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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8618

8 January 2004
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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
: When and how should negotiation on the Constitution be resumed?
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/IGC/IRISH PRESIDENCY: Cowen recommends discretion rather than "megaphone diplomacy" when seeking to reactivate work of the IGC
(EU) EP/EPP: If EPP-ED Group is by far the strongest EP group after European elections in 2004, it will not accept a Commission president who is not from its own political family, Hans-Gert Pöttering warned, calling on Romano Prodi to clearly state whether or not he planned to head single centre-left list
(EU) EU/ANTI-SEMITISM: Discussion at Commission
(EU) EU/MIDDLE EAST:
(EU) EP/PES/ITALY: Giorgio Napolitano will not be running for European elections (and considers Romano Prodi should not do so either) - Call to break deadlock on European Constitution
(EU) EP/IGC:
(EU) EU/SOUTH EAST EUROPE:
(EU) EU/CFSP:
(EU) EU/TERRORISM/EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS: Coordination of security measures - Comments from Prodi and Pöttering
(EU) EU/ASIA: EU welcomes results of Islamabad Summit and India-Pakistan rapprochement
(EU) EU/CYPRUS/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/EMU: Updated stability programmes for Finland and Austria and convergence programmes for Sweden and Denmark on agenda of Ecofin on 20 January
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES: Small majority of Commissioners support 1.24% budget - agreement on generalised correction principle
(EU) EU/STABILITY PACT: Commission to decide next week at Court if it is to oppose suspension of proceedings against Paris and Berlin
(EU) EU/INTERNAL MARKET: Parmalat encourages Commission to take stricter auditing measures
(EU) EU/GSP/BELARUS/SRI LANKA: Investigation begins into union rights in Belarus which could see Generalised system of Preferences withdrawn for its exports to EU, decision in favouur of Sri Lanka
(EU) EU/WTO/GSP: Appeal against WTO decision on GSP - drugs
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Conditional green light to purchase of Editis by Lagardère
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: Viviane Reding says Europass will provide young with means to respond to their genuine desire for mobility
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission requests Belgium and Spain to comply with rulings of Court of Justice, possible fines could follow
(EU) EU/TRADE PROTECTION: Definitive anti-dumping measures against silicon from Russia
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT/LANGUAGES:
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: Transport committee to discuss Charm el-sheikh tragedy on 21 January - Paolo Costa wants plane black list
(EU) EU/PRESS: Reporters sans frontières indicates that 2003 was bleak year for freedom of the press
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Launch of web site aims to strengthen social dialogue in European postal sector
(EU) EU/UNIONS:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 07/01/2004:
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