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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8542

16 September 2003
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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: The Swedish rejection of the euro shows that Member States have differing ambitions with regard to European integration
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN: Situation in Afghanistan at heart of discussions between COPS and NATO
(EU) EU/TERRORISM: Hamas is added to European list of terrorist organisations
(EU) EU/ESDP: Alliot-Marie proposes creation of European gendarmerie
(EU) EU/TERRORISM/AL-QAIDA:
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EURO: 56.1% of Swedes reject the euro - Prodi admits the country's influence within the EU could suffer because of it
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: France's pledge to bring its deficit back below 3% in 2005 fails to meet Council recommendations, says Commissioner Solbes
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Stresa Council confirms disagreement on list of services to benefit from reduced VAT
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Finance Ministers confirm their stance for IGC
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Europeans expected to put pressure on during IMF and G7 meetings so that Asian countries reduce link between their currencies and the dollar, in order to ease tension on the euro
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Negotiations with Liechtenstein on savings tax are deadlocked
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION: Commission prepares to initiate infringement proceedings against Germany for bilateral agreement on re-entry signed with China
(EU) EU/JHA: Pisanu answers concerns expressed by Amnesty International regarding European immigration policy
(EU) EU/JUSTICE: Only three Member States ready to apply European Arrest Warrant on 1 January 2004
(EU) EU/JUSTICE: "Amicable" discussion on length of trials and implementation of prison sentences
(EU) EU/JHA: Divisions on framework decision drafts on drugs and xenophobia
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Estonians massive "yes" vote in favour of accession
(EU) EU/CYPRUS: Launch of negotiations for programming regional aid to Cyprus: 113 million EUR from 2004 to 2006
(EU) EU/COMPETITION:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission to propose decoupling tobacco premiums and a new fund to cover restructuring
(EU) EU/WTO: EU piqued after failure of Cancun ministerial
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission to present proposal on transeuropean networks on 1 October
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Common position on Cogeneration Directive sent to Parliament for second reading
(EU) EU/SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Commission wants collective EU agreement on transferable company pension rights
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT/FAMILY: Diamantopoulou to meet French and British ministers
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: France obliged to make high-level public service posts accessible to civil servants from other Member States
(EU) EU/MEDIA:
(EU) EU/SPORT: Viviane Reding says legal basis put forward by the Convention will allow the Union to do more for sport
(EU) EU/COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS: Immigration on agenda of Committee's Bureau in Copanello
(EU) EU/COHESION: CPMR wants more ambitious cohesion policy - against any changes to regional elements of draft Treaty
(EU) EU/COHESION: "Tricky debate" continues on financial perspectives and cohesion policy in the Commission's meeting of 1 October
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 565
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