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03BRUSSELS2375 | EUROPOL - U.S. COOPERATION [...]mmary. The mission of Europol (the European Police Office) has steadily expanded from its initial focus on fighting drugs to encomp[...] |
2003-05-06 15:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AINF KCRM KJUS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
03BRUSSELS3186 | EU CUBA POLICY: EMPHASIZING THE "CRITICAL" IN THE [...]) This is an action message. See para 10. ¶2. (C) Summary: On June 18, Poloff delivered reftel demarche (ref a) and discus[...] |
2003-06-19 14:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID CU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
03BRUSSELS3231 | EU PARLIAMENT U.S. RELATIONS RESOLUTION MIXED [...]) Summary: On June 19 the European Parliament (EP) passed a resolution on "A Renewed Transatlantic Relationship for the Third Milleniu[...] |
2003-06-23 12:43:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
03BRUSSELS3243 | CENTRAL DUBLIN GROUP MEETING: JUNE 2003 [...]is cable contains an action request. See para. 9. ¶2. Summary. In a productive June 9-10 meeting in Athens, the members [...] |
2003-06-23 16:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID KCRM PREL SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
03BRUSSELS4143 | FIRST STEPS TOWARD AN EU USE-OF-FORCE DOCTRINE: [...]/NF) The draft European Security Strategy (ESS), which will be discussed at the September 5-6 informal "Gymnich" meeting of EU Foreign[...] |
2003-08-28 18:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PINS MARR MCAP FR IT PL UK DA GM SP NATO UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
03BRUSSELS4424 | EC ON UN: A COMMITMENT TO "MILITANT [...]) SUMMARY: On September 10, the EC issued a policy paper on the "European Union and the United Nations: The Choice of Multilateralism.[...] |
2003-09-16 10:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA UN EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
03BRUSSELS4518 | RFG: SHOULD THE EU BE INVOLVED WITH PSI? [...]) This is an action request. Please see para 10. ------- Summary ------- ¶2. (C) At the Septembe[...] |
2003-09-23 11:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP MNUC PARM PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
03BRUSSELS4996 | PARIS PACT ROUNDTABLE ON IRAN [...]mmary. The second roundtable convened by the "Paris Pact" for countries affected by the Afghanistan Opium Economy was held at the hea[...] |
2003-10-28 08:14:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF KCRM SNAR IR RS XD EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
03BRUSSELS5015 | STATUS OF BILATERAL PROTOCOLS ON EXTRADITION AND [...]he U.S.-EU Agreements on Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance were signed at the Summit in Washington on June 25, 2003. Before the[...] |
2003-10-29 08:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CASC KCRM KJUS PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
03BRUSSELS5113 | EU ON CUBA: WHAT IS TO BE DONE? [...]) Summary: On November 5, Poloff discussed EU Cuba policy with Karl Buck, Latin America Division Chief in the EU Council Secretariat.[...] |
2003-11-06 11:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV CU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
03BRUSSELS5469 | USEU LABOR/SOCIAL AFFAIRS HIGHLIGHTS [...]) This is first cable in new series designed to provide labor reporting officers and attaches with a review of recent key EU actions i[...] |
2003-12-03 12:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
03BRUSSELS5510 | EU TROIKA DEC 9-12 VISIT TO PYONGYANG [...]) Summary. Senior EU officials will visit Pyongyang December 9-12 to convey EU support for the Six Party Talks; EU interest in impro[...] |
2003-12-05 14:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PARM KNNP EAID KS CH KN EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
03BRUSSELS5525 | U.S.-EU COTER CONSULTATIONS ON COUNTERTERRORISM [...]he U.S. and EU COTER held their quarterly counterterrorism coordination meeting on December 3. The U.S. was represented by S/CT,s Sen[...] |
2003-12-08 10:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER TS AG MO SR BK AL MK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
03BRUSSELS5593 | A/S ROCCA CONSULTATIONS ON SOUTH ASIA WITH EU [...]) On December 8 in Brussels, SA A/S Christina Rocca met with EU counterparts at the European Commission to discuss ongoing development[...] |
2003-12-11 14:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PTER AF PK IN CE NP XD EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
03BRUSSELS5619 | EU "SOCIAL SUMMIT" STRESSES JOBS AND LABOR [...]ummary: The Prime Ministers and Employment and Social Affairs Ministers of the EU Troika (Italy, Ireland, and the Netherlands) gathere[...] |
2003-12-15 10:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
03BRUSSELS5635 | TRANSATLANTIC LEGISLATORS' DIALOGUE MEETING [...]BU) Summary: The biannual Transatlantic Legislators' Dialogue (TLD) meetings were held in Williamsburg, Virginia on November 13-16 (l[...] |
2003-12-16 12:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1074 | SOLANA ON BOSNIA: PARTNERSHIP REQUIRES TRUST, TOO [...]) This is a joint USEU/USNATO message. Policy recommendation in para 12. ¶2. (C) Summary: In an animated discussion with [...] |
2004-03-12 15:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | BK MARR PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1081 | US-EU COASI CONSULTATIONS PART 1: EAST ASIA [...]) On March 5 in Brussels, SA A/S Rocca and EAP PDAS Keyser -- accompanied by USEU DCM Foster -- discussed US-EU cooperation in South a[...] |
2004-03-15 08:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP CH ID BM KN ASEAN EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1090 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT ELECTIONS: BACKGROUND [...]e first European Parliament (EP) elections in a newly enlarged EU will be held June 10-13. The EP has important budgetary powers, and[...] |
2004-03-15 11:35:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1094 | EUROPEAN ELECTIONS CAMPAIGN: WHAT TO EXPECT [...][...] |
2004-03-15 13:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PINR TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1119 | DG COOPER ON DPRK: EU READY TO HELP WHEN TIME IS [...]) Visiting EAP PDAS Donald Keyser met with Council DG for External Relations Robert Cooper March 5 on the margins of semestral troika [...] |
2004-03-17 07:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP KN EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1122 | USEU LABOR/SOCIAL AFFAIRS HIGHLIGHTS FIRST QUARTER [...]BU) Summary: This quarterly report provides readers with analysis, priorities, and outreach/meetings related to EU labor and social af[...] |
2004-03-17 10:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB SOCI PHUM SMIG EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1123 | HUMANITARIAN AID TO HAITI: EUROPEAN COMMISSION [...][...] |
2004-03-17 11:56:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PHUM PREL EAID HA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1134 | EU COUNTER-TERRORISM POLICY AFTER MADRID [...]BU) The EU is re-examining its role in the war against terrorism following the March 11 attack in Madrid. Many EU efforts to improve [...] |
2004-03-17 17:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EFIN PGOV PINR PREL PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1151 | COORDINATION FOR THE CHAD CONFERENCE ON DARFUR: EC [...]) Summary. The European Commission (EC) is in agreement with USG thoughts on Darfur mediation (reftel), and is prepared to financiall[...] |
2004-03-19 04:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PINS PREL PHUM CD SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1162 | U.S.-EU DISCUSS RUSSIA, UKRAINE, MOLDOVA, BELARUS [...]) SUMMARY: At U.S.-EU COEST consultations on March 16, EUR DAS Steven Pifer and EU interlocutors agreed that Russian progress on demo[...] |
2004-03-19 09:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UP BO MD EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1177 | SPURRING SADC ENGAGEMENT ON ZIMBABWE: EC RESPONSE [...]C) Summary. The European Commission (EC) is skeptical that pressure through SADC or any other channel can reverse the deterio[...] |
2004-03-19 14:38:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PREF EAID ZI EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1218 | BELGIUM: NAME OF INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBLE FOR [...][...] |
2004-03-23 11:45:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KSCA TSPL SENV TSPA EFIS BE USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1256 | EU STAKES OUT "COMPLEMENTARY BUT DISTINCT" [...]) Summary. At its March 22 Foreign Ministers' meeting, the EU welcomed a report outlining a comprehensive European approach to the Mi[...] |
2004-03-24 16:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID XF EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1274 | TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA HIGHLIGHT [...]) Summary. Major topics of discussion at the transatlantic consultations on Africa (COAFR), held March 10 in Brussels, included: sup[...] |
