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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8338

13 November 2002
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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: merger controls don't just need improving, they also need political, industrial and social guidelines
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: EPP component presents Convention with new draft Constitution - "We do not want a two-headed executive", says Wilfried Martens, who is to defend the draft before Heads of Government - Elmar Brok insists on distinction between "legislative" and "executive" Council
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION: Spain calls for visas to be reintroduced for Ecuador - No other requests
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Criticism of Giscard d'Estaing's remarks
(EU) EU/CYPRUS: Commission hopes that proposal for peace plan will enable Cyprus to reunite before joining - Hopes of Joint Parliamentary Committee
(EU) EP/RUSSIA: Greens and Radicals call on EU to use its influence to promote political solution for Chechnya
(EU) EU/IRAQ:
(EU) EU/CONVENTION/COMPLEMENTARY COMPETENCIES: Mitigated reactions to Henning Christophersen report, who defends himself of wanting to systematically repatriate current competencies exercised by EU
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: Agreement over Kaliningrad - Chechen issue avoided - Progress in energy co-operation between EU and Russia
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Commission to table on 2% growth in 2003 and confirm opening of procedures on German and French public deficits
(EU) EU/REGIONAL POLICY: Commission proposes EUR 750 million to help regions affected by bad weather this summer, including France
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT: According to Commission, Greece is nowhere near achieving Lisbon objectives and German, Italian, Spanish and French markets are too slow in reforming
(EU) EU/WTO: Ministerial meeting Thursday and Friday in Sydney
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Deficit in transposing European directives remains at 2.1%, ten years after creation of single market, according to Commission's latest scoreboard
(EU) EP/PES:
(EU) CULTURE COUNCIL: Towards in-depth review of television without frontiers directive?
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission in favour of reworked De Beers sales system
(EU) EU/STATE AID/COMPETITION: Commission continues examination of aid to British Energy and postpones its decision on Telepiu
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Mr Fischler considers drastic measures to prevent next year's cod fishing ban
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/AGRICULTURE: Mr Fischler calls on agriculture ministers from candidate countries to be realistic - limits to EU flexibility
(EU) EU/TRADE/BRAZIL:
(EU) EP/LIBERALS/GREECE:
(EU) EP/COHESION: Improving cohesion policy - New cohesion policy should mainly take permanent geographical disadvantages into account
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Parliament supports increased ferry safety
(EU) EP/MEDIA: Green initiative for freedom of the press
(EU) EP/DEVELOPMENT/HEALTH: Feachem takes stock of how World Fund for fighting AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria works
(EU) EP/HEALTH: Workshop organised by Trakatellis stresses need for Centre for Communicable Diseases
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 527
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