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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8544

18 September 2003
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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: in cancun, EUROPE defended its civilisation, natural habitat, sovereignty and principle of a controlled globalisation that respects environment
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION: Presenting Commission's opinion for IGC, Mr Prodi stresses Commission's focus on limited number of amendments to draft Constitutional Treaty
(EU) EP/CONSTITUTION: Pat Cox calls upon Poland to compromise
(EU) EU/CFSP:
(EU) EU/COLLOQUIUM:
(EU) EU/IRAQ: Germany, France and United Kingdom meet for Saturday summit in Berlin to attempt briging gap on their position on IRAQ
(EU) EU/IRAQ: Commissioner Patten now in Baghdad
(EU) POLITICAL WORKSHOPS/EPP-ED: Mr Aznar's views on Convention's stability pact rub up some French MEPs the wrong way
(EU) EU/SPAIN: Mr Aznar defends Spain's strong transatlantic connection
(EU) EU/ALGERIA: EU is called on to put pressure on Algeria concerning human rights
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/FIRES: Commission amends aid proposal to Portugal: EUR 48.5 million instead of EUR 31.6 million
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: France and Germany present joint initiative for rekindling growth and employment in EUROPE
(EU) EU/CHINA: Agreement establishing political dialogue on industrial policy is signed
(EU) EU/HONG KONG: Commission's Annual Report on Special Administrative Region
(EU) EU/AEROSPACE: signature expected at end of November for cooperation agreement between esa and Commission, council could give go-ahead on Monday
(EU) AeROSPACE: Industry committee underlines crisis in European areospace sector and calls for increase in public investment
(EU) EP/CLIMATE CHANGE: European Parliament delegation in Moscow to plead for speedy ratification of Kyoto Protocol
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: French government joins Germany in criticising draft legislation on chemical products - Commission invited to revise its copy
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission to propose partial decoupling of aid on production of olive oil to be effective from 2005 on
(EU) EU/CANADA: Signature of wine and spirits accord described as "good precedent" by Copa-Cogeca
(EU) EU/GMO: Commission intends to introduce tolerance threshold for accidental or inevitable presence of GMOs in seeds
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission opens in-depth inquiry into aid granted to Alstom, and postpones decision to adopt suspensive injunction to 22 September
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Inquiry opens into Italian credit investment law
(EU) EU/CONSTRUCTION:
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Acquisition of Singlepoint and Corporate 4U by Vodafone is cleared
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission may oppose draft alliance between Air France, KLM and possibly Alitalia
(EU) EU/EUROSTAT AFFAIR: Planistat director indicted in Paris
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Acceleration of inflation in August is confirmed
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: European social partners worried about Commission proposals on rationalisation of open coordination in area of social protection
(EU) EU/CULTURE: Commission communication on need to have international instrument for preserving and promoting cultural diversity
(EU) EU/YOUTH:
(EU) EU/EIB:
(EU) EU/BANKS: Frits Bolkestein confirms Commission will "soon" present its communication on safety of bank cards
(EU) EU/PUBLIC SERVICES: German mass response to Green Paper on "services of general interest" - ISUPE urges for framework directive - ATD Fourth World support access by all to public services
(EU) EU/VAT:
(EU) EU/EIB: New funding for water management in Flanders
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE/WTO: European Agriculture Congress, from 24 to 26 September in Athens, to discuss failure of Cancun
(EU) EU/WTO/AGRICULTURE: Copa-Cogeca feels Cancun negotiations failed because of "Singapore subjects"
(EU) EU/UNIONS/WTO:
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