2004-03-25 10:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF EAID PHUM XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1295 | SERB PM KOSTUNICA VISITS EU; SOLANA AND PATTEN'S [...]) Our readout of Serb PM Kostunica's March 23 meetings in Brussels with High Rep Solana, and Commissioners Prodi and Patten tracks clo[...] |
2004-03-25 16:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV SR ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1304 | EU CONSTITUTIONAL TREATY NEGOTIATIONS TO RE-START [...]BU) EU leaders at their March 25 Summit dinner agreed to an Irish Presidency recommendation that the EU's Intergovernmental Conference[...] |
2004-03-26 11:34:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1337 | EU SUMMIT: FOREIGN POLICY TOPICS [...]BU) The EU's March 25-26 Summit ran quickly through a series of foreign policy issues during dinner on March 25, followed up by a lunc[...] |
2004-03-26 17:53:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZL CY IS IZ IV EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1338 | EU LEADERS PLEDGE ACTION ON TERRORISM, NAME NEW CT [...]) In the wake of the Madrid bombings, EU leaders on March 25 issued a Declaration on Combating Terrorism (available at http://ue.eu.in[...] |
2004-03-26 18:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL PGOV PINR EFIN KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS139 | CENTRAL DUBLIN GROUP MEETING: JANUARY 2004 [...]his cable contains an action request. See para. 8. ¶2. Summary. During its January 9 meeting, the members of the Centra[...] |
2004-01-14 06:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EU KCRM PREL SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS14 | EUROPEAN SECURITY STRATEGY IN CONTEXT: ANALYSIS [...]) SUMMARY: The final draft of EU HiRep Javier Solana's European Security Strategy (ESS) -- adopted by EU heads of state at their Decem[...] |
2004-01-05 14:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PARM KNNP MARR MCAP EAID SOCI NATO OSCE UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1401 | P/DAS RIES DISCUSSES US-EU SUMMIT DELIVERABLES [...]BU) SUMMARY. In a March 30 meeting with HR Solana's WMD Rep Annalisa Giannella, EUR P/DAS Charlie Ries shared preliminary USG thought[...] |
2004-03-31 12:39:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1431 | EU-15 UNEMPLOYMENT UNCHANGED AT 8.0 PERCENT [...]UMMARY. Aggregate unemployment in the EU-15 was 8.0 percent in February 2004. The rate was unchanged compared to the seven previous [...] |
2004-04-02 10:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1448 | MIGRATION ISSUES: EU INTERIOR MINISTERS REACH KEY [...] the March 30 Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council meeting, EU ministers reached political agreement on the so- called "Qualificatio[...] |
2004-04-05 06:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF CVIS CASC KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1450 | COUNTER-TERRORISM/LAW ENFORCEMENT: EU [...]he EU Council of Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Ministers on March 30 displayed a new momentum to meet its obligations to deal with th[...] |
2004-04-05 06:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER PREF CASC KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1496 | EUR/PDAS RIES DISCUSSIONS WITH EU ON TURKEY'S [...]C) Summary: EUR/PDAS Charlie Ries visited Brussels on March 30 to review EU Commission concerns on specific Copenhagen Criteria issue[...] |
2004-04-06 16:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM TU CY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1497 | EU COMMISSION OUTLINES KEY COPENHAGEN CRITERIA [...]C) Prior to EUR/PDAS Charlie Ries' visit to Brussels on March 30 covering the same issues at a higher level (septel), working level EU[...] |
2004-04-06 16:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KDEM TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1501 | GETTING TO YES IN THE CYPRUS REFERENDA: ACTION [...]C) With Cyprus guaranteed entry into the EU no matter what the outcome of the referenda, EU officials feel bereft of carrots to encour[...] |
2004-04-07 08:27:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID CY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1510 | CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: APRIL 2 PSC DEBATE AND NEXT [...]/NF) The EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) discussed the EU arms embargo on China during a heated 90 minute exchange on April [...] |
2004-04-07 12:11:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PARM PHUM PREL PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1543 | EU INFORMAL DEFENSE MINISTERIAL APRIL 5-6 [...]C) The EU Informal Defense Ministerial in Brussels on April 5/6 endorsed and appeared to expand the concept of the EU rapid reaction f[...] |
2004-04-08 12:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR MOPS BK EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1577 | EU CODE OF CONDUCT ON ARMS EXPORTS: QUESTIONS AND [...]BU) This message is intended as a companion to Mission reporting (refs A, B, C) about the possibility that the EU may soon lift its ar[...] |
2004-04-14 05:24:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PREL PHUM CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1586 | DONORS EYE ISRAELI PULLOUT WITH MIXTURE OF HOPE, [...]) Summary: At a one-day informal meeting of the "no-name" group in Brussels, convened by Canada to discuss Palestinian refugee issues[...] |
2004-04-14 08:39:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF EAID UNRWA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1607 | SUBJECT: MARCH 19 U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON [...]) SUMMARY. On March 19, Special Representative of the President for Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons and Geneva CD Ambassador Jack[...] |
2004-04-14 15:27:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KNNP EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1622 | EU WELCOMES MOLDOVA CONSULTATIONS [...]) Mission raised reftel proposal for five-party expert (Ambassadorial) level talks on Moldova April 14 with Christoph Heusgen, head of[...] |
2004-04-15 16:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PBTS MD OSCE USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1623 | EU REACTION TO POTENTIAL POSITIVE STEPS FOR BELARUS [...]) Mission passed ref a points April 15 to Carl Hartzell, East Europe and Caucasus specialist of the Council's Policy Unit. Hartzell r[...] |
2004-04-15 16:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID BO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1655 | JOINT U.S.-EC MONITORING TRIP IMPROVES DONOR [...]BU) Summary. In order to improve donor coordination and to bring international attention to the humanitarian needs in Burundi, the U.[...] |
2004-04-16 13:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID PHUM PGOV BU TZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1736 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: IMPACT OF ACCESSION [...]) SUMMARY. Until now, politicians from the ten accession states have only been observers of the European Parliament (EP). We expect a[...] |
2004-04-22 09:15:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1749 | SCENESETTER FOR APRIL 26 INAUGURAL SESSION OF THE [...]ummary and introduction. The inaugural meeting of the high level dialogue on transportation, border and infrastructure security (TBIS[...] |
2004-04-22 12:14:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CA EAIR ECON EU PTER USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1766 | SUBJECT: APRIL 15 U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON [...]) SUMMARY. On April 15, NEA/ENA Director Greg Berry led discussions on the Maghreb with the EU's Troika (COMAG). Issues discussed were[...] |
2004-04-23 08:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV XI EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1783 | COMMISSION'S POSITIVE "AVIS" ON CROATIA'S EU [...]) In issuing its positive recommendation April 20 for opening of accession negotiations with Croatia, the Commission has tried to stre[...] |
2004-04-23 13:19:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL PGOV EAID NL KAWC HR ICTY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1787 | EU HAND-WRINGING ON CYPRUS REFERENDUM: NO CARROTS, [...]C) One day away from a Cyprus Referendum, EU officials are wringing their hands in Brussels about the likely fate of the Annan Plan --[...] |
2004-04-23 14:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CY TU EUN UN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1806 | EU RELEASES ANTI-SEMITISM REPORT [...]) SUMMARY: On March 31, the European Monitoring Center on Racism and Xenophobia (EUMC) released its long-awaited report on anti-Semiti[...] |
2004-04-26 12:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM OSCE EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1868 | DINING WITH CHRIS: RANDOM THOUGHTS FROM RELEX [...]) Summary: Over rubbery fish at an Adenauer Stiftung affair on April 27, External Relations Commissioner Chris Patten touched briefly on why the EU wi[...] |
