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THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/swedish presidency

Fredrik Reinfeldt sets out priorities for second half of year

Brussels, 09/06/2009 (Agence Europe) - Responding to the economic and financial crisis and preparing for the Copenhagen conference on climate change in December will be the main priorities of the Swedish Presidency during the second half of this year, Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt announced on Tuesday 9 June at the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels. Sweden also wants to improve cooperation on justice and home affairs, adopt a new strategy for the Baltic Sea region,...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Some effects from European election results
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Barroso to stand for Commission Presidency on condition that European Council and European Parliament support his political platform
(EU) EU/SWEDISH PRESIDENCY: Fredrik Reinfeldt sets out priorities for second half of year
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Javier Solana visits Israel, Palestine and Egypt just before new peace process initiatives begin
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EUROGROUP: Return to budget consolidation, though not yet attained, may come about as of 2010
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: European Council to decide on transfer of power at European level on micro-prudential financial supervision
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Member states must be ready to do more to support banking sector if necessary
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Successes and shortcomings of member states' recovery measures
(EU) EU/EIB: Bank confirms its loans in EU and “pre-accession countries” could top €70bn in 2009
(EU) EU/EIB: Bank supports urban renovation in France
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Vladimir Spidla calls for solidarity principle to be respected and finds in favour of Germany and Austria's maintaining of certain labour market restrictions in keeping with treaties
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Petr Simerka appeals for dignified ageing - adoption of Council conclusions
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Androulla Vassiliou calls on 27 to show more ambition regarding health
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Prospect of common flu vaccination strategy
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Private storage aid for olive oil
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Ankara has not given up on demand for 15% of Nabucco gas
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Cairns Group wants ministerial meeting before summer
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: Viviane Reding supports new European charter for press freedom
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Cedefop says workers have to adapt qualifications to increasingly demanding labour market
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Private rail freight companies call for rapid establishment of single market for transport
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission authorises temporary Romanian guarantee scheme to boost real economy
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission authorises temporary Lithuanian and Spanish aid schemes
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
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(EU) EU/EESC: Commemoration of 2004 enlargement and fall of Iron Curtain
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
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