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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9144

4 March 2006
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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Defence ministers to take stock of EU military operations in Innsbruck on Monday and Tuesday - European Defence Agency needs funding to launch initial research work

Brussels, 03/03/2006 (Agence Europe) - Three major themes will dominate the informal meeting of the European Union defence ministers organised by the Austrian EU Presidency in Innsbruck on 6 and 7 March: - civil-military interaction, military operations and military capabilities. The Member State ministers taking part in the European Defence Agency (EDA) will also a meeting of the Steering Board at this crucial moment as the Agency seeks to become fully operational after an initial...

Contents

THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Defence ministers to take stock of EU military operations in Innsbruck on Monday and Tuesday - European Defence Agency needs funding to launch initial research work
(EU) EU/IRAN: Meeting without result with EU-3, “total agreement” with Russia
(EU) EU/BELARUS: EU concern about unfolding of electoral campaign
(EU) EU/TERRORISM/RUSSIA: Gijs de Vries stresses key role of moderate Islam in combating terrorism - Russian strategy for anti-terrorist partnership foreseen for November
(EU) EU/GREENS/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Forum in Vienna on 8 and 9 March on the Constitution, South-East Europe and globalisation
(EU) EU/JHA/CIA/TERRORISM: Socialist MEPs protest at Council of EU's failure to respond to claims about CIA activity in Europe
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/ITALY:
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/CROATIA/IRELAND:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TRANSPORTS/TETN: Planned budget cuts likely to lead to selection of "top priorities", says Jacques Barrot
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: EU road safety campaign to be launched next year
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Greek government has until end of March to submit plans to set up new Greek airline
(EU) EU/AUSTRIAN PRESIDENCY/CULTURE:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/EQUALITY: Commission's new roadmap on gender equality 2006-2010 - Vladimir Spidla stresses external plank of this principle of equality
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET/ENERGY: Charlie McCreevy hopes to shed light on details of GDF/Suez/Enel affair
(EU) EU/ZOONOSES: Mad cow disease, swine fever and avian influenza
(EU) EU/GMO: Commission authorises genetically modified maize 1507 for human food
(EU) EU/ACP: Commission suggests new partnership between EU and Caribbean for growth, stability and development
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Commission reports numerous obstacles to trade and investment in the United States
(EU) EU/INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: European Patent Office Conference, 3 and 4 May 2006
(EU) EU/POLAND/COMPETITION: Commission may warn Poland over its blocking of merger between HVB and UniCredit
(EU) EU/CUSTOMS:
(EU) EU/ICT: Commission continues with proposed plan to set up a European Digital Library
(EU) EU/ICT:
(EU) EU/SPACE:
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS/COMMISSION: At conference on “territorial dialogue”, Günter Verheugen acknowledges seriousness of EU's communication problem and stresses responsibility of national actors - Danuta Hübner: “Make regional policy a policy to raise the competitive profile of Europeans”
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Oceana welcomes Commission decision against France
(EU) EU/JHA/VISAS/YOUTH: European Youth Forum against paying more for EU entry visas - Danger to EU's Neighbourhood Policy
(EU) EU/POLICE:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL SECURITY/TAXATION:
(EU) EU/HEALTH/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Criticism from European trade unions and Eurochambres of European Globalisation Fund
(EU) EP/SOCIAL/DISABILITY: Support from President Borrell for action of European Disability Forum for disability to become a priority in European integration process
(EU) EU/CEEP/AUSTRIAN PRESIDENCY: Caspar Einem, Rainer Plassmann and Martin Bartenstein discuss Presidency programme on social, internal market and energy matters in Vienna
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/INTERNAL MARKET: Seminar on free movement of workers within EU with Vladimir Spidla - Experience of Czech Republic since EU accession
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