Galileo project in jeopardy - EUbusiness Week no 356

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EUbusiness Week - Issue 356
18 May 2007
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This Week's Top Stories
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1. EU to crack down on employers hiring illegal immigrants
2. EU agrees to open markets to former colonies
3. EU adopts common defence industry strategy
4. EU agrees new rules for civil claims abroad
5. EU strikes deal on mobile roaming rates
6. EU inflating aid figures: NGOs

Publisher's Note
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Galileo, the European satellite navigation system, needs
large amounts of public money if it is to come into
operation as planned in 2012, says a new Commission
Communication.

Europe's answer to the free US Global Positioning System
(GPS) will supply "exceptionally high quality services",
says Transport Commissioner Barrot, such as frontier
monitoring, transport safety, security of financial
transactions and energy infrastructure surveillance.

The European Parliament, however, has expressed 'deep
concern' that the bickering among consortium members is
causing delays and will drive up costs. It would be a shame
if the project became an embarrassment rather than the
showcase for European technological prowess it was
meant to be.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Telecoms/galileo.31

Regards,

Nick Prag
Publisher, EUbusiness

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1. EU to crack down on employers hiring illegal immigrants
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European employers hiring black-market workers could face
sanctions ranging from fines to jail terms under a proposal
made by the Commission aimed at curbing illegal immigration.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Employment/1179309609.69

2. EU agrees to open markets to former colonies
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EU countries have agreed to open their markets to African,
Caribbean and Pacific nations by scrapping most tariffs and
quotas on their exports, despite reluctance from banana
growers.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Trade/1179241201.7

3. EU adopts common defence industry strategy
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EU countries made a new move Monday to pool defence
resources by adopting a common strategy to manage the
business aspects of EU defence and end the patchwork
approach of today.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Trade/defence-eu.8

4. EU agrees new rules for civil claims abroad
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Member States and the European Parliament have agreed
that for cross-border civil law suits, notably for car
accidents, local laws will normally apply.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Living_in_EU/rome-II.99

5. EU strikes deal on mobile roaming rates
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The EU on Tuesday took a big step towards forcing mobile
phone operators to slash prices for calls made abroad, with
a deal between Member States and Euro-MPs on so-called
roaming rates.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Telecoms/mobile-roaming.52

6. EU inflating aid figures: NGOs
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A federation of non-governmental organisations has accused
European governments of inflating their development aid
figures, saying that help was not reaching the world's
poorest.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Development/eu-aid.07

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Inside the EU Institutions
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Council Watch
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Russia-EU Summit: tensions mounted hours before the start
of a Russia-EU summit Thursday where leaders from the two
sides were set to wrestle over relations that Poland said
had reached a "crisis."
http://www.eubusiness.com/Russia/russia-eu-summit.49
Turkey urges Sarkozy to respect its EU membership talks
http://www.eubusiness.com/news_live/1179406821.16
Attempts underway to secure Europe-Africa summit
http://www.eubusiness.com/news_live/1179342001.91
EU treaty: the main sticking points
http://www.eubusiness.com/Institutions/eu-treaty.61
http://www.eubusiness.com/European_Council

Commission Watch
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Deficits: the Commission has proposed dropping legal
action against Germany, Greece and Malta for their
public deficits, which the EU executive said had been
brought down to acceptable levels.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Finance/1179316801.54
EU chief vows to defend European interests at summit
http://www.eubusiness.com/news_live/1179410410.33
EU opens door for talks relaunch with new Serb gov't
http://www.eubusiness.com/news_live/1179324001.58
http://www.eubusiness.com/Commission

Euro-Parliament Watch
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Constitution: Britain's opposition to plans for a revamped
EU treaty threatens to split the bloc, the head of the
Constitutional Affairs Committee has charged.
http://www.eubusiness.com/news_live/1179342011.53

This week, Parliament negotiators reached a breakthrough
with the Council on roaming charges; and struck a deal on a
Regulation on the law applicable to non-contractual
obligations known as Rome II. The Foreign Affairs Committee
also heard Palestinian Foreign Minister Ziad Abu Amr appeal
for constructive engagement from the EU; and the Civil
Liberties Committee approved a Regulation to set up a
database for exchange of data between Member States on
short-stay visas and visa applications from third country
citizens who wish to enter the EU's Schengen area.
http://www.eubusiness.com/Europarl

EU diary
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18 May, EU-Russian Federation Summit
20-22 May, Informal Meeting of Agriculture Ministers
21-22 May, Competitiveness Council
22-24 May, EP Plenary
24-25 May, Education, Youth and Culture Council
25 May, ACP - EU Council of Ministers
28 May, EU-Troika - PR China
28 May, ASEM Foreign Ministers Meeting

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http://www.eubusiness.com/Finance/1179313213.44
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http://www.eubusiness.com/Finance/1179223202.01
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http://www.eubusiness.com/Employment/labour-mobility-tender
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