2004-04-28 14:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR PBTS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1870 | EU/CYPRUS: DEVELOPING THE EU'S POST-REFERENDA [...]C) April 28 COREPER discussion on defining the Green Line for the European Union focused on the extent to which the Green Line is a ba[...] |
2004-04-28 14:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID CY TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1871 | EUR/PDAS RIES MEETING WITH MATTHIAS RUETE [...]C) On April 26 EUR/PDAS Charlie Ries met in Brussels with EU Commission Enlargement Director Matthias Ruete, who is responsible in the[...] |
2004-04-28 14:42:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1897 | EU ON DARFUR: CEASEFIRE MONITORING, HUMANITARIAN [...]) Summary. The EU will contribute personnel and financial resources to support both the Ceasefire Commission and other efforts to est[...] |
2004-05-03 05:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL PREF PHUM SU CD EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1907 | INAUGURAL SESSION OF THE U.S.-EU POLICY DIALOGUE [...]mmary. The inaugural meeting of the new Policy Dialogue on Border and Transport Security April 26 addressed biometrics, the US-VISIT [...] |
2004-05-03 12:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CA EAIR ECON PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1911 | EU AGREES ON ASYLUM PROCEDURES DIRECTIVE [...]he EU Justice and Home Affairs Council on April 29 reached political agreement on a draft Directive imposing minimum standards on proc[...] |
2004-05-03 13:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PREL CMGT CVIS SMIG KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1919 | GME: GETTING THE BALANCE RIGHT BETWEEN THE G-8 AND [...]C) Summary. According to an EU official working on the issue, the EU is becoming increasingly skeptical of the U.S.'s GME proposals [...] |
2004-05-03 15:45:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1929 | EU AGREES ON MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF [...]U Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) on April 29-30 agreed on the application of the principle of mutual recognition to conf[...] |
2004-05-04 12:27:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CASC KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1960 | EU: CYPRUS ACCESSION AND COMMISSION RESPONSE [...]C) Enlargement Commissioner Verheugen's Cabinet member for Cyprus, Kristin Schreiber, told us May 5 that the Commission is readying pr[...] |
2004-05-05 13:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS1997 | EU/COUNTERTERRORISM: VITORINO AND DE VRIES: TIME [...]BU) For the past two years, we have struggled with the EU bureaucracy on a range of counter-terrorism measures aimed at tightening bor[...] |
2004-05-07 12:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PTER PINR ECON ETRD EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2027 | EU ARMS AGENCY: STATE OF PLAY [...]C) The EU continues to develop the EU Arms Agency (EUAA), and hopes to have it up and running by the final quarter of 2004. The agenc[...] |
2004-05-10 13:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS TSPL EAGR MCAP PARM ETTC MASS EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2068 | EU COUNCIL ON NATO-EU RELATIONS [...]C) EUR/RPM Director Dan Russell visited Brussels May 6-7 to meet with EU Council Secretariat officials responsible for EU European Sec[...] |
2004-05-13 06:46:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS MARR BK EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2086 | EC MOVING FORWARD WITH AUDITORS FOR LIBERIA [...]ollowing receipt of reftel, USEU contacted DG Development Liberia Desk Officer Arend Biesenbroek for a status report on their funding [...] |
2004-05-13 15:33:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID EFIN PGOV LI EUN IMF USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2091 | U.S.-EU CONSULTATIONS ON OSCE [...]) SUMMARY: The EU hosted a U.S. delegation headed by USOSCE Ambassador Stephan M. Minikes for the biannual U.S.-EU "COSCE" consultati[...] |
2004-05-14 10:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM OSCE EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2102 | EU FMS' MEETING: KEY AGENDA ITEMS AND DEMARCHE [...]) The EU FMs' General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting on May 17-18 will devote much of its time to Intergovernm[...] |
2004-05-14 15:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL RU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2107 | EUROPEAN ELECTIONS AND U.S.-EU RELATIONS [...]) SUMMARY: Although most voters in the June 10-13 European elections will focus mainly on bread-and-butter themes such as employment,[...] |
2004-05-14 16:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2114 | VISA WAIVER PROGRAM AND AN ENLARGED EU [...]) Summary. The enlargement of the EU on May 1 raised the number of EU countries not included in the visa waiver program (VWP) from on[...] |
2004-05-17 09:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | CMGT CVIS SMIG ELAB EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2180 | EU-UKRAINE: CONDITIONING ENHANCED TIES ON [...]C) Summary. After a delay due to internal EU friction, the EU hopes to complete negotiation on an "Action Plan" for Ukraine in time [...] |
2004-05-19 13:46:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV KDEM UP EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2181 | EU FM TALKS RAISE DOUBTS ABOUT JUNE TARGET [...]BU) EU Foreign Ministers in the May 17-18 session of the Intergovernmental Conference (IGC) - the first since the collapse of the Dece[...] |
2004-05-19 14:39:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2196 | EUROPEAN ELECTIONS: KEY RETURNING MEPS [...]BU) SUMMARY: With the campaign now in full swing, almost all of the party lists for the June 10-13 European elections have been relea[...] |
2004-05-24 13:32:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2211 | BRUSSELS VIEW OF IRELAND'S EU PRESIDENCY: A [...][...] |
2004-05-25 11:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL EI EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2262 | USEU SCENESETTER FOR DEPUTY SECRETARY VISIT JUNE [...]nsitive but unclassified -- entire text. ¶2. Summary: You are coming to Brussels during a time of transition in the EU as[...] |
2004-05-27 10:28:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2277 | EU AGREES NEW NON-PROLIFERATION TEXT FOR SYRIA [...]C) Summary. On May 26, the EU agreed to new non-proliferation language for inclusion in the draft EU-Syria Association Agreement. La[...] |
2004-05-27 16:26:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP ETRD SY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2295 | BELGIUM COUNTRY CLEARANCE FOR CBP/ICE ROBERT [...]ountry clearance is granted for visit of Customs and Border Protection Chief Inspector Robert Ontiveros of El Paso, TX, to replace a C[...] |
2004-05-28 15:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | AMGT OTRA ECON ETRD EWWT BE USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2354 | EU-FUNDED AFRICA PEACE FACILITY TO STRENGTHEN AU, [...]SBU) Summary. The European Union (EU) formally announced the establishment of the Africa Peace Facility (APF), and funds are now ava[...] |
2004-06-02 14:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID MOPS PGOV PREL PREF UX USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2360 | EUROPEAN ELECTIONS: RESHUFFLING OF PARTY GROUPS? [...]) SUMMARY: Since the European Parliament (EP) "party groups" are coalitions of member-state parties, their membership is somewhat flu[...] |
2004-06-02 16:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2365 | EU-25 UNEMPLOYMENT RATE AT 9.1 PERCENT [...]UMMARY. The aggregate unemployment rate for the EU-25 published by the EU Commission's Statistical Office stood at 9.1 percent for Ap[...] |
2004-06-03 10:42:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2368 | KEY TOPICS FOR EU FMS' MEETING AND SUMMIT, JUNE 14 [...]The headline issues for the June 14 EU FMs' meeting and the June 17-18 EU Summit will be the final round of Constitutional Treaty nego[...] |
2004-06-03 10:46:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EAID PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2369 | EU ON LATEST IRAQ DEVELOPMENTS: WHAT TO EXPECT IN [...]) Summary: The EU intends to release a medium term strategy on Iraq at its June 17-18 Summit. The strategy will govern political and[...] |
2004-06-03 11:19:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2381 | EUR/DAS BRADTKE'S SECURITY CONSULTATIONS WITH EU [...]C) EUR/DAS Bradtke met May 26 in Brussels with EU leaders in the PSC Troika Format including representatives of the EU presidency, Cou[...] |
2004-06-03 13:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS BK EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2389 | DEALING WITH EU IN INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS: [...]) SUMMARY: We reviewed ref A draft guidelines on dealing with the EU in international organizations, and believe the guidelines, with[...] |
