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| Nine chapters of enlargement negotiations provisionally closed The First Intergovernmental Accession Conference of alternates during the Spanish EU Presidency took place in Brussels on Thursday 21 March 2002. Twenty-three chapters were negotiated, of which nine were provisionally closed. Declaration of the Presidency on the terrorist attack in Peru (21 March 2002) Declaration of the Presidency of the European Union on the terrorist attack in Peru (Madrid, 21 March 2002) EU determined to maintain and develop the Monterrey Consensus Addressing the International Conference on Financing for Development in Monterrey, the President of the European Council, Jos� Mar�a Aznar, has asked for recognition of the fact that the EU is the leading donor of development aid, and has reaffirmed the Fifteen�s commitment to "redouble their efforts to ensure that Monterrey is not an end point, but a starting point." Address by the Prime Minister of Belgium, Guy Verhofstadt, at the International Conference on Financing for Development (21/3/2002) Monterrey (Mexico), 21 March 2002 Press Conference (Summary) by Josep Piqu�, President of the EU Council, and Poul Nielson, European Commissioner for Development, in Monterrey (20/3/2002) Employment is the key for integrating disabled persons This was the message delivered in Madrid by the Spanish Minister for Labour and Social Affairs, Juan Carlos Aparicio, at the First European Congress on Disability, which will be looking at the problems faced by the 38 million Europeans who have disabilities. Speech by the President of the European Council, Jos� Mar�a Aznar, to the Plenary session of the UN Conference on Financing for Development (Monterrey 21/3/2002) Spring arrives in Europe / photo efe PATENTS-GLOBALISATION: The number of patent applications has shot up worldwide Geneva, 21 Mar (EFE). The number of patent applications has increased significantly worldwide, which means a heavy burden for the system, Francis Gurry, the Assistant Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) said today in Geneva. EU-ECONOMY: Eurozone recorded 1.3% public deficit in 2001 Brussels, 21 Mar (EFE). The Community's Statistical Office, Eurostat, announced today, Thursday, that the balance of public finances in the Eurozone in 2001 was a deficit of 1.3% of GDP (Gross Domestic Product), compared with a 0.2% surplus in 2000. Federico Trillo: "International terrorism has become the greatest threat to world peace and security." Interview given by Spanish Defence Minister Federico Trillo-Figueroa y Mart�nez Conde to the www.ue2002.es editorial team GERMANY-EU: Schroeder warns that aid will have to be sacrificed for enlargement Berlin, 21 Mar (EFE). The German Chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, has today, Thursday, underlined that EU enlargement will mean having to sacrifice both agricultural and Structural Fund aid. Twenty-seven Euro-Mediterranean countries meet in Toledo to boost trade and economic integration (19/3/2002) |
Documentos por Tem�tica/Tipo Contenido Nine chapters of enlargement negotiations provisionally closed <i>The First Intergovernmental Accession Conference of alternates during the Spanish EU Presidency took place in Brussels on Thursday 21 March 2002. Twenty-three chapters were negotiated, of which nine were provisionally closed.</i> Declaration of the Presidency on the terrorist attack in Peru (21 March 2002) <i>Declaration of the Presidency of the European Union on the terrorist attack in Peru (Madrid, 21 March 2002)</i> EU determined to maintain and develop the Monterrey Consensus <i>Addressing the International Conference on Financing for Development in Monterrey, the President of the European Council, Jos� Mar�a Aznar, has asked for recognition of the fact that the EU is the leading donor of development aid, and has reaffirmed the Fifteen�s commitment to "redouble their efforts to ensure that Monterrey is not an end point, but a starting point."</i>
Address by the Prime Minister of Belgium, Guy Verhofstadt, at the International Conference on Financing for Development (21/3/2002) Monterrey (Mexico), 21 March 2002 Press Conference (Summary) by Josep Piqu�, President of the EU Council, and Poul Nielson, European Commissioner for Development, in Monterrey (20/3/2002) Employment is the key for integrating disabled persons <i>This was the message delivered in Madrid by the Spanish Minister for Labour and Social Affairs, Juan Carlos Aparicio, at the First European Congress on Disability, which will be looking at the problems faced by the 38 million Europeans who have disabilities.</i> Speech by the President of the European Council, Jos� Mar�a Aznar, to the Plenary session of the UN Conference on Financing for Development (Monterrey 21/3/2002) Spring arrives in Europe / <i>photo efe</i> PATENTS-GLOBALISATION: The number of patent applications has shot up worldwide Geneva, 21 Mar (EFE). The number of patent applications has increased significantly worldwide, which means a heavy burden for the system, Francis Gurry, the Assistant Director General of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) said today in Geneva. EU-ECONOMY: Eurozone recorded 1.3% public deficit in 2001 Brussels, 21 Mar (EFE). The Community's Statistical Office, Eurostat, announced today, Thursday, that the balance of public finances in the Eurozone in 2001 was a deficit of 1.3% of GDP (Gross Domestic Product), compared with a 0.2% surplus in 2000. Federico Trillo: "International terrorism has become the greatest threat to world peace and security." <i>Interview given by Spanish Defence Minister Federico Trillo-Figueroa y Mart�nez Conde to the www.ue2002.es editorial team </i> GERMANY-EU: Schroeder warns that aid will have to be sacrificed for enlargement Berlin, 21 Mar (EFE). The German Chancellor, Gerhard Schroeder, has today, Thursday, underlined that EU enlargement will mean having to sacrifice both agricultural and Structural Fund aid. Twenty-seven Euro-Mediterranean countries meet in Toledo to boost trade and economic integration (19/3/2002) <i><li>The EU is fostering trade with the Mediterranean, offering it incorporation into the pan-European system of rules of origin. <li>Participants in the meeting included high representatives of Israel, Palestine and Morocco <li>The countries welcomed the EIB Financial Facility for the region, obtained under the Spanish Presidency <li>The agreements with Algeria and Lebanon are to be signed in Valencia at the Conference of EUROMED Foreign Ministers in April.</i>
