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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8159

27 February 2002
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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: A few more comments on so-called "bilateral alliances" and on Council reform - Valéry Giscard d'Estaing's "political tendency"
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: Summit in Washington on 2 May preceded by ministerial meeting in April - Powell and Pique highlight common concerns in Washington and Europe - Pique calls for lifting of restrictions on Yasser Arafat's movements
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: Greece confirms its reservations about Istanbul compromise and prepares counter-proposal
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST: Arafat wants new negotiations over security issues
(EU) EU/DENMARK/ENLARGEMENT: Rasmussen plans to conclude in December
(EU) EP/CONVENTION:
(EU) EP/CONVENTION:
(EU) EU/UNITED KINGDOM:
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE: Paavo Lipponen fears Convention will minimise role of "small countries" and European Commission - Plea for Community Method
(EU) EP/COUNCIL/FRANCE/GERMANY: Warm welcome for Schröder/Blair letter - Pöttering stresses role of European Commission, Leinen focuses on Treaty amendments
(EU) EU/PE/COLOMBIA:
(EU) EP/CZECH REPUBLIC:
(EU) EU/IRELAND: European Movement urges for ratification of Nice Treaty
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE: First contribution by European Movement
(EU) EU/MADAGASCAR: Union welcomes efforts made by the OAU
(EU) EU/ALBANIA: EU has hopes for the new government
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EIB: Commission to propose arrangements, on Wednesday, for creation of Euro-Mediterranean bank
(EU) EU/GCC: Ministerial meeting on 27 and 28 February in Spain
(EU) EU/JORDAN: Visit by new Jordanian Foreign Minister
(EU) EU/CHINA: Commission proposes concluding agreement on maritime transport
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE/WTO: EU defends its policy relating to sugar export, faced with an imminent complaint from Brazil
(EU) EU/MERCOSUR/CHILE: Pascal Lamy in Argentina, Brazil and Chile - Franz Fischler meets his Argentinean counterpart - Problem of beef
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Guidelines for negotiations with United States - Possible that agreement will be reached on freezing assets - Discussion of Europol
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: EP's Economics Committee adopts Huhne report on prospectuses, Goebbels report on insider dealing and Lipietz report on financial conglomerates
(EU) EU/BELGIUM/ECHELON: Belgian parliamentary report appeals for creation of European intelligence service
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN: 57.5 million euro for reconstruction
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission initiates in-depth investigation into sand-lime brick sector
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission allows three operations
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/OLAF: Commission to check allegations of poor professional conduct contained in van Buitenen Report before acting
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Berlin recommends a minimum agricultural policy for future
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Presidency memorandum in favour of creation of common insurance framework for agriculture
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE/FRAUD: Appeal by Willi Rothley and others against Parliament's OLAF decision is inadmissible
(EU) EU/COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE: European Commission decision requiring recovery of state aid for Italian shipyard has been annulled
(EU) EU/INDUSTRY:
(EU) EP/CONVENTION: Recommendation by Committee on Budgets on budget for Convention on future of Europe - Bourlanges and Boge: it has not to be a precedent
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Langenhagen calls for relaxation of embargo affecting products of animal origin from China
(EU) EP/TOURISM: Helena Torres Marques calls for Article in Treaty devoted to tourism
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Fatuzzo Report calls on Barcelona Summit to take concrete decisions on pensions
(EU) EP/EDUCATION: De Sarnez Report calls for European quality label for higher education
(EU) EU/COUNCIL/HOME AFFAIRS:
(EU) EU/ESC/INTERNET: ESC appeals to Member States to ensure disabled people have access to websites and calls for European directive to cover this
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Rural development aid for Sicily
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Aid for networking Italian rural communities
ECONOMIC INTERPENETRATION
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 25/02/2002:
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