2004-06-04 10:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UN EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2410 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: EU ON DARFUR HUMANITARIAN CRISIS [...]) Summary. The EU Council Secretariat will recommend to the Irish Presidency that they adopt a similar approach outlined in reftel A[...] |
2004-06-04 15:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM PREF SU PROV EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2437 | EU CONTRIBUTION TO "SOCIAL BENEFITS OF [...]he EU Commission recently tabled a series of recommendations presented as its contribution to securing the social benefits of globaliz[...] |
2004-06-07 14:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ETRD ELAB ILO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2442 | THE DEPUTY SECRETARY'S MEETING WITH EU HI-REP [...]C) Summary: Deputy Secretary Armitage and EU Foreign Policy Hi-Rep Solana met June 2 and discussed the Mid-East Peace Process (MEPP),[...] |
2004-06-07 15:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL GZ IS IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2456 | (C) EU/IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS DIALOGUE: LOW EXPECTATIONS [...]) Summary: A key EU official involved in the ongoing EU/Iran human rights dialogue believes that the next round of that dialogue (June[...] |
2004-06-09 05:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2477 | EU FAILS TO AGREE ON NEW EUROPOL DIRECTOR [...]U Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) on June 8 failed to reach the necessary consensus on who will be the Director of EUROPO[...] |
2004-06-10 06:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL CASC KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2495 | CROATIA'S PROGRESS TOWARD THE EU HITS A PATCH OF [...]) As reported ref B, Croatia looks very likely to be officially declared a candidate for EU membership at the EU Summit on June 17-18.[...] |
2004-06-10 12:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV HR SI IT EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2496 | VERHEUGEN RESPONSE TO DEPUTY SECRETARY ON ROMANIAN [...]) The cabinet of Enlargement Commissioner Gunter Verheugen has faxed us a letter from the Commissioner to Deputy Secretary Armitage, r[...] |
2004-06-10 12:56:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CASC CVIS RO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2498 | EU HI-REP SOLANA PROPOSES EU INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS [...]/NF) Summary: At the EU Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) June 8 meeting, Council Hi-Rep Javier Solana said he would call o[...] |
2004-06-10 13:35:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PTER PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2502 | EU ROLLS OUT STRATEGY FOR PROGRESSIVE ENGAGEMENT [...]C) Summary. EC Commissioner Patten, with the full support of EU HighRep Solana, has proposed an ambitious strategy for rapidly rampin[...] |
2004-06-10 14:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2518 | EUROPEAN ELECTIONS: NEGATIVE ON EUROPE, NOT ON U.S. [...]) SUMMARY: The provisional results of the June 10-13 European elections largely confirm the status quo: in a European Parliament (EP)[...] |
2004-06-14 13:57:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2541 | EU PUZZLED BY MOLDOVA'S STABILITY PACT INITIATIVE; MOSCOW RESPONSE IS KEY [...][...] |
2004-06-15 12:58:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PARM PBTS PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS OSCE MD |
04BRUSSELS2586 | U.S.-EU JOINT MISSION TO INTERPOL ON LOST/STOLEN [...]BU) Summary. During consultations in Brussels on 6/9 and a subsequent joint mission to Interpol headquarters in Lyon on 6/10, the U.S[...] |
2004-06-17 13:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CPAS KFRD KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2589 | SCENESETTER FOR JUNE 25 VISIT OF DHS DEPUTY [...]ummary: You are coming to Brussels during a time of transition in the European Union as it absorbs 10 new member states and moves tow[...] |
2004-06-17 13:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ECON EU PTER USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2593 | MANY EU SUMMIT FOREIGN AND SECURITY POLICY [...]) During the EU Summit June 17-18 in Brussels, EU sources tell us EU leaders will approve a range of pre-cooked decisions on a broad r[...] |
2004-06-17 15:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EAID XA XF TU HR RO BG EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2605 | EC RESPONSE TO HAITI DEMARCHE FOR BUDGET SUPPORT [...]SBU) USEU Development Counselor presented reftel demarche to European Commission (EC) Desk Officer for Haiti Lut Fabert-Goossens, in t[...] |
2004-06-18 09:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID EFIN HA XL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2610 | EU UPDATE ON GEORGIA, MOLDOVA, UKRAINE [...]C) Summary. On June 17, EU High Rep Solana's advisor for the CIS, Kees Van Rij, reviewed developments in Georgia, Moldova and Ukrain[...] |
2004-06-18 12:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UP BO MD RS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2683 | CENTRAL DUBLIN GROUP MEETING: JUNE 2004 [...]his cable contains an action request. See para. 9. ¶2. Summary. During its June 22 meeting, the members of the Central [...] |
2004-06-23 15:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KCRM PREL SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2794 | EU LEADERS NOMINATE PORTUGUESE PM DURAO [...]U leaders on June 29 nominated Portuguese Prime Minister Jose Manuel Durao Barroso as the next Commission President effective November[...] |
2004-06-30 11:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2828 | OPERATION BALKAN VICE IV: EU RESPONSE [...]C) We met on June 30 with Council and Commission representatives to discuss ref A demarche. Council Secretariat Director for the West[...] |
2004-07-01 11:49:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EFIN ETTC EUN KWAC USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2838 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PRESIDENT'S CALL ON AMBASSADOR [...]) SUMMARY: In a June 30 call on Ambassador Schnabel, outgoing European Parliament (EP) President Pat Cox defended his decision to ask[...] |
2004-07-01 13:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2859 | CUBA -- EU RESPONSE ON LIBERTAD ACT TITLE III [...]C) We discussed reftel points with Karl Buck, Head of the Council Secretariat's Latin America Division, on July 2. Buck immediately a[...] |
2004-07-02 14:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | ETTC PREL CU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2930 | EU RESPONSE ON LIBERTAD TITLE III AND VENEZUELA [...]) The European Commission is still considering whether or not to send an election observer mission to Venezuela. The EU also remains c[...] |
2004-07-09 09:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ETRD CU VE EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2931 | COMMISSION PERSPECTIVE ON JULY 12 GAERC [...]) Commission officials tell us the July 12 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting will not see many serious de[...] |
2004-07-09 09:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ AF HA BM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2938 | NEW COMMISSION PROPOSALS FOR NORTHERN CYPRUS [...]BU) On July 7, EU Enlargement Commissioner Gunter Verheugen presented the Commission's plan fulfill the EU's pledge to end the isolati[...] |
2004-07-09 14:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ETRD PGOV CY GR TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2944 | EU CONSTRAINED ON NEXT STEPS WITH SERBIA [...]) PolOff spoke on July 8 with Stefan Lehne, Solana's key advisor on the Balkans, almost immediately after Lehne's return from Belgrade[...] |
2004-07-09 15:56:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ETRD ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2971 | EU FMS' LUNCH DISCUSSION WITH IRAQI FM ZEBARI [...]) Iraqi Foreign Minister Zebari had a lunch discussion with EU FMs during their July 12 General Affairs and External Council Relations[...] |
2004-07-13 04:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2972 | JULY 12 GAERC DISCUSSIONS: ISRAEL, BURMA, SUDAN, [...]) EU FMs at their July 12 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting discussed several issues, but took few concre[...] |
2004-07-13 05:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID MARR IS BM AF USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS2983 | A/S WAYNE MEETING WITH COMMISSION ON HAITI [...]SBU) Summary. In a meeting with EB Assistant Secretary Wayne, Commission Development Director Sipke Brouwer explained the Commission [...] |
2004-07-13 14:26:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID EFIN HA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3003 | IRAQ: EC MEETING WITH A/S WAYNE [...]C) In a July 8 meeting in Brussels, EB A/S Wayne discussed next steps on Iraq with Fenando Valenzuela, Deputy Director General for Ext[...] |
2004-07-14 12:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3010 | EU-IRAQ: DUTCH SUGGEST ZEBARI LETTER TO EU TO [...]U) Action Request: See para three. ¶2. (C) Reftel tracks well with what Dutch MFA Political Director Hugo Siblesz told E[...] |
2004-07-14 15:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3055 | EUROPEAN SUPPORT FOR AN AU PROTECTION FORCE FOR [...][...] |
2004-07-16 16:11:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF PARM MOPS EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3057 | EC FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR DARFUR CRISIS: DEMARCHE [...]) Following up on reftel demarche request for further information on EU funding initiatives, PRM Assistant and USAID Advisor for Human[...] |
2004-07-16 16:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PHUM EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3059 | US-EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS LOOK AT UPCOMING ISSUES [...]) Summary. US-EU Political Director consultations in Brussels on July 13 discussed a broad agenda including summit follow-up, and co[...] |
2004-07-19 07:11:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MOPS ETRD MASS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3066 | EU ON EXPANDED TRANSNISTRIA VISA BAN: NEED TO [...]C) On July 19, USEU conveyed reftel non-paper to Council Secretariat Russia watcher Carl Hallergard, who is temporarily covering Mold[...] |
2004-07-19 14:39:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PBTS PHUM PGOV RS MD EUN OSCE USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3067 | BRIEF READOUT OF EU-RUSSIA POLITICAL DIRECTORS [...]C) Summary. According to an EU official present for the July 16 EU-Russia Political Directors' meeting in Moscow, the EU raised Yukos[...] |
2004-07-19 14:39:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MD RS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3072 | European Parliament: Key Leadership [...]) SUMMARY: At the July 20-23 European Parliament (EP) plenary session, the 732 newly elected MEPs from the 25 member states will form[...] |
2004-07-20 06:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3101 | EU/JHA: TOWARD A NEW MULTI-ANNUAL PROGRAM; [...]he EU Council of Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) on July 19 began preparations for a new multi-annual JHA program buildin[...] |
2004-07-20 15:33:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER SMIG PREF CMGT CVIS KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3116 | DARFUR: EU HEARING DIFFERENT STORY ON AU CASH FLOW [...]C) Mission spoke briefly to Friedrich Hamburger, Chef de Cabinet to Development Commissioner Nielsen, for a readout on where things st[...] |
2004-07-23 05:19:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EAID USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3126 | THE BARROSO COMMISSION: MORE OLD FACES [...]he next EU Commission to take office on November 1, 2004, will have 25 members, including its President. A majority of them are alrea[...] |
2004-07-23 10:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PINR PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3131 | ICFTU AND ETUC LIKELY PARTNERS ON CUBA LABOR [...]C) In response to reftel action request, Post has identified the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the International Confe[...] |
2004-07-23 14:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM ELAB CU ILO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3140 | DARFUR: EU STRESSES STRONG GOS ACTION AGAINST [...]) Summary and Action Request. Hirep Solana's point man on Sudan, Christian Manahl, stressed the importance of improving the security [...] |
2004-07-23 14:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EAID SU ET EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3159 | EU/CHINA: READOUT OF JUNE 30 HUMAN RIGHTS SEMINAR [...]) SUMMARY: On June 29-30 the EU and China held a joint seminar on Chinese ratification of the International Covenant on Civil and Poli[...] |
2004-07-26 13:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PARM KDEM KJUS CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3174 | EXCLUDING THE BELARUSIAN SPORTS AND TOURISM [...][...] |
2004-07-26 14:28:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KOLY PHUM PREL USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3190 | EU ON UNGA PRIORITIES, ATTENDEES [...]C) Summary: EU officials welcomed early consultation on UNGA priorities and highlighted shared interest in combating human traffickin[...] |
2004-07-27 11:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON PHUM KDEM AORC KSEP OVIP OTRA UN UNGA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3195 | SUBJECT: EU/SUDAN: FMS THREATEN SANCTIONS, PLEDGE [...]n a meeting of the General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) on July 26, EU FMs threatened sanctions if Sudan does not [...] |
2004-07-27 14:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3205 | DEMARCHE ON REPLACEMENT FOR UNRWA COMMISSIONER [...]) On July 27, PRM Assistant delivered reftel points to Desk Officer for UNRWA Christian Berger in the Commission's External Relations [...] |
2004-07-28 12:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3207 | MAOIST VIOLENCE IN NEPAL: NO EU CLEARINGHOUSE [...]) We met on July 28 with Mario Ferrucci, deputy head of the India, Nepal, and Bhutan unit in the Commission's External Relations direc[...] |
2004-07-28 14:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KT NP EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3210 | EU/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: BRIEFING THE PSC ON CHINA'S [...]/NF) SUMMARY: The EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) hosted an informal gathering July 22 to receive a USG intelligence briefin[...] |
2004-07-28 15:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL PARM MARR MCAP PHUM CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3211 | EU HAS SOME QUESTIONS ON UPCOMING AHLC [...]C) Summary. The European Commission, which has the lead on AHLC issues, supports US goals for having the AHLC focus on Gaza withdraw[...] |
2004-07-28 15:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL IS KWBG EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3222 | EU SUPPORTIVE ON AFGHAN STABILITY, KARZAI DECISION [...]BU) We reviewed ref A points during a July 28 meeting with Baltasar Benz, the Afghanistan desk officer in the Commission's External Re[...] |
2004-07-29 15:44:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL AF EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3223 | DARFUR: EU TO AUGMENT OBSERVERS, PROPOSES [...]) Summary. Hirep Solana has proposed to African Union (AU) an augmentation in EU representation on ceasefire observers to allow a Eur[...] |
2004-07-29 15:44:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID ET MARR PREL SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3224 | EU MAY ACT TO BAN BELARUSIAN SPORTS MINISTER FROM [...]C) Summary. The EU is looking seriously at steps it can take to ban Belarusian Sports Minister Sivakov from the Olympic games. Gree[...] |
2004-07-30 07:18:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KOLY PHUM PREL GR BO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3225 | EU EFFORTS ON AID AND TRADE FOR NORTHERN CYPRUS [...]) During meetings with Dutch Presidency, Commission and Council officials on July 26-27, EUR DAS Laura Kennedy was told the prospects [...] |
2004-07-30 07:44:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EAID ETRD ZS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3226 | ENCOURAGING SIGNALS FROM COMMISSION AND DUTCH [...]) In meetings on July 26-27 in Brussels with Dutch Presidency, Commission and Council officials, EUR DAS Laura Kennedy heard guardedly[...] |
2004-07-30 07:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3227 | EU CONSIDERS VISA BAN ON 21 TRANSNISTRIAN [...]SBU) On July 29, EU Political and Security Committee (PSC) Ambassadors agreed to consider imposing a visa ban on 21 Transnistrian off[...] |
2004-07-30 07:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PBTS PHUM PGOV MD EUN OSCE USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3230 | JOSEP BORRELL ELECTED EP PRESIDENT [...]) Summary: The European Parliament (EP) on July 20 elected as its new president Spanish Socialist Josep Borrell. Although a former &[...] |
2004-07-30 09:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3234 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT SELECTS NEW VICE- [...]) Summary: The European Parliament (EP) elected 14 Vice-Presidents and 5 Quaestors (in charge of EP financial and administrative matte[...] |
2004-07-30 10:56:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3310 | HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH ON EU/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO [...]) DRL Senior Advisor Susan O'Sullivan and poloff met July 23 with Human Rights Watch (HRW) Brussels Director Lotte Leicht to discuss t[...] |
2004-08-04 10:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL PARM MARR CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3320 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: THE NEW FOREIGN [...]) Summary: The new European Parliament (EP) Foreign Affairs Committee will be the largest EP committee, with 78 members. The Committ[...] |
2004-08-05 08:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3333 | EU/CHINA ARMS EMBARGO: READOUT OF UK POLDIR SAWERS [...]/NF) SUMMARY: Japanese Mission offered us a readout of the July 29 meeting in Tokyo between DFM Tanaka and UK PolDir Sawers to discuss[...] |
2004-08-05 14:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PREL MARR PARM PHUM CH TW JA UK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3339 | EU AHEAD OF THE CURVE ON VENEZUELA DEMARCHE [...]C) We spoke about Venezuela with Karl Buck, director of the Council Secretariat's Latin America unit, on August 5. The Dutch Presidenc[...] |
2004-08-06 09:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KDEM VE KPAO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3358 | EXPERT PANEL MEETING ON DEVELOPING A [...]MMARY: THE G-8 ACTION PLAN FOR AFRICA FAMINE INITIATIVE INCLUDES SUPPORT FOR IMPROVED WORLDWIDE EMERGENCY ASSESSMENT AND RESPONSE SYST[...] |
2004-08-06 15:17:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREF PHUM PREL SMIG EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS36 | EU ADOPTS NEW NONPROLIFERATION STRATEGY [...]) SUMMARY: EU heads of state and government adopted an "EU Strategy Against Proliferation of WMD" at their December 12-13 Summit in Br[...] |
2004-01-06 14:15:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP PINS UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3624 | VERHEUGEN'S TURKEY TRIP AND DUTCH NGO STUDY [...]) Summary: DG-Enlargement Commissioner Verheugen will use his September 4-7 trip to Turkey to review the Commission's human rights and[...] |
2004-08-30 14:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU NL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3688 | EU-25 UNEMPLOYMENT DOWN TO 9.0 PERCENT [...]UMMARY. The aggregate unemployment rate for the EU-25 stood at 9.0 in July 2004, down 0.1 percentage point from the previous month, a[...] |
2004-09-02 07:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3729 | EU OFFICIALS ON IAEA IRAN REPORT: NOT READY FOR [...]) SUMMARY: Poloff discussed reftel with Council nonproliferation and nuclear policy advisors September 2 and ¶3. While acknowledgi[...] |
2004-09-03 12:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KNNP PARM PREL MNUC TRGY IR IAEA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3741 | NEW COMMISSION STEPS ON HOMELAND SECURITY [...]his is an action message, see paragraphs 2 and 19. Introduction, Summary and Action Request ---------------------------------[...] |
2004-09-03 14:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAIR ECON ECPS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3772 | GYMNICH RESULTS ON BURMA, SUDAN, MIDDLE EAST AND [...]BU) The EU Foreign Ministers' informal "Gymnich" meeting in Maastricht on September 3-4 proceeded as expected (reftel). The EU will g[...] |
2004-09-08 05:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ BM SU SR IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3782 | U.S.-EU CONSULTATIONS ON CAUCASUS, CENTRAL ASIA [...]) SUMMARY: On September 1 EUR DAS Laura Kennedy held semi-annual consultations with the EU on Caucasus and Central Asia (COEST). Cau[...] |
2004-09-08 14:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV EAID GG AM AJ KZ KG TI TX UZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3813 | SUDAN: EU SUPPORTS KEY ELEMENTS OF UNSC RESOLUTION [...]) Summary. EU agrees on all main elements of UNSC draft. EU not ready to declare situation genocide, but agree it is "ethnic cleansi[...] |
2004-09-09 14:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID PREL SU UNSC USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3821 | EU AID/TRADE FOR NORTH CYPRUS STALLS [...]C) Summary: EUR DAS Kennedy's Brussels consultations coincided with an important September 2 COREPER meeting in which EU member states[...] |
2004-09-09 15:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ETRD ZS TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3840 | ANTICIPATED RESULTS OF SEPTEMBER 13 GAERC [...]) We have discussed reftel A points on the EU FMs' General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting on Sept. 13 with a &[...] |
2004-09-10 10:42:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR BK SU EAID BU CY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3843 | ANNALISA GIANNELLA, LEADING THE EU AGAINST WMD [...]) Summary: Annalisa Giannella, EU High Representative Solana's Personal Representative for WMD Non-Proliferation, is the key official[...] |
2004-09-10 11:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PARM PINR IT FR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3881 | EUR DAS TEFFT REVIEWS RUSSIA, UKRAINE, MOLDOVA AND [...]C) Summary. In meetings with EU officials on September 10, EUR DAS Tefft discussed recent events in Russia, Ukraine, Moldova and Bel[...] |
2004-09-13 15:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER RS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3892 | EUROPEAN DEFENSE AGENCY: TAKING SHAPE [...]) Summary: The establishment of a European Defense Agency (EDA) to harmonize moves to boost European military capacity might -- with [...] |
2004-09-14 11:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PARM ETRD EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3897 | EU FMS SEND LOTS OF SIGNALS, BUT MAKE FEW [...]BU) The September 13 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting of EU Foreign Ministers refined EU positions spell[...] |
2004-09-14 13:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID IZ BM SU SR IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3926 | EU AFGHAN ELECTION SUPPORT MISSION PLANS VISITS TO [...]) Summary: The EU Democratic Election Support Mission (DESM) in Afghanistan will send small teams to Pakistan and Iran to assess out-o[...] |
2004-09-15 15:49:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PK AF IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3948 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: REVISED US VISIT POLICY AND [...]) Summary. The initial reaction from the European Commission on the FBI's enhanced access to US VISIT databases was low key. Major c[...] |
2004-09-16 15:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | CVIS PREL KOCI EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3979 | DEMARCHE TO EU: OSCE ANTI-SEMITISM AND TOLERANCE [...][...] |
2004-09-17 16:53:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PHUM PREL PGOV SOCI OSCE EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3983 | EU MEMBER STATE CONTRIBUTIONS FOR UNPROFOR IRAQ: [...]C) According to a Council Secretariat official (protect) working on Iraq issues, EU member states have offered to date a total of 10 [...] |
2004-09-20 04:45:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MOPS IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS3989 | TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA: EU AND U.S. [...]) Summary. The September 8 transatlantic consultations on Africa (COAFR) addressed priorities in the Great Lakes (strengthening MONUC[...] |
2004-09-20 09:38:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV EAID PHUM XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4009 | EU/TURKEY: ACCESSION TALKS NOT A DONE DEAL [...]) Summary: The current conventional wisdom in Brussels is that Turkey will get "yes-but" recommendations to start accession talks with[...] |
2004-09-21 09:42:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4012 | EU GRAPPLES WITH INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION: DUTCH [...]) Summary. Approximately 250 experts in migration policy from throughout Europe and North America gathered at a conference hosted by [...] |
2004-09-21 11:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PREF PHUM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4013 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION CONCERNED ABOUT ROHINGYA [...]BU) Summary. The European Commission (EC) is concerned about the plight of Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, including the lack of ad[...] |
2004-09-21 12:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PREL BG BM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4016 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: DARFUR "TANTAMOUNT TO [...]) Summary. In a resolution dated September 16, the European Parliament (EP) endorsed the U.S. view that events currently happening in[...] |
2004-09-21 13:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4025 | EU FUNDING FOR IRAQ: EB A/S WAYNE MEETING WITH [...]U) Action request: See para 12 below. ¶2. (C) Summary. Commission Deputy DG Leigh told EB A/S Wayne on September 21 th[...] |
2004-09-21 15:18:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV MOPS IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4055 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: THE DEVELOPMENT [...]BU) SUMMARY: The Development Committee in the European Parliament (EP) is responsible for EU development assistance policy (over whic[...] |
2004-09-23 12:19:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PGOV PINR PREL SOCI EAID SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4107 | EU IN UN: IO A/S HOLMES IN BRUSSELS [...]) SUMMARY: In meetings with IO Assistant Secretary Kim Holmes on September 15-16, EU officials: --stressed EU commitment to "[...] |
2004-09-27 08:11:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL UNGA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4112 | POLISH EU PERMREP AMBASSADOR GRELA MEETING WITH EB [...]) Summary: Poland Permanent Representative to the EU, Ambassador Marek Grela stressed that the Polish government strongly endorses giv[...] |
2004-09-27 08:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU PL ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4119 | European Parliament (EP) Plenary September [...]MMARY: The September 13-16 EP plenary included debate on Iraq and Darfur. External Relations Commissioner Chris Patten criticized U.[...] |
2004-09-27 13:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV PREF IZ SU CD BO CY TU EUN AID ICTY USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4129 | EB A/S WAYNE'S MEETING WITH GERMAN EU PERM REP [...]) In a September 21 meeting with Assistant Secretary for Economic and Business Affairs Tony Wayne, German EU Permanent Representative [...] |
2004-09-28 09:15:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ TU CY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4144 | EUMS THOUGHTS ON REMAINING SFOR HANDOVER ISSUES [...]) Summary: Some issues related to the end of SFOR and the beginning of Operation Althea remain to be resolved, but planners in HR Sol[...] |
2004-09-28 14:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MOPS MARR PREL BK NATO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4151 | MIGRANT CAMPS IN LIBYA/UKRAINE: EU DEBATES [...]SBU) Summary. The EU faces a delicate balancing act between controlling the illegal follow of migrants crossing its external frontie[...] |
2004-09-28 16:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | SMIG PREF PHUM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS416 | EC ON IRAQI REFUGEE RETURN AND INTEGRATION [...]BU) Summary. The EC agrees with reftel strategy of concentrating first on the return of Iraqi refugees from neighboring countries. [...] |
2004-02-02 04:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF IZ AF EUR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4161 | SEPTEMBER 3 U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON ARMS [...]BU) Summary: The U.S. and the Dutch EU presidency on September 3 conducted semi-annual CODUN consultations in Brussels on UN disarmam[...] |
2004-09-29 10:16:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KNNP PARM PREL UNGA CDG EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4181 | THE STABILITY PACT: PRESSING REFORM THROUGH [...]BU) With South Eastern Europe facing a decisive year in 2005, the Stability Pact (SP) continues to generate pressure for further polit[...] |
2004-09-30 08:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4183 | U.S.-EU OSCE CONSULTS FOCUS ON RUSSIA [...]) SUMMARY: The September 21 U.S.-EU OSCE consultations focused largely on Russian intransigence toward outside influence in its "near [...] |
2004-09-30 09:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM OSCE EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4201 | EU WANTS G8 TALKS ON IRAN BEFORE NEXT IAEA BOARD [...]C/NF) According to UK Mission official Karen Betts (strictly protect), the EU-3 are working to coordinate with the EU ideas for a G-8[...] |
2004-09-30 14:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KNNP ETTC EAID IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4235 | EUR PDAS BRADTKE'S SEPTEMBER 27 DISCUSSIONS WITH [...]) Summary: Visiting EUR PDAS Robert Bradtke covered a wide range of topics in meetings with the EU Political and Security Committee Tr[...] |
2004-10-01 15:11:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4253 | NAC-PSC DISCUSSION OF BOSNIA AND "OTHER BUSINESS" [...]) Summary: In the September 27 meeting of the NAC with the EU's Political and Security Committee (NAC-PSC), nations focused on the co[...] |
2004-10-04 10:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL MOPS EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4265 | THE COMMISSION'S EXPLANATION OF EU'S "TWIN TRACK" [...]he Commission reports that its new "twin track" approach to Serbia and Montenegro (SaM) met with an enthusiastic response in both Belg[...] |
2004-10-04 15:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ETRD SR MW ICTY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4274 | US/EU POLICY PLANNING TALKS [...]C) Summary: US and EU policy planners met September 20 to discuss the transatlantic relationship, the Middle East Peace Process (MEPP)[...] |
2004-10-05 10:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL IZ IR CH IS PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4294 | CYPRIOTS FLOAT A BALLOON ON NATO SECURITY [...]) Summary: The Cypriot military representative to the EU suggests that Nicosia is giving serious consideration to negotiating a securi[...] |
2004-10-06 08:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CY MT TU EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4299 | EC/TURKEY: A "CLEAR RECOMMENDATION" TO START [...]) Summary: An upbeat Commissioner for Enlargement, Gunther Verheugen, told Ambassador Schnabel that the European Commission would make[...] |
2004-10-06 10:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4317 | EU ASSET FREEZE ON FUGITIVE ICTY INDICTEES [...]) The Dutch Presidency has told us that an EU Regulation enacting an asset freeze against the three most prominent ICTY fugitive indic[...] |
2004-10-07 09:11:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN ZL ICTY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS432 | EU HUMAN RIGHTS AGENDA PREVIEW: CHR-60 AND CHINA [...]) Summary: Further to ref A, European Council human rights experts stressed the importance of earlier bilateral consultations on count[...] |
2004-02-03 04:19:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREL MASS ETRD IR CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4332 | DHS U/S HUTCHINSON'S OCT 1 MEETING WITH EXTERNAL [...]SBU) DHS Undersecretary for Border and Transportation Security Asa Hutchinson met External Relations Director General Eneko Landaburu [...] |
2004-10-07 15:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAIR EWWT PHSA PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4334 | DHS U/S HUTCHINSON'S OCT 1 MEETING WITH TRANSPORT [...]SBU) DHS Undersecretary for Border and Transportation Security Asa Hutchinson met with Director General for Transport and Energy Franc[...] |
2004-10-08 08:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ASEC EAIR EWWT PHSA PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4335 | WISHFUL THINKING? EU HOPES G8 CAN KEEP IRAN OUT OF [...]C) Summary. In meetings with NEA DAS Dibble and NP A/DAS Fitzpatrick on October 4-5, EU officials from the Dutch Presidency, Council[...] |
2004-10-08 10:32:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL PARM KNNP IR EUN IAEA UNSC USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4346 | EU: PARTING THOUGHTS FROM RELEX COMMISSIONER CHRIS [...]) Summary. Ambassador held a reflective October 6 farewell meeting with RELEX Commissioner Patten, whose term expires at the end of th[...] |
2004-10-08 13:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4347 | EU VOTE FOR CUBAN ANTI-EMBARGO RESOLUTION EXPECTED [...][...] |
2004-10-08 13:11:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETRD CU UNGA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4352 | EU-US BALKANS TROIKA: GROWING IMPATIENCE ON ICTY [...]) On September 30, EUR/SCE Director Chuck English and EUR/ACE Deputy Director Pat Nelson-Douvelis met with the EU Troika (Dutch and Lu[...] |
2004-10-08 13:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4361 | EU PLANNING EXPERTS MEETING ON THE SITUATION IN [...][...] |
2004-10-08 15:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL PTER PINS ECON BG EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4362 | EU CLOSE TO A DECISION TO FREEZE MAOIST ASSETS [...]) Summary. The EU is "close" to taking a decision to freeze Maoist assets. While there is some discussion of tactics, there is an i[...] |
2004-10-08 15:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER KTFN NP EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4376 | EU/CHINA ARMS: DAS SUCHAN VISIT LAUNCHES PUBLIC [...]) SUMMARY: PM DAS Greg Suchan's October 7 visit to discuss US opposition to lifting the EU arms embargo on China included meetings wit[...] |
