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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9908

27 May 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 27
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/eib/united kingdom
£400 million M25 motorway widening project

Brussels, 26/05/2009 (Agence Europe) - The European Investment Bank (EIB) has just signed a £400 million (€453 million) to help finance the M25 DBFO project - the widening of the M25 motorway.

The project will be managed by the special purpose Public Private Partnership (PPP) vehicle Connect Plus on behalf of the Highways Agency. The EIB loan, which will consist of GBP 185 million direct lending and a further GBP 215 million which is counter-guaranteed by the commercial banks in the...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Universal nature of human rights: principles and reality
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CROATIA: Commissioner Olli Rehn makes further attempt to bring membership talks out of deadlock
(EU) EU/IRAQ: Prospect of partnership and cooperation agreement
(EU) EU/ASEM:
(EU) EP/ELECTIONS: Greens point to inadequacies in recovery plans for green investment
(EU) EU/GEORGIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission forced to grant aid to milk producers
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Activation of private storage aid for olive oil
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Quota management causes division among member states
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Commission proposes system of financial supervision in line with de Larosière report
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVE COUNCIL: Ministers' agenda contains patents system, small business act and agreement on Eric
(EU) ACP/EU: Trade question and review of Cotonou agreement on ACP/EU Council
(EU) EU/UN/FOOD AID: With €39 million from food facility, WFP will be able to boost Asian and African agricultural productivity
(EU) EU/CIVIL PROTECTION: EU wants to help Tajikistan
(EU) EU/EIB/UNITED KINGDOM: £400 million M25 motorway widening project
(EU) EU/EIB: €700 million for key investments in Estonia
(EU) EU/MARITIME REGIONS: Conference on regions' role in new global framework
(EU) EU/EIB/VIETNAM:
(EU) EU/JHA: Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro in vanguard on visa lifting
(EU) EU/JHA: Belgium prepared to accept Guantanamo detainees
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Paris conference to analyse trade union mobilisation for addressing crisis and examine how to achieve Social Europe
(EU) EU/YOUTH: Assembly of European Regions' Youth Regional Network redefines structure and has concrete projects for future
(EU) EU/COMMUNICATION: New tool for European information in several languages
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) EU/PHYTOPHARMACEUTICALS:
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