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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8142

2 February 2002
Contents Publication in full By article 1 / 40
A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Short account of the Convention on the future of Europe - Giscard d'Estaing explains the timetable - The Nice Treaty may never be applied - Presumed victory for Silvio Berlusconi

Frank and open. The Chairman of the Convention on the future of Europe, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, gave an outline of his organigramme and work programme on Thursday evening (see page 5) and then answered journalists' questions in a very frank and open manner, which he was not always known for in the past.

Getting the ball rolling. Mr Giscard d'Estaing stressed that the Convention would have an immense task to carry out but public opinion was not yet aware of this (and neither were...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Short account of the Convention on the future of Europe - Giscard d'Estaing explains the timetable - The Nice Treaty may never be applied - Presumed victory for Silvio Berlusconi
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Organigramme and work programme
(EU) EP/CONVENTION: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing to meet MEPs on Wednesday
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Austria appoints Farnleitner - Ireland McSharry
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST:
(EU) EU/ITALY:
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Spain announces first intervention of European military force in Macedonia
(EU) ACP/EU/ZIMBABWE: Union on verge of deploying first team of observers for presidential elections and at same time prepares necessary texts for possible targeted sanctions
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Fayot welcomes return to at least part of constitutive power in hands of parliamentarians
(EU) EU/BALKANS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EP/EUROPEAN COMPANY STATUTE: Pat Cox decides not to challenge legal basis for regulation of European Company before Court of Justice - Spanish Presidency expresses satisfaction
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Speaking before Industry and Research Ministers, Busquin insists on incentive to private research to catch up with United States and Japan
(EU) EU/AIR TRANSPORT: Loyola de Palacio stresses need for overall "Open Skies" agreement between Europe and United States
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/GIBRALTAR:
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Spain refuses any "intrusion" between enlargement negotiations and reform of CAP
(EU) EU/TERRORISM: Spanish Presidency wants to include combating terrorism in Esdp tasks
(EU) EU/ALGERIA: visa refused to a Commission mission
(EU) EU/CHILE: Negotiations over a free-trade agreement between EU and Chile are on right path
(EU) EU/WTO: WTO Director General to pilot negotiating process on Doha Development Agenda
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Unconditional go-ahead for Hewlett-Packard's acquisition of Compaq
(EU) EU/ANIMAL HEALTH: Commission adopts proposal to combat African Swine Fever
(EU) EU/REGIONS:
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Debate on Wednesday over Galileo - Glante Report calls for private sector not to participate in joint enterprise to manage the project
(EU) EP/EIB: Schmidt Report gives EIB full marks regarding changes made to its activities in 2000
(EU) EU/DRUGS: Oostlander Report suggests some changes to draft framework-decision on drug trafficking - Rapporteur criticises scope of draft
(EU) EP/IMMIGRATION: Ludford report insists on improving status of third country nationals residing in the EU
(EU) EP/FEBRUARY SESSION: Pat Cox's programming speech - Monti's declaration on motor industry - Terrorism, Afghanistan
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Miquel Mayol i Raynal' s report stresses cost of labour is not one of the main reasons for inflation
(EU) EP/EDUCATION: Lone Dybkjaer signs Memorandum of Understanding for creation of Asian University for Women, also financed by the EU
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Iran confirms it wants agreement with EU on natural gas
(EU) WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM/UNICE: Philippe De Bulck considers New York Forum may be engine for European economic potential
(EU) GLOBALISATION/TRADE UNIONS: Message from world trade unions to Social Forum in Porto Alegre and Economic Forum in New York
(EU) EU/INDIA/ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE:
(EU) EU/RESEARCH: Philippe Busquin welcomes Bundestag's decision to authorise import of stem cells into Germany
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Volume of retail trade up in EU in November 2001 compared with November 2000
(EU) EU/EUROSTAT/AUSTRIA:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT/RUSSIA:
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