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EU News Flashes and Events for 96-06-24
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.
From EUROPA, the European Commission Server at http://www.cec.lu/
© ECSC - EC - EAEC, Brussels-Luxembourg, 1995, 1996
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