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European Commission Spokesman's Briefing for 07-10-02Midday Express: News from the EU Commission Spokesman's Briefings Directory - Previous Article - Next ArticleFrom: EUROPA, the European Commission Server at <http://europa.eu.int>CONTENTS / CONTENU
MIDDAY EXPRESSNews from the Communication Directorate General's midday briefingNouvelles du rendez-vous de midi de la Direction Générale Communicationb02/10/07[01] Statement by President Barroso on the elections in UkraineThe President of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso, welcomed the strong commitment with democracy expressed by the Ukranian people in the parliamentary elections. President Barroso said: "I want to pay tribute to the sense of responsibility and strong commitment to democracy shown by the Ukrainian population who massively took part in this important election. The parliamentary elections were conducted in an overall transparent and fair way, as assessed by international observers. This development should pave the way for the establishment of a new Government that could resume the reform process very soon and meet the high expectations of the Ukrainian people."[02] Commission condemns attack on AU peacekeepers in DarfurThe European Commission has condemned in the strongest possible terms this weekend's attack on African Union peacekeepers in Sudan's Darfur region. Louis Michel, Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, expressed his deepest sympathy for the families of the soldiers killed and described the attack as "outrageous". Commenting on the tragic killings, Mr Michel said: "I would like to express my deepest sympathy to the families and colleagues of the soldiers killed in this outrageous attack on the African Union's peacekeeping base in Sudan's Darfur region. I was greatly saddened to learn of these tragic deaths of African Union soldiers who were committed to bringing peace and stability to this troubled region." Commissioner Michel also extended his sympathy to the African Union and underlined the support and solidarity of the European Commission to the AU at this difficult time. In addition, he offered his support for the United Nations' call for all parties to recommit to a peaceful resolution to the conflict and to prepare for peace talks in Libya in October.[03] La Commission approuve la stratégie choisie par la Belgique pour mettre en œuvre la politique de cohésion 2007-2013La Commission européenne vient de valider la stratégie choisie par la Belgique pour mettre en œuvre la politique de cohésion pour 2007-2013. Dans leur cadre de référence stratégique national (CRSN), les autorités belges précisent comment elles comptent investir les 2.258 milliards d'euros de financement européen, dans le respect de la stratégie de Lisbonne pour la croissance et l'emploi.[04] Cohesion policy 2007-2013 : Commission adopts new series of Polish programmesA ceremony will take place in Warsaw today to mark the adoption of seven Operational Programmes for Poland, to cover Cohesion Policy implementation for 2007-2013. Danuta Hübner, European Commissioner for Regional Policy, will sign the programmes in the presence of the Polish Minister for regional development, Mrs Grażyna Gęsicka, and marshals from the regions. The Commission will officially complete its adoption procedures for the programmes in the next few days.[05] Andris Piebalgs visite une grande centrale solaire au Portugal, dans la perspective de la proposition de directive-cadre sur les énergies renouvelablesM. Andris Piebalgs, membre de la Commission européenne chargé de l'énergie, a visité aujourd'hui ce que l'on considère comme la centrale solaire la plus puissante du monde, installée Serpa, dans le Sud du Portugal. Cette visite a lieu deux mois avant l'adoption des propositions de la Commission visant permettre la réalisation de l'objectif contraignant d'une part de 20% des énergies renouvelables dans la consommation énergétique de l'UE d'ici 2020. "Cette centrale est un bon exemple des avantages que peuvent apporter les sources renouvelables d'énergie: création d'emplois, diminution des émissions de gaz effet de serre et réduction de notre dépendance envers les importations d'énergie", a déclaré M. Piebalgs l'issue de sa visite.[06] Meglena Kuneva visits the United StatesEuropean Commissioner for Consumer Policy Meglena Kuneva starts a three-day visit to Washington today. This follows a short visit to Boston yesterday where she delivered a lecture at the Harvard University. In Washington, she will meet with members of the US Senate and House of Representatives, the Chair of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), the White House Office of Management and Budget and the Consumer Product Safety Commission. She will also meet a range of American consumer organisations and business groups. During her visit she will present the Commission's drive to review its body of consumer protection legislation ("acquis") to make it more consistent and up to speed with changing consumer needs and markets. She will also discuss EU-US consumer protection co-operation, in particular on consumer product and toy safety, but also on the enforcement of consumer rights in distance selling. "Cooperation with the United States on consumer protection is of paramount importance, and is expanding fast," says Commissioner Kuneva. "We have a long history of direct contacts in key areas such as product safety and we are ready and willing to develop these exchanges further. We also have constructive dialogues with US lawmakers, agencies and consumer organisations on a wide variety of regulatory issues. However, there is scope for improvement and for much better cooperation and coordinated action. If we managed to develop a system to share data on fraud, for example, our combined effectiveness in taking the fraudsters to task would be immensely enhanced. I hope my visit to the US will help boost this process." For further information, see <a href="http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/cons_issue/tacd_en.htm">http://ec.europa.eu/consumers/cons_issue/tacd_en.htm[07] Industrial producer prices up by 0.1% in euro areaIn August 2007 compared with July 2007, the industrial producer price index rose by 0.1% in the euro area (EA13), while EU27 prices remained unchanged. In July, prices increased by 0.3% in both the euro area and the EU27. In August 2007 compared with August 2006, industrial producer prices gained 1.7% in the euro area and 1.5% in the EU27. These figures come from Eurostat.[08] Le chômage stable 6,9% dans la zone euro ; baisse 6,7% dans l'UE27Dans la zone euro (ZE13), le taux de chômage corrigé des variations saisonnières, s’est établi 6,9% en août 2007, inchangé par rapport juillet. Il était de 7,8% en août 2006. Dans l'UE27, le taux de chômage s'est élevé 6,7% en août 2007, contre 6,8% en juillet3. Il était de 7,8% en août 2006. En août 2007, les taux les plus bas ont été enregistrés au Danemark et aux Pays-Bas (3,3% chacun) et les plus élevés en Slovaquie (11,1%) et en Pologne (9,1%). Ces chiffres sont publiés par Eurostat.[09] Autre matériel diffuséSpeech by Janez Potočnik : "A new research programme for Europe's small companies" at launch of Eurostars – Cooperation between the European Community and EUREKASpeech by Danuta Hübner : "Wspólny sukces" at Uroczystoś podpisania siedmiu polskich programów operacyjnych (Warsaw) Speech by Andris Piebalgs : "Oil and gas geopolitics" at the Lisbon Energy Forum 2007 Speech by Günter Verheugen to the European Parliament's commission for economic affairs (! embargo 17h45 !) Speech by Stavros Dimas : "The road to Bali and beyond" at European Parliament's Joint Parliamentary session (01/10) Speech by Neelie Kroes : "Building a competitive European energy market" at
Madrid Energy conference (01/10)
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