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EU News Flashes and Events for 96-11-06
From: HR-Net News Distribution Manager <dist@hri.org>
CONTENTS
[01] Delay threatens single currency
[02] Monetary committee meeting
[03] Poland wants to join EMU
[04] Santer concerned by US aerospace
[05] European aerospace mergers
[06] Pressure on BSE experts denied
[07] Fischler, Glickman at FAO summit
[08] Flynn to attack tobacco subsidies
[09] Banco di Napoli rescue plan
[10] Talks on Thomson sale
[11] Italian credibility at IRI stake
[12] Novel foods draft directive
[13] Meeting on GMO maize
[14] Europe pressured on Zaire
[15] EU to visit Mideast Nov 9-12
[16] China dissident's sentence
[17] Illegal drugs warning
[18] Main EU events November 6
[01] Delay threatens single currency
BRUSSELS - European Union Monetary Affairs Commissioner Yves-Thibault de
Silguy said on Tuesday that delaying the start of the EU's single currency
would be a death sentence for the project as a whole.
[02] Monetary committee meeting
BRUSSELS - The European Union's monetary committee ended the first day of a
two-day meeting to discuss a budget stability pact among countries joining a
single currency and related issues, sources said.
[03] Poland wants to join EMU
WARSAW - Poland's President Aleksander Kwasniewski will this week declare his
country's intention to join the European Union's planned monetary union as
soon as possible, his spokesman said on Tuesday.
[04] Santer concerned by US aerospace
BRUSSELS - European Commission President Jacques Santer said on Tuesday that
direct United States government interference in favour of civil and military
export sales could severely distort the global aerospace market.
[05] European aerospace mergers
BRUSSELS - Mergers would help boost the power Europe's defence and aerospace
industry in the face of fierce competition from the United States, EU
Industrial Affairs Commissioner Martin Bangemann said on Tuesday.
[06] Pressure on BSE experts denied
BRUSSELS - The European Commission on Tuesday denied suggestions it put
pressure on scientific experts dealing with mad cow disease to supress
evidence of its spread.
[07] Fischler, Glickman at FAO summit
BRUSSELS - European Farm Commissioner Franz Fischler and U.S. Agriculture
Secretary Dan Glickman will meet to discuss bilateral issues on the margins of
this month's World Food Summit in Rome, a Commission spokesman said on
Tuesday.
[08] Flynn to attack tobacco subsidies
BRUSSELS - European Social Affairs Commissioner Padraig Flynn plans to attack
the European Union's tobacco subsidies on Wednesday, arguing that they
compromise its anti-smoking drive and give its critics ammunition.
[09] Banco di Napoli rescue plan
BRUSSELS - The European Commission published on Tuesday a long list of
questions regarding the rescue of Banco di Napoli, one of Italy's top 10 banks
which faces serious liquidity problems after a reckless expansion in the early
1990s.
[10] Talks on Thomson sale
BRUSSELS - The European Commission and France are holding discussions over the
privatisation of defence and electronics giant Thomson SA even though the plan
still awaits clearance from a French Parliament commission.
[11] Italian credibility at IRI stake
GENOA, Italy - The credibility of the Italian government is at stake over the
sale of telecoms group Stet and the reduction of debt at state holding IRI,
European Competition Commissioner Karel Van Miert said on Monday.
[12] Novel foods draft directive
BRUSSELS - The European Parliament and Council of Ministers remain deadlocked
over the draft directive on novel foods and will have to extend their
negotiations under the conciliation procedure, Council sources said on
Tuesday.
[13] Meeting on GMO maize
BRUSSELS - Three EU scientific committees are due to meet this week to decide
how to advise the European Commission on whether to approve the market release
of Ciba Geigy's gene-modified maize strain.
[14] Europe pressured on Zaire
BRUSSELS - Europe, virtually paralysed by indifference, came under renewed
pressure on Tuesday to act to help more than one million refugees in eastern
Zaire, the victims of central Africa's latest bout of bloodletting.
[15] EU to visit Mideast Nov 9-12
DUBLIN - The European Union said on Tuesday it was sending a delegation to the
Middle East from November 9-12, but EU diplomats said plans to visit Jerusalem
had been shelved due to sharp differences with the Israeli government.
[16] China dissident's sentence
BRUSSELS - The European Union on Tuesday expressed "profound concern" at an 11-
year jail sentence passed on Chinese dissident Wang Dan by a Chinese court
last week.
[17] Illegal drugs warning
DUBLIN - Illegal drugs are so freely available that they have halved in price
over the past decade, Juergen Storbeck, the head of the European Union's
police agency said on Tuesday.
[18] Main EU events November 6
BRUSSELS - European Commission regular weekly meeting begins at 0830 GMT;
discussions focus on presentation of fall economic forecasts - followed by a
news conference by Commissioner de Silguy at 1115 GMT; Commissioner Wulf-
Mathies holds news conference on economic and social cohesion at 1145 GMT.
BRUSSELS - Commissioners Bonino and Pinheiro meets Danish Development and
Cooperation Minister Pol Nielsen.
BRUSSELS - The Italian Labour Party and the Group of the Party of European
Socialists joint conference-debate on "Working towards the construction of a
left-wing Europe" begins at 1900 GMT.
BRUSSELS - ACP/EU Economic and Social representatives closing news conference
following annual meeting begins at 1200 GMT.
From EUROPA, the European Commission Server at http://europa.eu.int/
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