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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9927

24 June 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 8 / 38
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) european movement

23/06/2009 (Agence Europe) - Former Liberal President of the European Parliament Pat Cox has decided to focus on campaigning for the newly formed “Ireland for Europe” group that promotes a “yes” for the Lisbon Treaty. To do this, he has temporarily stepped down as President of the European Movement International (EMI). In the meantime, EMI acting presidency will be held by the former Belgian minister and former president of the House of Representative, Charles-Ferdinand Nothomb....

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: A few controversial considerations about European Council's decisions
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Heartfelt tribute to Karel Van Miert
(EU) EP/POLITICAL GROUPS: Joseph Daul, Martin Schulz and Daniel Cohn-Bendit remain at head of their groups - Change of name for Socialist Group
(EU) EU/PALESTINE: Conference in Brussels for 60 years of UNRWA under aegis of UN and EU
(EU) EU/HUMAN RIGHTS:
(EU) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/EP/COMMISSION:
(EU) EUROPEAN MOVEMENT:
(EU) EU/IRAN: EU condemns violence against protestors
(EU) EU/IRAN: International community must not ignore violence in Iran, says Shirin Ebadi
(EU) EU/CROATIA:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Fischer Boel warns countries of raising unrealistic hopes for milk producers
(EU) EU FOOD SAFETY: Council adopts new marketing rules for animal feeds
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Council requests “further economic assistance” to aquaculture
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Controls agreement hoped for by end of year
(EU) EU/FISHERIES:
(EU) EU/CLIMATE: Dimas and Miko say that without international partners, EU will be unable to meet 30% emissions reduction target
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: €5 million for Sri Lanka
(EU) EU/OPEC: Agreement on need for better market regulation
(EU) EU/SEMINAR:
(EU) ACP/UN: ACP states call for urgent solutions to financial crisis
(EU) EU/TRADE: EU calls for WTO consultations with China on export restrictions on raw materials
(EU) EU/AUSTRALIA: Simpler certification of exported goods
(EU) EU/AUDIT: Commission looks at opportunity for adopting international auditing standards in EU
(EU) EU/OECD: Angel Gurría examines progress made with signing of bilateral agreements on fiscal information exchange
(EU) EU/TAXATION:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Commission looks at budgetary cost of banking crisis
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Clearance for proposed acquisition of Nuon Energy by Vattenfall, subject to conditions
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Despite some headway, new agreement on parental leave is cause of regret for COFACE
(EU) EU/POLAND: “Only Europe which is created by active involvement of its citizens at regional level, has a real chance of becoming an acknowledged partner at an international level”, says Tadeusz Mazowiecki
(EU) EU/ILO/EMPLOYMENT:
(EU) EU/JHA: FIDH denounces attacks on human rights activists
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/GOVERNANCE: Committee of Regions adopts White paper to put multi-level governance on European agenda
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: EUREKA is key to European industry competitiveness
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in EU Official Journal
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 23/06/2009: