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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9914

5 June 2009
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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/arab league
European troika and Arab league meeting

Brussels, 04/06/2009 (Agence Europe) - Amr Moussa, Secretary General of the Arab League, is expected in Luxembourg on Sunday evening 14 June for a dinner with European troika members, before the session of the General Affairs and External Relations Council. This meeting is not absolutely certain to take place and is part of the consultations begun with the Arab League more than a year ago. Doubts about whether it will take place are down to the fact that several Arab ministers asked to...

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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