The Week : 13-12-99(s)     1: Editors     2: WTO regret at failure     3: Court fails to clear the accounts again     4: Helsinki Summit     5: Inauguration of the new building     6: Budget 2000     7: British beef ban - France given five days to comply     8: Climate change     9: Council statement on Macao     10: Award of Sakharov Prize to Xanana Gusmao     11: Technical reports     12: Socrates education programmes     13: All clear for new MEPs     14: Parliament's extra budget     15: New insurance rules mean boost for motorists     16: Protecting the ozone layer     17: Heavy goods vehicles in Switzerland     18: Spare parts for cars and heavy lorries     19: Fisheries conservation in the North-East Atlantic     20: Call to suspend aid to Russia     21: GM food labelling rules - call for re-think     22: Situation in Chechnya     23: Welcome for OSCE Security Charter     24: British beef ban     25: Court of Auditors     26: Late payment in commercial transactions     27: Animals and beef: identification, registration and labelling     28: BST banned     29: Indonesia     30: Peace process in Sierra Leone     31: Human rights: Capital punishment     32: Kuwaiti women's right to vote     33: Women in Afghanistan     34: Prison conditions of political prisoners in Djibouti     35: Arrest of the President of the Court of Auditors in Nicaragua     36: International criminal court     37: Natural disasters: France     38: Denmark, Germany, UK     39: Vietnam     40: International fund for Ireland     41: More reliable agriculture statistics     42: New rules for hops     43: Aid for Tajikistan     44: Corrigendum The Week : 01-12-99(b)     1: Editors     2: Welcome for Northern Ireland Agreement     3: Reinstatement of Independents' Group     4: Tie a blue ribbon     5: Code of good administrative behavour     6: The Community and Sport     7: Helsinki Summit - support for enlargement and a wider agenda     8: Welcome for human rights report     9: Close watch to be kept on aid for Turkey     10: Court of Auditors reports for 1998     11: Preparation for the euro     12: Changes to Fishery Rules     13: Austria, Finland, Sweden     14: Customs 2000     15: Health and Safety for workers - risks from explosions     16: Monitoring carbon dioxide from passenger cars     17: Limits on gas around us     18: Conservation, the marine environment and the Baltic Sea     19: Forestry     20: Fruit and vegetables The Week : 15-11-99(s)     1: Editors     2: Court of Auditors' Annual Report     3: Pollution from heavy vehicles - common position approved     4: Bid to step up campaign to combat violence against women     5: Rights of the child     6: Worker consultation proposal deadlocked - hope for agreement next year     7: MEPs vote for an end to the British rebate     8: Budgetary discipline and enlargement     9: Community Energy Policy     10: Mutual recognition of professional qualifications - Rule extended to EEA countries     11: MEPs vote for shorter working week for doctors     12: EU-wide laws on divorce and child custody     13: Nuclear power in Eastern Europe - concern over safety     14: Beef ban - Commission institutes proceedings against France     15: Foreign Policy and the High Representative     16: WTO - MEPs call for wide agenda     17: Crisis in Chechnya     18: Enlargement, Treaty reforms and the Inter-governmental conference     19: Internal investigations conducted by European Anti-Fraud     20: No fingerprinting children under the age of 18     21: Supplementary and Amending Budget 5/1999     22: Millennium bug     23: East Timor     24: Human Rights: Death penalty     25: Minorities in Kosovo     26: Alexander Nikitin     27: Burundi     28: Rwanda     29: Pakistan     30: Combatting the drug trade     31: Streamlined procedures to tackle false documents     32: Losses under loans for projects outside the Community     33: EIB loans to Turkey     34: Canary Islands moving closer to EU     35: Ship-building industry The Week : 03-11-99(b)     1: Editors     2: French-UK beef ban - end in sight?     3: Council and Commission statement - Macroeconomic dialogue     4: Working hours - Overwhelming support for shorter hours for doctors after 4 years     5: Cars - Boost for fuel economy and cutting pollution     6: Employment guidelines must be tightened up     7: Scientific agreements with third countries     8: Protest at Russian actions in Chechnya - vote on scientific agreement postponed     9: Internal market - call for deregulation The Week : 25-10-99(s)     1:Editors     2:Report on OLAF rejected     3:Signing on to E-Commerce     4:Boost for safety for motorbikes     5:Safety on ski lifts and cable cars     6:Budget 2000 - call for new financial ceilings     7:The European Coal and Steel budget     8:Colombian President appeals for help to tackle drug cartels     9:European Central Bank - Call to publish economic forecasting models     10:Tampere Summit and Freedom, Security and Justice     11:Enlargement and institutional change     12:Reconstruction Agency for former Yugoslavia     13:Regional policy, transport and tourism     14:Legal affairs and internal market     15:Technical proposals     16:Appointment of the Ombudsman     17:Restructuring of firms     18:Nuclear test-ban treaty     19:Council statement - EU-Russia summit in Helsinki     20:Culture 2000 and youth programmes: budget remains sticking point     21:Green light for inclusion of Turkey in Socrates programme     22:European Audiovisual Observatory     23:Transport of dangerous goods by rail     24:EC-Morocco fisheries agreement     25:Commission statement - British beef and veal     26:EC-Angola fisheries agreement The Week : 04-10-99(s)     1:Vote - Monday 4 October     2:Food safety top priority says Commission President     3:Ban on British beef - Commission reacts     4:Balance of payments aid to the Balkans post Kosovo     5:A boost for renewable energy     6:SAVE II and the efficient use of energy     7:Warm welcome for South Africa agreement     8:Prodi speaks to Parliament     9:Relations with Turkey     10:Middle East peace process - optimism for peace     11:Parliament's calendar of part-sessions - Year 2000     12:Technical reports     13:Amsterdam Treaty and legislative changes     14:Eleventh international AIDS conference in Lusaka     15:Paddington train crash     16:The WTO and the Millennium Round     17:Climate change     18:Crisis in Chechnya     19:European Code on arms exports     20:Death penalty     21:Human rights violations in the Moluccas     22:Belarus     23:Roma people in Kosovo     24:Air crash in Italy     25:Nuclear accident in Japan The Week : 13-09-99(s)     1:Technical group disbanded     2:Independent Experts Report urges far reaching Commission reform     3:Strasbourg Building     4:The new Commission approved     5:Budget 2000 - aid for Kosovo an issue     6:Tampere Summit - Push for EU asylum policy     7:East Timor - call for special tribunal     8:Supplementary budgets 1999     9:Aid for the former Yugoslavia     10:Yes to aid for Palestinians     11:Citizens' freedoms and rights, justice and home affairs     12:Employment and social affairs     13:Environment, public health and consumer policy     14:Agriculture and rural development     15:Regional policy, transport and tourism     16:Women's rights and equal opportunities     17:Accidental marine pollution     18:Environmental inspections - no to new Inspectorate     19:Support for Charter of Fundamental Rights     20:Changes in the House     21:Financial crisis in Russia     22:Earthquakes in Turkey and Greece     23:Dagestan     24:Human Rights: The imprisoned citizens of Kosovo     25:Burma     26:Iranian prisoners     27:Togo     28:Lusaka - ceasefire agreement for the Great Lakes region     29:New 1999 polictical groups in the European Parliament     30:Draft Agenda for first October session The Week : 20-07-99(s)     1:Nicole Fontaine elected President     2:Vote for President     3:The new President     4:Protest by MEP     5:Election of Vice-Presidents     6:New Technical group formed     7:New President addresses Parliament     8:The German Presidency     9:Parliamentary committees     10:Delegations     11:Election of Quaestors     12:The New Commission     13:The Finnish Presidency     14:MEPs condemn Mr Bangemann's "dubious career move"     15:Dioxin and food controls - call for strict standards     16:Kosovo     17:Death sentence on Mr Öcalan     18:Safety in the new buildings     19:Committee Chairs appointed     20:Protest at fining World Cup tickets row     21:New 1999 Political Groups in the European Parliament The Week : 03-05-99(s)     1:Yes to Rules Change on budget discharge     2:Combatting fraud - a welcome for new independent office - OLAF     3:Closure of the accounts for 1996 and postponement of the 1997 discharge     4:Prodi sets out his programme     5:Council supports Prodi     6:Reaction of the political groups     7:Regional policy     8:Legislative proposals - post-Amsterdam changes     9:Free movement of workers, fruit trees and other technical reports     10:Request for waiver of immunity     11:Reduction of VAT on labour-intensive services     12:General economic policy guidelines     13:European Pact for Employment     14:Parliament and other EU budgets     15:All clear for Development Fund, coal and steel budgets and the agencies     16:The latest on Kosovo     17:A common foreign policy and an EU strategy towards Russia     18:MEPs' statute - more talks ahead     19:Selling mortgages on the Net: Consumer safeguards     20:Charges for the use of infrastructure: heavy goods vehicles     21:Praise for the President     22:The June Cologne Summit     23:Agenda 2000     24:Endorsement for Prodi     25:Environment and conservation of tropical forests     26:South Africa     27:Consumer protection and guarantees     28:Safeguards for children's foods     29:Tractor pollution     30:Tackling natural disasters     31:EU-US relations     32:Estimate for year 2000     33:New co-decision procedure     34:Welcome for Agenda 2000     35:Shopping dispute over unwanted e-mails     36:Technical reports     37:Electronic interchange of data     38:VAT on telecommunications     39:The Berlin Agreement and the financial perspectives - 2000-2006     40:Changes in the financial perspective after Parliament's vote     41:Protection of workers from the risks of explosive atmospheres     42:EC-Mexico Partnership Agreement     43:Commission's implementing powers     44:Institutional reform     45:Budget 2000 - President signs inter- institutional agreement Code of Conduct     46:Support for fixed term employees' rights     47:Call for free elections in East Timor     48:Support for Mid East peace process     49:Human rights: Death penalty condemned     50:Fair trial for Ocalan     51:Call to stop crackdown on Malaysian reform movement     52:Human rights in Djibouti     53:Support for International Criminal Court     54:Comoros coup condemned     55:Concern over Czech nuclear plant     56:MEP questions her rights     57:Officials' Statute     58:Staff regulations     59:Charging of heavy goods vehicles     60:Mutual recognition of qualifications     61:Trade statistics     62:Telecommunications     63:Insolvency laws     64:Hanover 2000     65:European Textiles market The Week : 12-04-99(s)     1:Civil Liberties post Amsterdam     2:Tackling refugees and asylum requests post-Kosovo - no to fingerprinting     3:Second stab at an energy tax approved     4:Farm prices, fruit and vegetables and marketing     5:The new Commission President - strong commitment to reform from Romano Prodi     6:Fisheries and marine life     7:Technical proposals     8:Cancer dangers at work     9:Agreements with Canada and Japan     10:Hazardous waste (Basel Convention)     11:Public contracts     12:Promoting inventions     13:Trans-European networks and data exchange     14:Heating systems in cars     15:VAT rules     16:Consultation with the workforce - backing for 50 employees threshold     17:Working hours rules extended     18:Crackdown on pollution from power plants     19:Incineration of waste     20:Berlin Summit - Agreement welcomed but concern over Mrs Cresson     21:Technical proposals     22:Leonardo, Socrates and Youth - Slovenia     23:EU-Cambodia     24:Road transport     25:Pollution-related illnesses     26:Rare diseases     27:Developing countries - promoting democracy and respect for human rights     28:Democracy and rule of law     29:Environment costs     30:Situation in Kosovo     31:BSE still a concern - call for a European register of CJD cases     32:European Ombudsman and Petitions     33:Changes in Committees     34:No to EU - Seychelles fishing agreement     35:Eco audit scheme     36:No to 44 tons heavy goods vehicles     37:No to garlic smuggling     38:Institutional reforms     39:Enlargement: Estonia     40:Hungary     41:Slovenia     42:Czech Republic     43:Poland     44:Cyprus     45:Malta     46:Accession strategies     47:Customs cooperation and tackling fraud     48:Transport and lorry taxes - call for fair competition     49:Electronic money     50:Items in the news: Mont Blanc tunnel     51:Indonesia and East Timor concern     52:Human rights: Burma     53:Cambodia     54:Niger     55:President says no to motion of censure     56:Daphne - Combatting domestic violence     57:Senior citizens     58:Starch     59:Venice The Week : 22-03-99(b)     1:MEPs want to see new Commission in place as soon as possible     2:Resignation - Democracy strengthened says Council President     3:Confidential information - new rules agreed     4:Parliament to get involvement in Euratom Treaties     5:Product liability - common position approved unamended     6:Budget 2000     7:Drug trafficking - support for closer cooperation     8:Leonardo II - Crackdown on fraud vital     9:Reform of UN needed to tackle globalisation     10:Financial regulation     11:Civil aviation     12:Visas - crackdown on forgeries     13:Call for a Europe-wide student card     14:VAT - present rules extended throughout 1999     15:Iraq - refugee action plan criticised     16:Application of Community Law The Week : 08-03-99(s)     1:International Women's Day - President's Statement     2:Violence against women     3:Women's health and call for abortion to be legalised     4:Promoting equal opportunities and mainstreaming     5:Positive discrimination - new proposal promised     6:Voting rights for Gibraltar citizens     7:Pharmaceuticals and rare diseases     8:Reports without debate     9:MEPs condemn US actions in banana dispute     10:Future financing - Call for end to the British rebate     11:Green light to culture capital compromise     12:Liberalising rail transport     13:Ferries and passenger safety     14:Berlin Summit - no resolution     15:Support for Kosovo peace conference     16:Fishing and conservation - call for crackdown on illegal catches     17:Labelling of dangerous substances in Austria and Sweden     18:Financial agreements with Cyprus and Malta     19:Energy saving agreement with Hungary     20:The Commission's budgetary powers - vote postponed to next session     21:Pressure vessels     22:Trans-European Networks and help for seaports and airports     23:Health dangers from hairdryers and mobile phones     24:Amsterdam - a boost to an EU health policy     25:Middle East and the Mediterranean - concern at lack of progress     26:Nuclear sector in central and eastern Europe - concern over safety     27:Amending the rules-suspension threat for MEPs not declaring financial interests     28:A new deal for members' assistants     29:1999 Annual Economic Report     30:Support for cross-European energy links     31:Promotion of renewable energy sources     32:Energy efficiency     33:Aid for the tobacco industry     34:Rational energy use     35:Bank charges following the introduction of the euro     36:Support for the peace process in Caucasus     37:Human rights in Cuba     38:Attacks on human rights activists in Colombia     39:Violence in Indonesia     40:Amnesty for prisoners of conscience urged     41:Repression in Belarus     42:Russia under fire for human rights abuses     43:Unhappiness at UN Macedonian withdrawal     44:Alpine avalances     45:Simplifying customs rules     46:Help to inventors     47:Yes to links with Uzbekistan     48:Human rights concenrs over Central Asia     49:Social security and the pensions time bomb     50:Shipping - no to equality for foreign crews     51:Support for closer EU-India ties but worries over nuclear weapons and poverty     52:Green light to aid for Bosnia     53:Questions to the Commission The Week : 24-02-99(b)     1:Call for fair trial for Abdullah Ocalan     2:Dismay at failure to approve South Africa agreement     3:Tobacco taxes     4:Revising the Common Fisheries Policy - call for 24 mile limit     5:Pure German beer and alcopops     6:Sorting rubbish and recycling     7:The Millenium Bug     8:Health and safety at work     9:Inland waterways     10:Bid to tackle cross-border car thefts     11:Education programmes in the new millenium     12:No to call to extend patent legislation     13:Turkey to participate in EU youth and education programmes     14:Call for harmonisation of working conditions in transport sector     15:Boosting competitiveness through research The Week : 08-02-99(s)     1:Tom Spencer's apology to the House     2:Combating air pollution     3:Sulphur content of heavy fuels     4:Landfill sites - legislation approved with amendments     5:An energy tax - Yes but easy to implement and refunds for the big payers     6:Savings tax - MEPs vote for 20% and no exemption for eurobonds     7:EC/Slovak Republic Europe Agreement / EEE Agreement (Transport) / Telecoms     8:Euro coins - redesign approved but no hundred gold coin     9:European Environment Agency     10:Motor vehicle standards - Accent on safety     11:Rest of EU follows UK on vehicle spot checks     12:Competition laws and Canada     13:Telecoms and cable TV - Monopoly concerns     14:Worries over delay in Channel Tunnel rail link     15:Promoting freight transport in the single market     16:China - political progress is as important as economic development     17:Competition and regional aid - striking a balance     18:Competition policy - state subsidies still a concern     19:Praise for achievements of Buenos Aires climate change conference     20:Mutual recognition of telecommunications equipment     21:New rules for public contracts     22:Jobs of the future     23:Controlling waste exports     24:Copyright and the Internet - Support for artists and musicians     25:Refugee status and admission of third country nationals     26:Council faces paralysis, say MEPs     27:Building democracy and liberty in the EU     28:Dangerous substances and preparations     29:Noisy aeroplanes     30:Zoos     31:Social security and fisheries     32:Transit traffic through Slovenia     33:European Civilian Peace Corps     34:Packaging and labelling dangerous substances     35:Motor vehicles - New rules to stamp out fire risk from petrol tanks     36:A more open Parliament?     