTIONS: Greens call for “New Green Deal” and change in Commission policy to tackle crisis
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Germany proposes delaying Eurovignette decisions
(Eu) EU/TRANSPORT: Council backs exclusion of self-employed workers from organisation of working time directive
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/GAMING: Industry questions certain aspects of France's proposal to open up its online gaming market
(EU) EU/TAXATION: New agreements on exchange of tax information
(EU) EU/INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Contrafake 2009 conference launches European Counterfeiting and Piracy Observatory
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Member States support rules to reduce the energy use of circulators
(EU) EP/INDIA: Parliament supports FTZ with India by end of next year
(EU) EU/NDUSTRY:
(EU) EP/ACP: In six EPA under negotiation, Parliament wants “tailored” agreements which do not force any ACP country to liberalise services
(EU) EP/JHA: Parliament seeks to reconcile fight against cybercrime and fundamental rights
(EU) EP/MULTILINGUALISM: Parliament adopts resolution encouraging language learning
(EU) CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EP/CITIZENSHIP: Adoption of Hegyi report for active dialogue with citizens on Europe
(EU) EP/CULTURE: Parliament adopts report aiming to promote art studies
(EU) EU/CULTURE:
(EU) EP/COMPETITION:
(EU) EP/REGIONAL POLICY: Debate on more effective cohesion policy and in favour of developing micro-credit to help poorest
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Commission to launch R&D projects as part of European relaunch plan
(EU) EU/BUDGET 2009: Changes in member states' contributions
(EU) EU/TRADE: Commission believes American online gambling legislation infringes WTO rules
(EU) EU/TRADE: Dutch minister Frank Heemskerk warns of danger of climate policy-related trade war
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: John Monks calls on G20 to put employment at heart of priorities - Towards a new social deal
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: Consumer protection in digital world at heart of Commission concerns and of first European Consumer Summit
(EU) EU/PIRACY: EU urges ship-owners to respect security instructions off Somali coast
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/COMMISSION:
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