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EU News Flashes and Events for 96-10-03
From: HR-Net News Distribution Manager <dist@hri.org>
CONTENTS
[01] UK sees EU summit as unnecessary
[02] EU asked to give impetus to IGC
[03] Slow progress on EU reform
[04] Lira should be in EMU first wave
[05] Cross-border study and training
[06] EU to crack down on crime -Kohl
[07] Textile trade liberalisation
[08] Balkan guidelines/Van den Broek
[09] First Bosnia presidency meeting
[10] EU urged to react on Afghanistan
[11] Swedes urge rapid EU expansion
[12] Ill-equipped to fight BSE
[13] Portuguese TV state aid claims
[14] EU rules on SFP TV studios aids
[15] French textiles aid plan
[16] Main EU events October 3
[01] UK sees EU summit as unnecessary
LONDON - Britain sees a summit meeting of European Union heads of government
to be held on Saturday as unnecessary, but also unlikely to harm its
interests, officials said on Wednesday.
[02] EU asked to give impetus to IGC
BRUSSELS - Irish Prime Minister John Bruton told his European Union colleagues
on Wednesday that they must use a special summit in Dublin at the weekend to
give a push to the EU's preparations for the 21st century.
[03] Slow progress on EU reform
PARIS - France and Germany inched slowly towards narrowing differences on
European Union reform on Wednesday, reporting progress on interior and justice
affairs, but wide divergences remained over the European Parliament.
[04] Lira should be in EMU first wave
PARIS - France said on Wednesday it wanted Italy to be among the founder
members of a single European currency but the lira must first "catch up" with
the franc. In LONDON, Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said he was
confident that his country would qualify to join a single European currency in
1999.
[05] Cross-border study and training
BRUSSELS - The European Union must do more to smoothe the way for citizens to
study, get training and conduct research in other EU countries, the European
Commission said on Wednesday.
[06] EU to crack down on crime -Kohl
DUBLIN - German Chancellor Helmut Kohl promised the European Union's 300
million citizens on Wednesday that the bloc would crack down on drugs and
crime.
[07] Textile trade liberalisation
BRUSSELS - The European Commission on Wednesday made good its threat to
include only token products in a second phase of textile trade liberalisation
when it unveiled a list of items to be freed-up next year.
[08] Balkan guidelines/Van den Broek
BRUSSELS - European Union External Affairs Commissioner Hans van den Broek
said on Wednesday any future ties between the EU and the Balkan republics
would be conditional on full implementation of the peace accords.
[09] First Bosnia presidency meeting
DUBLIN - EU President Ireland welcomed the first meeting of the collective
presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina on Wednesday and said it had a chance to
secure peace.
[10] EU urged to react on Afghanistan
BRUSSELS - Humanitarian Aid Commissioner Emma Bonino on Wednesday urged the
European Union to break the world's silence over the human rights situation in
Afghanistan under the new Taleban militia regime.
[11] Swedes urge rapid EU expansion
STOCKHOLM - Swedish Prime Minister Goran Persson called on Monday for a rapid
expansion of the European Union to promote security and stability.
[12] Ill-equipped to fight BSE
BRUSSELS - The head of the European Commission's public health and safety
directorate, William Hunter, told the European Parliament on Wednesday his
unit was ill-equipped to tackle the risk to humans of mad cow disease.
[13] Portuguese TV state aid claims
BRUSSELS - The European Commission rejected allegations on Wednesday that
Portuguese public television was receiving state subsidies, a thorny issue
which also divides the sector in France and Spain.
[14] EU rules on SFP TV studios aids
BRUSSELS - The European Commission ruled on Wednesday that France had
illegally granted 1.1 billion francs in subsidies to television programme
producer Societe Francaise de Production between 1993 and early 1996.
[15] French textiles aid plan
BRUSSELS - The European Commission said on Wednesday it had asked France for
more information about measures to help its textile industry which are being
closely watched by German and Italian rivals.
[16] Main EU events October 3
LUXEMBOURG - Transport Council begins at 0730 GMT (first of two days);
discussion on opening negotiations on air transport agreements between the
Community and Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and
Slovakia and preparation for joint meeting of the Council with central and
eastern European countries' ministers.
BRUSSELS - European Commissioner Pinheiro meets South African Health Minister
Nkosazana Dlamini Zuma at 1330 GMT.
From EUROPA, the European Commission Server at http://europa.eu.int/
© ECSC - EC - EAEC, Brussels-Luxembourg, 1995, 1996
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