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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 7861

11 December 2000
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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/INSTITUTIONAL REFORM: After three days of negotiations, the "Treaty of Nice" is born - for Jacques Chirac, Nice was "a great summit" - Lionel Jospin is "happy for Europe", but would have liked more ambition, especially over qualified majority voting, like Romano Prodi, who finds the re-weighting of votes finally agreed to difficult to explain
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Coordination meeting between donors for Serbia
(EU) EU/KOSOVO:
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: European Council points out EU is willing to consult all parties on resumption of peace process
(EU) EU/KASHMIR: EU welcomes ceasefire proclaimed for Ramadhan
(EU) EU/POLAND: Warsaw pleased to have status equal to Spain
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: Nice Summit took into consideration possibility of failure of fishing negotiation and plans support for conversion of Spanish fleet, satisfaction from Spain
(EU) EU/ASEAN: Burma problem dominates first ministerial session, with new WTO round
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Additional EUR 134 million to facilitate financing of small and medium sized enterprises (SME) in candidate countries
(EU) EU/BULGARIA: EIB grants first loan of EUR 50 million for construction of bridge over Danube between Bulgaria and Romania
(EU) EU/ACP/TRADE: Mr Lamy explains to ACP Trade Ministers his view of new round of WTO trade negotiations
(EU) EU/SPORT: Ms Reding considers "Nice Declaration" on specific nature of sport a "clear political signal" calling for greater account to be taken of social and cultural dimension of sport
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises join control of AirPlus by Creditanstalt, Austrian Airlines and Lufthansa
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission authorises Dow to take exclusive control of Gurit-Essex and Gurit-Essex Trading
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Green light for takeover of Moulinex by the group EL.FI
(EU) EU/COMMISSION: Green light for a concentration between the American groups Quantum HDD and Maxtor (hard disk drives)
(EU) EU/SME:
(EU) EP/STATISTICS:
(EU) EP/FRAUD/OLAF: Theato Report invites EP to insist on OLAF's independence and establishment of European prosecutor
(EU) EU/FRAUD: Polemic over recruitment procedures for OLAF staff
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Ruling on French legislation relating to emmenthal cheese interpreted differently
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission proposes strengthening safety measures for transport of passengers and children, by strengthening compulsory use of safety belts
(EU) EU/POSTAL SERVICES: Economic and Social Committee compromise between opening up to competition and keeping universal service
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Commission proposes Council Recommendation to Member States on measures to curb under-age alcohol consumption
(EU) EU/VOCATIONAL TRAINING: Viviane Reding takes part in "Training 2000"
(EU) NEWS OF THE WEEK: from 4 to 10 December 2000
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
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WEEKLY SUPPLEMENTS
European Library: N° 439
VALUE OF THE EURO IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES 11/12/2000:
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