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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8451

29 April 2003
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JACQUES DELORS - AGENCE EUROPE EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
: Indispensable conditions for making the Convention a success - Results are now positive - "Giscard project" for Institutions lacks balance - One Commissioner for each nation over the transitional period - Defusing mistrust between large and small countries
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/DEFENCE: During summit on defence, France, Belgium, Germany and Luxembourg are to call on other Member States to collaborate on project
(EU) EP/DEFENCE:
(EU) EU/EP/DEFENCE: Warnings and encouragement ahead of Brussels four-way summit
(EU) EU/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/CAMBODIA:
(EU) EU/CONVENTION: Benelux send letter to Valéry Giscard d'Estaing rejecting his proposals on institutional architecture and announce alternative proposals - Convention enters new phase
(EU) EP/CONVENTION/INSTITUTIONS: Convention's Liberal element feels Presidium text far from perfect
(EU) EU/COMITOLOGY: Richard Corbett hopes comitology issue can be solved "with only a few amendments"
(EU) EU/UNITED KINGDOM: Tony Blair no interested in becoming President of European Council - In favour of "one polar power"
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Creation of High Level Group on CAP reform - Presidency sends powerful signal with view to reaching agreement by end June
(EU) EU/BUDGET 2004: Commission to adopt preliminary draft budget on Wednesday with priority given to enlargement and external actions
(EU) EU/MEDICINE/WTO: Prodi hopes for progress in access to medicines in next G8 meeting - Mr Busquin highlights importance of research
(EU) EU/WTO: Brazil asks for arbitration on European sugar regime
(EU) ACP/EU: ECOWAS takes informal commitment to negotiate economic partnership agreement with EU, but ACP group doubts regional negotiations can begin in September
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: US wants to discuss taxation at WTO - Two reform proposals for US tax code - Grant Aldonas: tighter business and trade relations
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Italian minister approaches Commission to promote harmonised controls in EU airports against SARS
(EU) EU/EMERGENCY: Promoting 112 and effective emergency services
(EU) EU/BORDERS: EU encouraged to have separate queues at land borders for EU citizens
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Acquisition by Gaz de France of Preussag Energie activities in Germany is cleared
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission approves acquisition of Fidis Retail Italia by four Italian banks
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Proposed joint venture between six German banks would not pose State aid problems
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/STABILITY PACT:
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT: Cox meets Presidents of the fifteen enlargement country parliaments
(EU) EU/LITHUANIA: Mr Verheugen pleased by Vilnius's assent on need to reinforce Community method
(EU) EU/ENTERPRISE: UEAPME launches SME information and reinforcement programme in future Member States
(EU) EU/EBRD:
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT:
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Proceedings launched against France, Italy and Netherlands
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission gives conditional go-ahead for three buildings projects in Natura 2000 sites - Thumbs down for new industrial zone in Germany
(EU) EU/WOMEN/HEALTH: Ria Oomen-Ruijten supports launch of audit of national cancer screening practices in enlarged EU
(EU) EP/SOCIAL: Menrad report highlights importance to consolidation of European social model of workers sharing in company profits
(EU) EP/CHILDHOOD: Committee on Development to propose temporary committee on "new slave" children
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION/ASYLUM: European summer school
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: OECD predicts progressive global recovery and recommends the ECB cuts interest rates
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Investing in sustainable development of MEDITERRANEAN
(EU) EP/ECB:
(EU) EU/EUROPE AN TRADE UNIONS:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 549
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