Sweden takes over EU presidency - EUbusiness Week no 452
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EUbusiness Week - Issue 452 3 July 2009 http://www.eubusiness.com Your way through the EU information maze = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = This Week's Top Stories ====================== 1. EU confident of treaty ratification after court ruling 2. EU rules signal cheaper mobile calls for travellers 3. European economic confidence improves 4. Galileo satnav project ill-conceived: EU auditors 5. GMO maize strain safe: EU food agency 6. Bendy cucumbers, knobbly carrots return to EU shelves Publisher's Note =============== "The financial crisis and climate change, with the preparation of the Copenhagen conference, will be our main priorities," said Swedish Prime Minister Fredrik Reinfeldt as his country took over the six-month presidency of the European Union on 1 July. Sweden faces a number of uncertainties, however, with a new Commission to be installed, and a new European Parliament which has indicated it may postpone its decision on a new Commission president until the autumn. With the Irish referendum on the Lisbon Treaty due in October, institutional difficulties may overshadow the new presidency's laudable aims. http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246411921.97 Regards, Nick Prag Publisher, EUbusiness EU GATEWAY PROGRAMME * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Funded and managed by the European Commission, the Programme organizes business missions aimed at penetrating the Japanese and Korean market. It offers selected European companies a package of financial and logistical support, strategic preparation and a tailored search for business contacts in Japan and/or Korea. Now open for applications, an Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) mission will take place from 30 November - 4 December 2009 in Tokyo, Japan and a Healthcare and Medical Technologies mission will take place from 23-27 November 2009 in Seoul, Korea. For more information, go to www.eu-gateway.eu * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 1. EU confident of treaty ratification after court ruling --------------------------------------------------------- Commission chief Jose Manuel Barroso has expressed confidence that the Lisbon treaty would be ratified across the EU by the autumn, despite this week's German court ruling suspending the process there. http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246366022.57 Top German court suspends ratification of Lisbon Treaty http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246350722.96 2. EU rules signal cheaper mobile calls for travellers ------------------------------------------------------ European holidaymakers can expect lower bills for using their mobile phones while abroad in Europe this summer because new EU regulated price caps took effect across the bloc on Wednesday. http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246447028.45 EU to get harmonised mobile phone chargers http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246276021.17 3. European economic confidence improves ---------------------------------------- European business and consumer confidence firmed in June for the third month running albeit from depressed levels, according to an EU survey. http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246267021.75 Eurozone unemployment hits 10-year high of 9.5 pct http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246526221.63 4. Galileo satnav project ill-conceived: EU auditors ---------------------------------------------------- The EU's much delayed satellite navigation network project Galileo has been ill-prepared and badly managed, the European Court of Auditors charged on Monday. http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246294039.59 5. GMO maize strain safe: EU food agency ---------------------------------------- A genetically modified strain of maize, banned in some EU countries, poses no risk to health or the environment, declares the European Food Safety Authority. The move once again pits the Commission against the Member States, most of whom do not support use of the maize. http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246366921.47 6. Bendy cucumbers, knobbly carrots return to EU shelves -------------------------------------------------------- Bendy cucumbers, knobbly carrots and other strangely shaped fruit and vegetables, long the source of jibes over EU micro-regulation, were allowed back onto European supermarket shelves from Wednesday. http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246374122.4 FREE OFFER TO MEMBERSHIP ORGANISATIONS * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * EUbusiness Week is being piloted in multiple languages! If your members would be interested in receiving a co-branded version of this newsletter in multiple languages, please email us stating the languages you require and approximate numbers of recipients per language. We must limit numbers for the pilot, priority will be given to early registrants. Email service@eubusiness.com * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Inside the EU Institutions ========================= Council Watch ------------- Sweden-Russia: new EU president Sweden already faces problems due to its strained ties with Russia, with Moscow opposing plans to hold a key summit in Stockholm. http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246463222.14 Stormy Czech EU presidency ends without glamour http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246157222.39 EU 'ready to act' over British embassy detainees in Iran