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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9128

10 February 2006
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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: ARCELOR/MITTAL STEEL: fundamental issues EU should be debating
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/CONSTITUTION/BELGIUM: Belgium has become 14th Member State to ratify - Jo Leinen calls mainly on Nordic EU countries to go with new thrust - Pat Cox willing to contribute to permanent debate
(EU) EU/CONSTITUTION/ESTONIA:
(EU) EP/CONSTITUTION/EI:
(EU) EU/FUTURE OF EUROPE/BELGIUM: Guy Verhofstadt reiterates his idea of a “pioneer group” based on Eurogroup - support from Commissioner Louis Michel
(EU) EP/ISLAM/PLENARY SESSION:
(EU) NATO/ISLAM:
(EU) WEU/ASSEMBLY: Jean-Pierre Masseret says that given NATO's development, EU must develop defence policy to remain world player
(EU) EU/RUSSIA/HUMAN RIGHTS:
(EU) EU/ISLAM/COMMISSION:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/RUSSIA: European and Russian industrialists hope to see rapid and concrete progress in creation of Common Economic Space
(EU) EU/G8/ENERGY: Energy security to be focus of G8 discussion in Moscow
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL PERSPECTIVES: Member States are opposed to significantly greater budgetary flexibility
(EU) EU/ECOFIN/TAXATION: Formal adoption of legislation on extending reduced VAT rates to take place next Tuesday at Ecofin Council
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission to suggest adjusting duty on alcoholic beverages by summer - consultation on EMCS system
(EU) EU/EIB: EIB business balance sheet for 2005
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT/EIB: Commission and EIB set up trust fund to finance infrastructure in Africa
(EU) EP/EIB/DEVELOPMENT: NGO report backed by GUE recommends providing EIB with necessary instruments - procedures and expertise - to ensure its optimum role as development bank
(EU) EU/TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Commission preparing regulation to force operators to lower international roaming charges
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/ARCELOR: No plenary debate next week on Mittal Steel's hostile takeover bid, but President Borrell stays in contact - Parliament could organise hearings
(EU) EU/ICT:
(EU) EU/STATE AID: publication of contributions to action plan on state aid reform
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission says public participation of AWS in Austrian securitisation scheme is not State aid
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: Commission to adopt decision requiring all lighters on EU market to be equipped with child-safety device
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET: Members of Socialist group take initiative in preparing draft proposal on SGI and SGEI Directives
(EU) EP/SOCIAL/REGIONAL: After examining its Proposal of a European Charter for Housing, “URBAN-Housing” Intergroup asks regional development committee to prepare own-initiative report
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission closes investigation following changes to Philips CD-Recordable Disc Patent Licensing
(EU) EP/HEALTH/RESEARCH/GUE-NGL:
(EU) EU/EP/SPACE: Ambitious space policy needed for EU
(EU) EU/UNITED STATES/TRANSPORT: John Beyerly urges American Congress not to block chances of air agreement with EU
(EU) EU/SOCIAL/CHILDREN: Joint forum of European Foundation for Street Children Worldwide and Representation of European Commission in Italy on consequences of migration on children in southern European countries - with Franco Frattini
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Companies excluded from call for tender for not having paid their taxes or social charges able to a posteriori rectification of their situation
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Conclusions of Advocate General Léger in Belgian coordination centres affair
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