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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8639

6 February 2004
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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: "Will the United Kingdom really join Europe one day?" (chris patten)

The air hostess question. Will the United Kingdom really join Europe one day? It's not me posing the question but European Commissioner Chris Patten, who posed it last Friday, 30 January, in his "Alcuin lecture" at Cambridge University. In English, his question includes a certain nuance that I was unable to translate; I'll publish the original version, which was also asked recently of an air hostess during a flight, "Do you think that Britain will ever actually join Europe?" His answer, "Will...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: "Will the United Kingdom really join Europe one day?" (chris patten)
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EPP CONGRESS: Combative leaders cry for victory in June elections - Mr Aznar calls for compromise at IGC and stresses growth (as does Mr Raffarin, who says France will respect Community discipline) - Mr Juncker stresses social dimension of EU, and calls for necessary decisions to be made while those who remember the beginnings are still around
(EU) EU/EPP CONGRESS/CONVENTION: Valéry Giscard d'Estaing calls upon EPP to campaign for Constitution at European elections
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Milos Kuzvart to be Czech candidate for post of European Commissioner
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Mr Durao Barroso defends Mr Vitorino's bid to become President of the European Commission
(EU) EP/GUE/NGL/EPP: Lively reactions from Francis Wurtz at plans to exclude former Communist officials
(EU) P/EPP/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EP/"STATELESS NATIONS":
(EU) EP/PES:
(EU) EU/CFSP:
(EU) EP/GERMANY: List of German Greens respects gender equality to the letter
(EU) EP/NETHERLANDS: Dutch lists nearly complete
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: So far only two of the fifteen current EU Member States intend to open up their employment markets to workers from new Member States - Restrictions announced in Germany, Belgium, Austria and Finland, with uncertainty in other countries
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/ROMANIA: Bucharest considers Nicholson's request to suspend accession talks "very radical" and promises to clarify matters - Parliament debate on Brok report with view to plenary in March
(EU) EU/EMU: Philippe Maystadt considers deficit rules could be revamped to take economic situation more into account
(EU) EU/EIB: Phillipe Maystadt presents bank activities of 2003 - increasing efforts in continuity - record figures for loans to future Member States - need for active support of Member States for TEN
(EU) EU/ECB: ECB decides not to change interest rates - Mr Trichet praises Commission for Stability Pact
(EU) EU/USA/TRANSPORT: Third round of negotiations for concluding EU/US airline agreement 17-20 February in Washington
(EU) EU/ACP: Pascal Lamy in Mauritius for official launch of trade negotiations with EU, Eastern and Southern Africa - bilateral talks on sugar and textiles
(EU) ACP/EU: Conflict prevention, poverty related diseases and trade negotiations on joint parliamentary assembly agenda (Addis Abbeba, 16-19 February)
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Russia ready to agree to European representation in Chechnya - Commission's finishing touches to assessment report on EU/Russian relations
(EU) EU/TUNISIA/PRESS:
(EU) EU/NEIGHBOURHOOD: Mr Verheugen presents new neighbourhood policy in Morocco
(EU) EU/RUSSIA/WTO/ENVIRONMENT: Friends of the Earth call for suspension of Russia's negotiations to join WTO until it ratifies Kyoto Protocol
(EU) EU/LAWYERS: Council of Bars and Law Societies of the EU wishes to facilitate professional indemnity insurance of European lawyers
(EU) EU/EQUALITY/SPORT: Anna Diamantopoulou supports inclusion of women in national sports delegations at Olympic Games in Athens
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/COHESION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Italy requests protection for “Riccota Romana”
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Fisheries agreement with Solomon Islands
(EU) EU/EESC/FOOD SAFETY: Geoffrey Podger discusses nutrition and health claims on food
(EU) EU/BIRD FLU:
(EU) EP/FISHERIES: Attwooll slams British government's approach to protecting coral reefs off Scotland
(EU) EU/ITALY/LETTORI: Commission calls on Court of Justice to impose fine of EUR 309,705/day on Italy in "Lettori" case
(EU) EU/COR/COHESION/SPORT: Views are exchanged with Barnier - Forum on education through sport in European towns and regions
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