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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9969

4 September 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 5 / 27
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/egypt/israel
Solana completes visit to region and confirms need for change of style in peace talks

Brussels, 03/09/2009 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 2 September, EU High Representative Javier Solana completed his visit of the eastern Mediterranean countries with a stay in Egypt during which he had talks with Egypt's President Housni Moubarak, focusing on ways to reactivate the peace process. The Egyptian side highlighted its effort to achieve inter-Palestinian reconciliation. Javier Solana reiterated European support for the government programme developed by the Palestinian Authority...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Immigration: A few home truths about European Commission position
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: José Manuel Barroso outlines political goals for next five years and proposes “special partnership” to EP
(EU) EP/DEVELOPMENT: Incomplete G20 promises made to poor countries
(EU) EU/EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iraq and Middle East are focus of informal (“Gymnich”) meeting in Stockholm
(EU) EU/EGYPT/ISRAEL: Solana completes visit to region and confirms need for change of style in peace talks
(EU) EU/SYRIA: Association agreement is again up for discussion at European Council of Ministers
(EU) EP/DEVELOPMENT:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECB: ECB maintains rates and revises growth forecasts upwards
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Franco-German-British offensive against pay policies that encourage excessive risk taking
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Landabaru appeals for “energy treaty”
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Swedish Presidency wants agreement on financial supervision reform before end of year
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET: Björling says open internal market is needed in face of economic recession
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Dairy crisis will make going tough for Swedish Presidency
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: EP committee approves extension until end February 2010 of intervention purchases for butter and milk powder
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission probe into takeover of Sun Microsystems by Oracle
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Swedish presidency intends to act with European Parliament on future transport policy
(EU) EP/JHA: MEPs denounce agreement negotiated with Americans as matter of urgency on Swift
(EU) EP/JHA: Terrorist threat as serious as ever in Europe, says Gilles de Kerchove
(EU) EP/EMPLOYMENT: New chairwoman of employment committee, Pervenche Berès, sets out ambitious programme
(EU) EP/EDUCATION/CULTURE: Swedish Presidency sets out education and culture priorities
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: More information in new member states on quality, safety and prices of purchased goods
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Industrial producer prices down by 0.8% in euro area
Down by 1.0% in EU27
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Distance consumers who revoke contracts are not obliged to compensate seller for use of product
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Freezing funds of suspected terrorist does not automatically breach principle of presumption of innocence
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 03/09/2009: