- September 30, 2003
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September 30 ,2003 =*
Air France andKLM are completing their merger.Alitalia could be a part of the new big airline. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3150928.stm]
* EU Agriculture Commissioner,Franz Fischler urged EU ministers to lift the ban onGMO food , as the EU risks facing legal challenges by the US and other countries at theWorld Trade Organization . [http://www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?sid=9&aid=12859]
*Russia stalls on signing theKyoto Protocol , the international treaty to reduceglobal warming . Kyoto Protocol supporters in the EU react with consternation to Russia's decision. [http://www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?sid=9&aid=12858]
* EUforeign affairs ministers have approved a controversialpension reform for EUcivil servant s, which is set to increase their pension age and make the new entrants work more years to receive the maximum level of pension. [http://www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?sid=9&aid=12862]
*European Union :Poland andSpain are about to launch their battle to keep the current system of voting in theEuropean Council , introduced by the Nice Treaty. [http://www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?sid=9&aid=12873]
* Euro-parliamentarians urge EU governments to form a united front and protest against US PresidentGeorge W. Bush over the lack of rights of detainees in the US base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. [http://www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?sid=9&aid=12876]
* TheEuropean Commission will not shy away from imposing fines onFrance if it continues to breakEuro -rules, according to Economics CommissionerPedro Solbes . [http://www.euobserver.com/index.phtml?sid=9&aid=12869]
*German weekly "Bunte " quotes Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger as saying "We should pray for the pope", raising questions about John Paul II's health.
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