http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246555922.09 EU nations withdraw Honduras ambassadors http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246573022.96 Battle for EU president post commences http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246500121.77 State of ratification of EU's Lisbon Treaty http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246362437.54 http://www.eubusiness.com/European_Council Commission Watch ---------------- Latvia: the Commission has called on Latvia to cut its huge budget deficit to an EU limit by 2012 as it approved a desperately needed instalment of loans to the country. http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246531629.42 EU tells member countries to prepare for new gas crisis http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246536122.31 Barroso dismisses 'liberal' criticism http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246453322.32 http://www.eubusiness.com/Commission Euro-Parliament Watch --------------------- Political groups week in Brussels: the process of reorganising political groups in the light of the election results, and the new requirement that a group should be made up of at least 25 members from at least seven countries, continues in the first of two weeks devoted to preparations for the 14-16 July inaugural plenary session. http://www.eubusiness.com/Europarl EU diary -------- 6 Jul, Informal Meeting of Health Ministers 6-9 Jul, Employment, Social, Health, Consumer informal 7 Jul, Economic and Financial Affairs Council 7 Jul, Informal Meeting of Health Ministers 8 Jul, Employment and Social Insurance Ministers informal The Week Ahead: http://www.eubusiness.com/events/EUcalendar Long-term diary: http://www.eubusiness.com/events/eu-diary EUbusiness Community =================== MEMBERSHIP * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Join the EUbusiness network of business, government and finance professionals http://www.eubusiness.com/membership * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Events ------ 13 Jul, Porto: Technology Policy and Innovation http://www.eubusiness.com/Rd/ictpi09 21 Sep, Barcelona: Number Portability 2009 http://www.eubusiness.com/Members/iir/np More events: http://www.eubusiness.com/events BECOME AN EUBUSINESS PREMIUM PARTNER * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Present your organisation's business and product information, press releases, and calls for proposals directly to Europe's decision-makers http://www.eubusiness.com/aboutus/premium-partners * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Comment of the Week ------------------- Commenting on our piece "Brown backs Blair for EU presidency", Mike Parr writes: "... it could be rather embarrassing for the EU if its President were forced into some unfortunate admissions (not that such admissions would bother Tony "Teflon" Blair - after all in his view God was/is on his side). It says much for Brown's detachment from reality that it even occurred to him that Blair could be a suitable candidate." http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1245550622.2 Policy Forum ------------ New Microfinance initiative: a valuable tool to stimulate entrepreneurship and create jobs http://www.eubusiness.com/SMEs/eurochambres.09-07-02 More press: http://www.eubusiness.com/press Briefing -------- Guidelines on free movement and residence rights of EU citizens and their families http://www.eubusiness.com/Living_in_EU/free-movement-guide EU consumer protection: enforcement package http://www.eubusiness.com/Consumer/enforcement-package Commission proposal on smoke-free environments http://www.eubusiness.com/Health/smoke-free-guide More briefings: http://www.eubusiness.com/guides Links ----- Work programme for the Swedish Presidency of the EU http://www.eubusiness.com/Sweden/sweden-work-prog.09 More links: http://www.eubusiness.com/links Jobs ---- Associate, EBRD Moscow http://www.eubusiness.com/Jobs/ebrd-job.09-06-28 Communications Assistant, European Consumers' Organisation http://www.eubusiness.com/Jobs/beuc-job.09-06-28 More jobs: http://www.eubusiness.com/jobs Other news on EUbusiness this week ---------------------------------- EU backs French scheme to attract foreign film-makers 2-Jul http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246558622.57 Malta becomes last EU state to report swine flu 2-Jul http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246528023.22 EU probes Lufthansa's Austrian Airlines takeover 2-Jul http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246468622.94 Power groups E.ON, GDF could face EU fines: report 1-Jul http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246443422.93 EU competition chief eyes RBS, Lloyds asset sale 1-Jul http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246394821.79 Polish shipyards sold to Qatari fund 30-Jun http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246392122.26 Slovaks get rid of koruna coins after euro adoption 30-Jun http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246383130.5 EU calls for smoke-free Europe by 2012 30-Jun http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246366924.11 Eurozone prices fall, raising spectre of deflation 30-Jun http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1246353422.45 Market Research: http://www.eubusiness.com/market-research Companies: http://www.eubusiness.com/europages RSS: http://www.eubusiness.com/aboutus/eubusiness-rss http://www.eubusiness.com/Currency-converter EUBUSINESS WEEK * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * EUbusiness Week is a free service - please help us keep it that way. 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