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· EDUCATION – Invitation 2002 to present proposals for “General Activities of observation and analysis” (action 6.1.2 of the SOCRATES programme) – Deadline for the presentation of bids: 3/5/2002. For further information, contact: European Commission, GD Education and Culture, Mr. Anders Hingel, Office B-7 07/024, B-1049 Bruxelles. Fax: 00322.2992231, E-mail UNITE-A1@cec.eu.int, or concult the Internet […]

The European Mediator, Jacob Söderman, has refused to sign the decision relating to the creation of the recruitment Office of the European Communities, subject to the elimination of the provision that permits discrimination on grounds of age. The refusal of the Mediator is based on article 21 of the Charter of fundamental rights of the […]

The Commissions of the EP are due to meet in Brussels from 18 to 21 March 2002. The main points on the agenda are the following: · Judicial and police cooperation in penal matters: framework programme, title VI of the Treaty on the Union (Commission for citizens’ freedoms and rights, justice and internal affairs, rapporteur: […]

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In the course of last week the following legislative acts and communications, among others, came into force: · Conclusions of the Council, of 14/2/2002, on the follow-up of the report on specific future objectives of the system of education and training with a view to the preparation of a joint report of the Council and […]

The Middle East continues to be the main focus of attention of the international dailies, as the wave of violence and carnage shows no signs of abating. James Bennet, writing in the Herald Tribune (13/3), starts out from a comparison between the first and the second “Intifada” to suggest the growing state of difficulty in […]

“Spring European Council” in Barcelona from 15 to 16 March: first summit of the heads of state and of government of the EU under the Spanish Presidency. The meeting will be dedicated to economic, social and environmental questions, following the path laid down by the Lisbon Strategy in 1999. So, apart from Prime Ministers and […]

The European Parliament, meeting in plenary session in Strasbourg from 11 to 14 March, has approved by a large majority the Report of Bruno Trentin (PSE, I) on the situation of the European economy. The Report and Resolution of the EP are preparatory to the forthcoming Recommendation of the Commission on Major Guidelines of Economic […]

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In the course of its plenary session in Strasbourg (11-14 March), the European Parliament (EP) approved the Commission’s report and resolution presented by Ole Andreasen (ELDR, DK) on Communication relating to a new framework of cooperation for the EU’s information and communication policies. The document of the Commission was a response to the criticisms directed […]

“When people say that Europe is based on the economy we must specify what economy that means: not only currency and bankers, but also economic and social progress, high level of employment, balanced and sustainable development. Objectives that go far beyond the currency”. So said the economist Alberto Quadrio Curzio in addressing a conference on […]

Europe has lost two important Church leaders in the space of two days. They are the archbishop emeritus of Zagreb, Card. Franjo Kuharic, who died on 11 March, and Card. Louis-Marie Billé, archbishop of Lyons and former president of the French Bishops’ Conference, who died following a serious illness on 12 March. Card. Kuharic was […]