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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9926

23 June 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 31 / 43
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/guantanamo

22/06/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 17 June, the Spanish minister for foreign affairs, Miguel Angel Moratinos, announced that the US had requested Spain to take in four Guantanamo Bay prisoners as part of the announced closure of the US military prison. Moratinos indicated that he would give his response after having studied the dossiers of the four prisoners and the legal repercussions that their possible arrival in Spain would provoke (Spain is one of the 25 Schengen area members)....

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Comments on a few aspects of the results of the European Council
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CROATIA: Forthcoming Swedish EU Presidency does not intend to intervene in “bilateral” border dispute between Zagreb and Ljubljana
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Swedish Presidency favours vote on Jose Manuel Barroso in July - other posts to be discussed after Irish referendum
(EU) EU/EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Future Swedish presidency expects Iceland to apply for accession - Disputes between Ukraine and Russia (over gas) and Greece and FYRom (over name) are “bilateral”
(EU) EU/ITALY: Berlusconi backs Mario Mauro for EP Presidency and nominates Antonio Tajani once again for Commission
(EU) EU/ELECTIONS: From personalisation to Europeanisation, electoral campaigns varied throughout EU
(EU) EU/ELECTIONS: Political communication in European elections in France
(EU) EU/ELECTIONS: Debriefing on media cover of European elections
(EU) EP/GROUPS: Conservatives and European Reformists form new anti-federalist group in Parliament.
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Council wants to improve quality policies
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Work begins on review of aid scheme for farmers in areas with natural handicaps
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Non-consensual agreement on direct payments
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Green week 2009 boost to “climate change - act and adapt”
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT: Vladimir Špidla affirms that ambitious environmental policy cannot survive without a social perspective
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: John Monks is not pleased by text and status of Declaration on Workers' Rights
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Banking industry is pleased with European Council conclusions on micro-prudential financial supervision
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Tax burden in EU evolved slightly in 2007
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Proposed takeover of SN Brussels by Lufthansa approved, but with conditions
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Go ahead for budget increase for Austrian crisis measure
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission approves Finnish export-credit insurance scheme
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission authorises prolongation of German and Slovenian state aid schemes
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: ACI Europe Best airport awards 2009
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/ENERGY: More favourable framework for investments would help photovoltaic energy to cover 12% of electricity demand by 2020
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY: Committee of Regions calls for automotive crisis to be made one of Europe's priorities
(EU) EU/AUSTRALIA:
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA:
(EU) EU/UN/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission and Ocha strengthen their cooperation but alarmed by increasing human rights violations
(EU) EU/UN/HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission allocates €8 million for refugees and drought victims in Kenya
(EU) EU/GUANTANAMO:
(EU) EU/JHA:
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(EU) EU/GAMBLING: Experts call for rules at EU level on online gambling
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Principal acts published in Official Journal of EU
(EU) EU/MEDICINES:
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) Banking:
(EU) Loans:
(EU) Investment:
(EU) Confidence:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 830
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 22/06/2009: