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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8660

6 March 2004
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THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/BELGIUM: Guy Verhofstadt heads VLD list
(EU) EU/IGC: Schröder and Prodi confident agreement will be reached under Irish Presidency
(EU) EU/TURKEY: Council of Europe welcomes progress made by Turkey
(EU) EU/TURKEY:
(EU) EU/VENEZUELA: EU calls upon parties involved in organisation of referendum to negotiate and speaks out against violence
(EU) EU/BALKANS: Mr Solana welcomes beginning of direct dialogue between Belgrade and Pristina and insists Vienna promises are kept
(EU) EU/SERBIA:
(EU) EU/MACEDONIA:
(EU) EP/CONSTITUTION/SPINELLI PROJECT: Seminar organised by MEPs Napolitano, Watson and Frassoni shows how topical 1984 Spinelli project still is - call for next parliament to take over constituent process
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/TEXTILES: First meeting of "textiles and clothing" group to improve competitiveness of Europe in sector - Commissioners Lamy, Liikanen and Busquin confident in future
(EU) EU/ENLARGEMENT: Hungary will also restrict access of EU workers to its labour market - Measures to prevent abuse of social security system in Ireland - Work permit necessary in Sweden
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE/ENLARGEMENT: Commission outlines specific rules to set banana import quotas for ten new member states
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Preparing for the European Council, reduced VAT, and Eugenio Solans' replacement at ECB
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Germany expected to state at 9 March Ecofin Council that it favours a reduction in VAT on eating out in France - First debate on subsidiarity for reduced VAT
(EU) EU/ECOFIN: Progress in savings tax negotiations with Switzerland and the associated territories
(EU) EU/PATENT: Competitiveness Council to consider legal status of translations of future Community patent
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT/SOCIAL: Latest results of Council
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS COUNCIL: Mid-term review of eEurope 2005, e-communication in the EU, combatting spam and GISS
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT COUNCIL: Presidency will attempt to forge agreement over draft Eurovignette directive at Tuesday's Transport Council
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission will no longer examine State aid of less than EUR 100,000 in transport sector
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Aid in favour of combined transport in Italy
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: European regions want public subsidies to be authorised for developing regional airports
(EU) EU/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/COMMISSION/COLLEGE OF EUROPE:
(EU) EU/IMMIGRATION/EUROBAROMETER: 56% of Europeans consider immigration necessary for economy - 80% in favour of strengthened external border controls - strong support for common policy - publication on Monday
(EU) EU/JUSTICE: France implements European arrest warrant
(EU) EU/MEDITERRANEAN: Mediterranean economies are doing better but more progress needed, notes a European Commission internal report
(EU) EU/EIB: EIB to lend 250 million EUR to support private sector in Turkey
(EU) EU/IMF: EMU negotiator Köhler, Presidency candidate in Germany, to be replaced at head of International Monetary Fund
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/WTO: Mr Supachai hopes for amicable solutions on FSCs and French foie gras
(EU) EU/TRADE DEFENCE:
(EU) EU/TRADE DEFENCE:
(EU) EP/MARCH SESSION: Intellectual property, trans-European transport networks, education, Israel, Guantanamo prisoners, Iraq and Haiti
(EU) Main European activities from 8 to 12 March 2004:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 05/03/2004:
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