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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9896

7 May 2009
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/rules of procedure
Parliament amends rules of procedure: first session to be chaired by out-going President or former Vice-President

Strasbourg, 06/05/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament amended its rules of procedure on Wednesday 6 May, after rejecting the call from the Greens/EFA, challenging some points of the reform which, in the words of Italian MEP Monica Frassoni tend “to further centralise power”, to return the matter to committee. The report by UK Labour MEP Richard Corbett, adopted by 522 votes to 101, with 51 abstentions, codifies practices that have grown up and introduces a number of...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Divergences on certain financial reforms, importance of elections
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/TERM OF OFFICE: President Pöttering gives eloquent picture of work done during sixth Parliament term of office - All group presidents praise his dignified presidency
(EU) EP/RULES OF PROCEDURE: Parliament amends rules of procedure: first session to be chaired by out-going President or former Vice-President
(EU) EP/PETITIONS:
(EU) EP/COMMITTEES:
(EU) EP/DELEGATIONS:
(EU) EU/LISBON TREATY: Czech ratification (or almost)
(EU) EU/EASTERN PARTNERSHIP: Joint declaration is ready to be adopted at Prague summit
(EU) EP/IMMUNITY:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Employment summit and Social Agenda at heart of MEPs' concerns
(EU) EP/EMPLOYMENT: Mechtild Rothe's declaration on failure of parliament/council conciliation on working time - attempts to explain
(EU) EP/SOCIAL:
(EU) EP/RECOVERY PLAN: EP endorses €5bn envelope
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Revision of "Bâle II" Directive gets green light
(EU) EP/TELECOMS: "Telecoms package" stumbles over amendment 138 - Council called upon to review its copy
(EU) EP/ENERGY: Parliament submits demands for revised directive on energy labelling OF PRODUCTS
(EU) EP/JHA: EP in favour of criminal law penalties for pollution at sea
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Parliament united against blended wines, but Mariann Fischer Boel sticks with her Ersatz rosé
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2009:
(EU) EP/ENVIRONMENT: Way clear for directive on recycling petrol fumes in all service stations
(EU) EU/CANADA: Ottawa threatens to refer EU to WTO if Canada is not exempted from ban on seal products
(EU) EU/TRADE: EU and US reach agreement on provisional agreement in beef dispute
(EU) EU/CHINA: 2nd session of economic and trade dialogue
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Barroso wants European Central Bank to have “central role” in macro-economic supervision
(EU) EU/BUSINESS: Small Business Act has only limited impact
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN:
(EU) EU/EIB: EIB and KfW reiterate support for European economy - New Carbon Fund to be set up
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/EIB/UNITED KINGDOM:
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