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EU News Flashes and Events for 96-06-24

EU News Flashes and Events Directory - Previous Article - Next Article

From: HR-Net News Distribution Manager <dist@hri.org>


CONTENTS

  • [01] EU leaders welcome beef deal
  • [02] Major says Britain vindicated
  • [03] Mad cow crisis will blow over
  • [04] Summit ends with pledges on jobs
  • [05] EU drugs rift persists
  • [06] Europol to start work
  • [07] EMU progress an afterthought
  • [08] No to transport networks
  • [09] EU proposals for single market
  • [10] Turkish/EU leaders discuss ties
  • [11] EU/Netanyahu relations
  • [12] EU concerned on Burundi
  • [13] Swedes not joining ERM soon
  • [14] Geographic food campaign
  • [15] Greek isles exempted from EU power
  • [16] EU/Asia standardise customs
  • [17] British Airways-American deal
  • [18] Poles/Czechs hammer on NATO door
  • [19] Commission/Deutsche Telekom
  • [20] Main EU events for June 24

  • [01] EU leaders welcome beef deal

    FLORENCE, Italy - European Union leaders expressed relief on Friday at the end to the "beef war" with Britain but many of them criticised the disruptive tactics the British government had adopted in the battlE.

    [02] Major says Britain vindicated

    FLORENCE, Italy - British Prime Minister John Major said his hardline policy with Europe had been vindicated by Friday's summit agreement on a step-by-step lifting of the export ban on British beef.

    [03] Mad cow crisis will blow over

    LONDON - Britain's relations with the European Union are likely to return to normal quite quickly now that a bitter row over mad cow disease has been defused, European Commissioner Sir Leon Brittan said on Sunday.

    [04] Summit ends with pledges on jobs

    FLORENCE, Italy - European Union leaders, their "beef war" with Britain behind them, ended a two-day summit on Saturday with pledges to create jobs and with an order for a draft new EU treaty to be ready by the end of the year.

    [05] EU drugs rift persists

    FLORENCE, Italy - Despite a deal on the nascent crime-fighting agency Europol, the EU summit on Saturday showed deep differences remain over policy on drugs and other sensitive areas of a border-free European Union.

    [06] Europol to start work

    FLORENCE, Italy - European Union leaders cleared the way on Friday for the bloc's crime-fighting agency Europol to get down to business, ending a long- standing dispute with Britain over the role of the European Court of Justice.

    [07] EMU progress an afterthought

    FLORENCE, Italy - A topic plagued by doubt and pessimism only a short time ago, Europe's single currency project now seems so assured that EU leaders barely mentioned it at their summit meeting this weekend.

    [08] No to transport networks

    FLORENCE, Italy - European Commission President Jacques Santer failed on Saturday to persuade EU leaders to put aside more money for large transport networks, a key plank in his effort to spur jobs growth.

    [09] EU proposals for single market

    FLORENCE, Italy - In an effort to tackle Europe's high unemployment rate, EU leaders on Saturday endorsed a series of proposals to speed up completion of the single market.

    [10] Turkish/EU leaders discuss ties

    FLORENCE, Italy - Turkey's caretaker Prime Minister Mesut Yilmaz met European Union leaders on Saturday for talks on relations with the bloc and territorial disputes with Greece that are blocking the release of EU funds.

    [11] EU/Netanyahu relations

    FLORENCE, Italy - European Union leaders sent hardline new Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a clear message on Saturday that he must trade occupied Arab land if he wants to advance Middle East peace.

    [12] EU concerned on Burundi

    FLORENCE, Italy - The European Union said on Saturday it was concerned at continuing violence in Burundi and was considering the possibility of holding an EU-African summit to spur peace and democracy. "The European Council remains concerned about the violence which continues to mark the Great Lakes region and in particular Burundi," the EU said in a summit communique.

    [13] Swedes not joining ERM soon

    FLORENCE, Italy - Swedish Finance Minister Erik Asbrink made clear on Friday that Sweden had no plans to join the European Union's exchange rate mechanism any time soon.

    [14] Geographic food campaign

    BRUSSELS - Farm Commissioner Franz Fischler launched an eight million Ecu promotion on Friday for foods registered on a European Union list of geographic origins.

    [15] Greek isles exempted from EU power

    ATHENS - The energy Council has decided to exempt all Greek islands from the implementation of the EU directive on electricity liberalisation, the Greek development ministry said in a statement.

    [16] EU/Asia standardise customs

    BRUSSELS - Finance ministers from the European Union and Asia will meet later this year to give political clout to efforts to standardise customs procedures.

    [17] British Airways-American deal

    LONDON - A planned global alliance between British Airways and American Airlines is tantamount to a merger and may require a full competition investigation, a British monopolies agency said on Friday.

    [18] Poles/Czechs hammer on NATO door

    WARSAW - Central European states, embarked on democracy after decades of communism, hammered on NATO's door at a major alliance conference which ended formal sessions in Warsaw on Saturday.

    [19] Commission/Deutsche Telekom

    BONN - The European Commission is pressing Germany's state telecommunications firm Deutsche Telekom AG to give up its television cable network, business daily Handelsblatt said in an advance release from Monday's edition.

    [20] Main EU events for June 24

    LUXEMBOURG - EU farm ministers meeting begins at 1300 GMT (first of two days); Commission proposal fixing farm price package (1996-1997).

    BRUSSELS - EP Environment and Agriculture Committees joint public hearing on "BSE-CJD: our health at risk?" begins at 1300 GMT (first of two days).

    BRUSSELS - Transport Commissioner Kinnock and Commissioner Bjerregaard address public forum hosted by the European Commission on the citizens' public transport network.

    APIA, Western Samoa - ACP ministers hold council (first of three days); discussions on ACP-EU questions such as state of work on second financial protocol of Lome IV.


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