37:Agenda 2000, CAP reforms and the British rebate - Council optimistic of agreement     38:Kosovo crisis     39:Water - a vote at last     40:GM foods - safety a priority as MEPs vote for liability for the manufacturers     41:Participation of Bulgaria in EU training programmes     42:Wine reforms - Back to committee     43:EMU enlargement - MEPs say yes to majority voting and taxation     44:Coffee and chicory - All clear for the single market     45:Concern over Kazakhstan elections     46:Ethiopia-Eritrea conflict deplored     47:Human rights: Texas death sentence condemned     48:Call for clemency for prisoner in US     49:Worries over attacks on religious freedom     50:Guinea-Bissau violence denounced     51:Disasters: Storms in the Canary Islands     52:Concern over Colombian earthquake     53:Scrapping old bangers - the environmental way     54:EU-Israel agreement for scientific cooperation approved     55:Controlling marine discharge of waste     56:Promoting the far-flung parts of the EU     57:Threat of retaliation against US over bananas     58:Interpreters - no proper pay since October     59:Reluctant agreement to proposal on suspension of cooperation agreement     60:No to 44 ton lorries     61:Assistance to Albania     62:Tackling fraud and tax havens     63:Improving EU standards     64:Transport links with the Mediterranean     65:Concerns over diseased salmon     66:Brussels March session brought forward     67:Press and Information Reforms     68:Questions to the Commission: Protest at high bank charges The Week : 27-01-99(b)     1:New impetus for a green Europe     2:Support for British pig farmers     3:Call for a common EU arms policy     4:A Green army - turning swords into environmental ploughshares     5:China - political progress is as important as economic development     6:Competition and regional aid - striking a balance     7:Energy tax needed, Commissioner tells Parliament     8:Food irradiation - Agreement at last     9:Help for ACP banana growers     10:Universal service in telecommunications     11:New rules for public contracts     12:Jobs of the future     13:MEPs vote to ban battery hens     14:CAP reforms - Votes postponed     15:Committee calls for family policy guidelines     16:Fisheries - support for conservation and tackling the discards problem The Week : 11-01-99(s)     1:Commission faces censure     2:Germany takes over - political integration a priority     3:Endorsement from the Commission     4:The debate     5:Situation in Kosovo     6:Openness in the EU     7:Common standards for speedometers     8:Linking the euro to the African franc     9:The new Commission - MEPs want President appointed after elections     10:Culture capitals - No to Council's common position     11:Enlargement and competition policy     12:Yes to Framework Agreement with South Korea     13:Fair trade and labour standards     14:Consumer rights and digital data     15:Combatting air pollution     16:Trans-European Network - private investment sought     17:Charging for use of ports     18:Satellite navigation systems     19:Agenda 2000 - financing of the CAP     20:Fisheries conservation     21:Aid for olive oil production     22:Monitoring the CAP through aerial surveillance     23:Promoting organic production     24:More clarity on rules for state aid     25:VAT deductions     26:Support for an "Internet Charter"     27:Spotlight on advertising     28:The future of postal services - support for universal service     29:Independent committee to tackle fraud     30:Free movement and Schengen     31:Iraq - MEPs call for firm action     32:Concern over Angola     33:Human rights: East Timor and Indonesia     34:Morocco and the Western Sahara     35:Guatemala - call for crackdown on trafficking of children     36:Concern over murders in Colombia     37:Sierra Leone - too condemned     38:Philippines - promoting the push for peace     39:Concern over Rank Xerox relocation to Ireland     40:Support for EU-wide standards for European companies in developing countri     41:Developing countries - bid to strengthen human rights     42:Support for export of renewable energies     43:Impact of financial crisis on European industry - oral questions     44:Common fisheries policy     45:Tackling over-fishing     46:Questions to the Commission: Support for school milk programme     47:Euro sport     48:Competition for Euronews?     49:Badly behaved aeroplane passengers - no smoking leads to more drinking     50:Questions to the Council: The budget and the British rebate     51:Enlargement and institutional implications     52:Poultry imports and health standards     53:Democracy and human rights

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