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French Presidency

Paris wants political agreement on energy package by year end

By Dafydd ab Iago | 23 July 2008

The French EU Presidency has clearly stated its ambition to reach political agreement on the whole of the energy package by the end of this year or in the first few weeks of 2009. The French view ambitious agreements at EU level as strengthening Europe’s driving role in the international climate...

Agriculture/Fisheries : Irish ‘no’ leaves CAP and CFP outside co-decision - 02/07/2008

Open Forum : The European Union must give its citizens more security - 02/07/2008

Agriculture : CAP health check one of four priorities - 02/07/2008

Treaty of Lisbon : Ireland’s ‘no’ shakes up institutional priorities - 02/07/2008

Taxation : Agenda tight till year end - 02/07/2008

Financial markets : Financial stability, Christine Lagarde’s other priority - 02/07/2008

Open Forum- GRAHAM WATSON, president of the alde group in the european parliament : French Presidency and the Irish question - 02/07/2008

Change of approach - 02/07/2008

Multilateral trade : Doha gives France a headache - 02/07/2008

EU/Russia : It takes two to tango - 02/07/2008

EU/Ukraine : Wind of change in Union’s ties with Kiev - 02/07/2008

EU/Mediterranean : Med Union plan has hurdles to clear - 02/07/2008

Environment : Energy-climate package: Paris wants agreement by end 2008 - 02/07/2008

Energy : Paris expects political agreement on energy package by year end - 02/07/2008

Social Europe : Presidency to pull heavy legislative load - 02/07/2008

Fisheries : Fisheries comes to fore as a priority - 02/07/2008

Justice and Home Affairs : Heavy JHA agenda focuses on tough approach to migration - 10/07/2008

Competitiveness : Small Business Act and Community patent key issues for Paris - 02/07/2008

EU/Kosovo : Kosovo to feature high on French Western Balkans agenda - 02/07/2008

Public health : Several dossiers on medicines and health expected by year end - 02/07/2008

Enlargement : Turkish accession talks to receive conditional go-ahead - 02/07/2008

Trade policy : Paris eyeing FTAs with Korea and Gulf countries - 02/07/2008

EMU : Economic governance waits in the wings - 02/07/2008

Transport : France to tackle pollution from transport - 10/07/2008

Telecoms : Telecoms package: Paris intent on reaching deal in November - 02/07/2008

EU/US : Trade disputes may rain on transatlantic picnic - 02/07/2008

EU budget : France saved from in-depth debate on EU budget reform - 02/07/2008

Justice and Home Affairs : Sarkozy aims to discourage migrants to EU ‘Eldorado’ - 02/07/2008

Citizenship : Jean-Pierre Jouyet intent on a “citizenship Presidency” - 02/07/2008

Defence and security : Placing Europe of defence in a new orbit - 10/07/2008

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