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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9914

5 June 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 30
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) acp/eu
EU signs interim EPA with Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland - Namibia refuses to sign

Brussels, 04/06/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 4 June in Brussels, the European Union formally signed an interim Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with three African member states from the ACP (Africa/Caribbean/Pacific) and the Southern African Development Community (SADC) - Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland - which will be notified to the WTO.

Concerns over the impact of the SADC interim agreement on regional integration within the Southern African Customs Union (SACU)) were addressed...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: European elections, world's food situation and future
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Barroso sends mission to Moscow and Kiev before report back to European summit on new “gas crisis”
(EU) EU/ARAB LEAGUE: European troika and Arab league meeting
(EU) EU/EASTERN PARTNERSHIP: First “multilateral platform” on 5 June
(EU) EU/ELECTIONS: European election kicks off in Netherlands and United Kingdom - last call for citizens to go out and vote
(EU) EP/ELECTIONS: Debate on abstentions in European elections and new European Commission president
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: EU thinks again about stopping SIS II development
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: EU prepared to take in former Guantanamo detainees
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: EU sympathetic to southern countries' immigration problems
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Latvia must still do more to reduce deficit
(EU) EU/ECB: ECB keeps rates unchanged and confirms its intention to purchase €60 billion of covered bonds
(EU) EU/EUROGROUP: Jean-Claude Juncker prepared to stand down as Luxembourg Finance Minister but not as Eurogroup President
(EU) ACP/EU: EU signs interim EPA with Botswana, Lesotho and Swaziland - Namibia refuses to sign
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: €10 million in humanitarian aid for refugees from western Sahara
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Joe Borg empowered to close bluefin tuna fishery
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Oceana slams pillage of European seas
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: What rules for emissions quota auctioning from 2013? Commission consults stakeholders
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Stavros Dimas calls on whole world to act
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Commission welcomes agreement on legal framework for European research infrastructure
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Community 20% renewables target by 2020 would allow 2.8 million jobs to be created in EU, Commission says
(EU) EU/TRADE: Catherine Ashton favours Russian WTO membership by end 2009
(EU) EU/TRADE: European business leaders express concern at Russian protectionism
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission clears Greek scheme for subsidised state guarantees to boost real economy
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission authorises temporary Finnish aid scheme allowing limited amounts of aid to boost real economy
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Single meeting between competitive companies may constitute concerted practice
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Unfair terms in consumer contracts must be examined as matter of course
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Clarification on job seekers' rights in another member state
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: European Youth Forum recommends enhanced education in new media during Council of Europe conference
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
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