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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9876

4 April 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/regional policy
Backing for more flexible financial management, simplification of ESF and aid to improve energy efficiency of homes

Brussels, 03/04/2009 (Agence Europe) - After a joint discussion in plenary session in Brussels in the early evening of 1 April, with European Commission Vice-President and Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner Jacques Barrot, the European Parliament approved three reports: the first calling for more flexible management of European funds (European Regional Development Fund, ERDF, the European Social Fund, ESF, and the Cohesion Fund), the second for greater simplification of ESF rules and the...

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(EU) EU/CENTRAL AMERICA: Talks on association agreement suspended
(EU) EP/TOTALITARIANISM:
(EU) EP/TURKMENISTAN:
GENERAL NEWS
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(EU) EU/EIB:
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Council starts work on reforming financial supervision within EU
(EU) EU/G20: Implementation of Summit decisions
(EU) EU/SOUTH KOREA: Free trade agreement put off until later
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Appointment of Europol director and Guantanamo - main points on agenda of Monday's meeting
(EU) EU/GUANTANAMO: Washington calls on EU to take in detainees
(EU) EP/JHA: Barrot presses member states to act on immigration in Mediterranean
(EU) EP/JHA: Parliament slams member states over free movement of citizens
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(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission still wishes to avoid legislating over coexistence of genetically modified crops with conventional and organic farming
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission criticises Iceland's mackeral quotas
(EU) EU/FISHERIES/MEDITERRANEAN:
(EU) EU/AFRICA: Launch of aid programme to improve food safety in Africa
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Energy/Climate package to be formally adopted on 6 April
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Climate change will be at heart of discussions between Stavros Dimas and Andreas Carlgren in Sweden on 6 April
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: European Water Conference
(EU) EP/FOOD SAFETY:
(EU) EP/ENERGY: Reflections on gas supply security
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Gas supplies in South East Europe “under control” after pipeline explosion in Moldova
(EU) EP/REGIONAL POLICY: Backing for more flexible financial management, simplification of ESF and aid to improve energy efficiency of homes
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Commission suggests stepping up work of EU Forum for University-Business Dialogue
(EU) EU/MULTILINGUALISM: China and EU hope to protect language learning
(EU) EU/MULTILINGUALISM:
(EU) EU/CULTURE:
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: More than three million .eu domain names
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Important legislation published in EU Official Journal
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