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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8406

22 February 2003
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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Is political union of 25 or more countries possible?

Jean-Louis Bourlanges doesn't think so. MEP Jean-Louis Bourlanges has crossed the Rubicon, openly stating what many quietly think (or are beginning to think), namely that an EU with 25 ore more member states cannot become a political union and it will be necessary to move towards "two Europes". He has explicitly said that there will have to be a combination of a political Europe of some countries and a broader, less ambitious Europe (see our bulletin of 19 February, p. 9).

Jacques Delors'...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: Is political union of 25 or more countries possible?
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/GENERAL AFFAIRS: On Monday foreign ministers will discuss Middle East, Iraq and Balkans - Jean-Luc Dehaene will report on progress at Convention
(EU) EU/CYPRUS:
(EU) EU/ZIMBABWE: EU denounces torture of opposition members and expresses concern over trial of main opposition party leader Morgan Tsvangirai
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: EMHRN comments and recommendations on eve of EU/Morocco Association Council
(EU) CONVENTION: Work on reform of Court of Justice has just begun
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/RELIGION: Geek Orthodox Church informs VGE of its wishes
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/CROATIA: Formal request for accession in order to open talks in 2004 and join at the same time as Bulgaria and Romania
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: 3rd session of Association Council - Moroccan request for "special status"
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Commission believes prolonged Iraq conflict offers no threat of serious recession and opposes relaxation of Pact
(EU) EU/MERGERS: Germany reports to favour Greek compromise over scrapping multiple voting rights after a transition period
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Council adopts recommendation aimed at improving health and safety at work of self-employed workers
(EU) EU/OPEN SKIES: Communication on consequences of "Open Skies" ruling of 26 February - United States must wait before amending agreements
(EU) EU/ECONOMY/FRANCE:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE COUNCIL: Technical negotiations over reform of Common Agricultural Policy and requests for national aid
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: A priori, Franz Fischler says Italy's amnesty for fined dairy farmers is illegal
(EU) EU/WTO/ENVIRONMENT: WTO to open doors to representatives of environment protection organisations
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/HEALTH: European health insurance card to modernise social security systems in Europe, says Commission
(EU) EU/CZECH REPUBLIC/SAPARD:
(EU) EU/FOOD AND MOUTH DISEASE: green light to ban bovine fresh meat from Paraguay
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Greenpeace invites Commission to open procedure against Spain for violating EU Waste Directive in its handling of the 'Prestige' emergency
(EU) EP/RETIREMENT: Karas report introduces notion of life coverage into pension fund directive
(EU) EP/DRUGS: Pirker report on synthetic drugs calls for strict control of precursors and a regulation rather than a directive
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Against opening harbour pilot services up to competition
(EU) EP/WTO: Parliamentarians of 75 countries insist on parliamentary control of WTO
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: Representatives of dairy sector criticise proposals for mid-term review of CAP during public hearing in Parliament
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/FRAUD: OLAF reinforces fight against fraud in candidate countries
(EU) OECD/TAXATION: Tax pressure is reduced, says OECD report
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Aid for LEIPA George Leinfelder given Go ahead
(EU) EU/PUBLIC TENDER: Proceedings launched against seven Member States
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Authorisation of aid for Spanish coal industry
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT/BELGIUM:
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT/UK:
(EU) EP/CONVENTION/INTERNAL MARKET: Kangaroo Club believes internal market should be exclusive competence of Union
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/CULTURE: European Cinema and Television Office requests clarification on competencies for Member States and EU on cultural diversity and pluralism of information and media
(EU) EU/JUSTICE: Support for harmonisation of defendants' rights
TIMETABLE
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