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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9078

30 November 2005
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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: The “rural development” aspect of the CAP can help resolve the problem of urban peripheries (in Paris and elsewhere)
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/ENLARGEMENT: Voting on Brok and Tannock reports (enlargement strategy and neighbourhood policy) is postponed till January - Opinions differ over Brok's proposal to introduce “neighbourhood country” status
(EU) EU/ALBANIA: Prime Minister Berisha meets Solana and Barroso
(EU) EU/IRAN:
(EU) EP/POLAND/HUMAN RIGHTS: Adeline Hazan calls on European Commission to ensure compliance with fundamental rights in Poland
(EU) EU/SLOVAKIA/HUMAN RIGHTS: Slovakian Minister of Interior agrees to meet Eurocop President
(EU) EU/TERRORISM: Green Paper on Critical Infrastructure Protection
(EU) EU/OSCE/AFGHANISTAN:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EP/EUROGROUP: If ECB increases rates, I will draw conclusion it thinks prospects for growth are “so robust that they will not be threatened” by such monetary decisions, says Juncker
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES: Reimer Böge rejects "Chaos theory" and repeats solutions to fund multi-annual programmes even without agreement in December - Agreement in first quarter of 2006 would suffice
(EU) EU/BUDGET 2006: Agreement on budget 2006 to be concluded on Wednesday
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL/RESEARCH:
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL: Council gives support to Commission's integrated approach to industrial policy
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL: Space Council approves orientations on GMES
(EU) EU/CHEMICAL SUBSTANCES: Views differ over REACH authorisation procedure but Presidency has every hope of political agreement being reached at extraordinary Competitiveness Council of 13 December
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL/SERVICES DIRECTIVE: Questions relating to scope, principle of country of origin and workers' rights remain open
(EU) EU/COMPETITIVENESS COUNCIL/LISBON:
(EU) EU/JHA COUNCIL: Thursday and Friday's JHA Council to focus on counter-terrorism, immigration and data retention
(EU) EU/TERRORISM/CIA: Franco Frattini threatens EU countries sheltering CIA secret prisons with sanctions
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES: European and American industrialists urged to achieve “concrete results” at first ministerial meeting on economy
(EU) EP/BOLKESTEIN DIRECTIVE/FRANCE: Work meeting with French parliament
(EU) EU/TRADE: EU imposes customs duty on banana imports, together with zero-duty quota for ACPs
(EU) EU/FISHERIES: Commission proposes to reduce fishing for cod, sole and Norway lobster in 2006
(EU) EU/HEALTH: Commission adopts to new communications on Europe's preparedness against flu and bioterrorism
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Commission authorises Ireland to extend its programme of reimbursing employer contributions to social security system
(EU) EP/TRANSPORT: "Marco Polo II" programme receives support of EP's committee on transport -Commission launches call for proposals for 2005
(EU) EU/PES/SOCIAL EUROPE: Jacques Delors joins PES project
(EU) EP/WOMEN'S RIGHTS: Hearing on Roma women shows need to establish new policies and adequate measures
(EU) EU/EQUALITY: European Women's Lobby calls for European legislation to combat violence against women - Council of Europe launches campaign 2006-2007
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: 83% of businesses which apply policies for diversity in workplace are commercially viable, according to Commission survey
(EU) EU/EDUCATION: 10,000 schools join eTwinning, Commission is pleased to note
(EU) EU/INFORMATION SOCIETY: BEUC reiterates consumer rights in digital environment
(EU) EU/COMMUNITY PATENT: London protocol and diplomatic conference at end of 2006 on issue of law suits, while awaiting adoption of Community patent
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