2004-10-13 06:49:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS ETTC PHUM CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4410 | EU CONTINUES TO EXERT PRESSURE ON SUDAN: SNYDER [...]SBU) Summary. During October 11 consultations with Department's Senior Representative on Sudan Charles Snyder, the EU shared Snyder's[...] |
2004-10-14 13:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PREF PHUM SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4418 | EU VIEWS ON NORTH AFRICA AND THE GULF: NEA DAS [...]C) Summary. In US-EU discussions on the Maghreb and Gulf on October 5-6, EU officials said that in lifting the arms embargo on Libya[...] |
2004-10-14 15:19:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV XF EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4419 | EU'S SOLANA: 1967 BORDERS ARE STARTING POINT FOR [...]C) Summary. In an October 13 speech before the European Parliament, EU High Rep Solana harshly criticized recent remarks by Israeli [...] |
2004-10-14 15:34:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER IS UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4438 | U.S.-EU DISCUSSIONS ON CRISES, FAILING STATES [...]) On October 5 Ambassador Carlos Pascual, Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS), met with EU officials and laid the[...] |
2004-10-15 10:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4474 | EU/CHINA ARMS: SLOWING THE RUSH TO THE SUMMIT [...]) SUMMARY: US approaches to EU member states have slowed the rush to end the arms embargo before the December 8 summit with China. Ne[...] |
2004-10-18 12:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM MASS ETTC PHUM CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4475 | EU COTER TROIKA ON LIFTING LIBYA ARMS EMBARGO [...]) S/CT European Regional Director Brent Hartley delivered reftel points to the EU Counter-terrorism troika (COTER) during consultation[...] |
2004-10-18 12:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PGOV LY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4503 | VISA WAIVER MEETING: U.S. WELCOMED -- AND WARNED [...]) Summary. While privately praising USG efforts to adopt a more positive approach to EU Member States not in the visa waiver program [...] |
2004-10-19 15:49:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | SMIG PREL CMGT EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4516 | EU NONCOMMITTAL ON SPEAKING OUT RE VENEZUELA [...]) This is an action recommendation -- see para 3. ¶2. (C) Poloff delivered reftel A points on October 19 to David Bruck, V[...] |
2004-10-20 11:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM KDEM EAID VE EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4536 | EUROPOL - FEELING ITS WAY FORWARD [...]SBU) Summary. During their recent visits to The Hague, DHS Secretary Ridge and AG Ashcroft announced the assignment of an FBI agent t[...] |
2004-10-21 08:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EU KCRM KJUS PREL SNAR USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4550 | U.S.-EU NONPROLIFERATION TROIKA: EU LOOKS FOR U.S. [...]) SUMMARY: On September 28, the U.S. and the EU held their semi-annual exchange on nonproliferation issues. This discussion followed [...] |
2004-10-21 16:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM KNNP UN EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4602 | EU INCREASES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR AU MISSION IN [...]C) Summary. The European Commission is set to approve 80 million euros from its Africa Peace Facility (APF) to support an expanded de[...] |
2004-10-26 05:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | EAID MOPS PGOV PHUM PREF PREL SU SO XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4617 | EU NORTH CYPRUS TRADE/AID: UPDATE [...]) Summary: The EU has separated its trade and financial package for North Cyprus in order to get the aid package approved on November [...] |
2004-10-26 13:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ZS CY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4619 | NEW EU PROGRAM FOR FREEDOM, SECURITY AND [...]U Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) on October 25 reached broad agreement on a new multi- annual program for strengthening [...] |
2004-10-26 14:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PTER SMIG PREF CMGT CVIS KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4624 | EU-SYRIA: NEA A/S BURNS MEETINGS IN BRUSSELS [...]) Commission officials told A/S Burns that the Trade and Cooperation Agreement (TCA) with Syria will only go into effect after signatu[...] |
2004-10-27 06:43:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER ETRD KNNP SY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4625 | NEA A/S BURNS' CONSULTATIONS WITH EU ON IRAQ, [...]) A/S Burns met October 22 with senior EU officials on the way back from his most recent trip to the region. Topics discused were Ira[...] |
2004-10-27 07:32:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETRD KNNP IZ IR IS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4629 | EU-CIS RELATIONS: GROWING FRUSTRATION WITH MOSCOW [...]) SUMMARY: During October 22 U.S.-EU Troika meeting on Russia, Ukraine, Belarus and Moldova, EU officials told EUR DAS Tefft that dim[...] |
2004-10-27 09:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ECON ETTC RS XH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4630 | EU RESPONSE TO DEMARCHE ON DPRK FOOD AID [...]C) Summary: Development Counselor presented reftel demarche to Xavier Guillou at DG AIDCO Food Security Unit and Maria Castillo-Ferna[...] |
2004-10-27 10:27:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | EAID KN PREL WFP USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4639 | EU: BARROSO WITHDRAWS COMMISSION JUST BEFORE VOTE [...]) SUMMARY: Realizing after last-minute consultations that he would not obtain European Parliament (EP) approval, European Commission [...] |
2004-10-27 16:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR IT EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4664 | OCTOBER 15 US-EU COTER TROIKA REVIEWS COMMON GOALS [...]) SUMMARY: The October 15 U.S.-EU COTER counterterrorism (CT) Troika focused on EU plans to identify priority countries for CT assista[...] |
2004-10-28 16:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PTER PREL KTFN EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4665 | EU COMMISSION AND COUNCIL SECRETARIAT VIEWS ON [...]) We shared Ref A and B points with Commission and Council officials in advance of the Nov. 2 EU FMs (GAERC) meeting and the Nov. 4-5 [...] |
2004-10-28 16:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID YI CY UP ZR IS SU SO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4677 | DRUGS TROIKA DISCUSSES EU DRUGS STRATEGY, [...]U) Summary. The annual U.S.-EU Drugs Troika was held October 25 in Brussels. INL DAS Jonathan Farrar had wide-ranging discussions on[...] |
2004-10-29 13:46:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AF BL CO EU KCRM SNAR XM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4688 | DSACEUR BRIEFS NAC-PSC ON TRANSFER OF SFOR TO [...]) Summary: DSACEUR, General Sir John Reith briefed the NAC-PSC Ambassadors on the progress of the December 2 SFOR handover to the EU's[...] |
2004-11-02 14:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BK MOPS NATO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4702 | EU FMS AT NOV. 2 GAERC AGREE SUPPORT [...]BU) EU FMs on November 2 agreed a package of measures to support Iraq ahead of a November 5 visit by PM Allawi. They confirmed EU fin[...] |
2004-11-03 16:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID IR IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4730 | THE EUROPEAN DEFENSE AGENCY: CAPTAIN COLLINS GOES [...]) USEU Pol/Mil team met mid-October with British Navy Captain Paul Collins, currently seconded to the European Defense Agency Establi[...] |
2004-11-04 16:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4739 | BARROSO ANNOUNCES NEW LINE-UP FOR [...]) EU Commission President-designate Barroso on November 4 announced a new line-up for his Commission. Speaking on the fringes of the [...] |
2004-11-05 12:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4741 | EU SOCIAL SUMMIT RENEWS COMMITMENT TO [...]UMMARY. EU-level organizations of labor and employers at a pre-European Council meeting with EU leaders on November 4 reaffirmed thei[...] |
2004-11-05 12:27:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL ELAB ECON EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4756 | EU/DPRK: PRE-BRIEF OF TROIKA VISIT TO PYONGYANG [...]) SUMMARY: A Directors-level Troika of EU officials will visit Pyongyang November 13-16 to press for North Korean cooperation in the S[...] |
2004-11-05 16:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM KNNP KN EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4758 | DSACEUR'S EU POLAD CLARIFIES DELINEATION OF TASKS [...]) This is a retransmission of Brussels 4731. Paragraph 4 has been corrected for clarity. ¶2. (C) Summary: EU Council Secr[...] |
2004-11-05 16:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS PHUM BK NATO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4768 | IRAQI PM ALLAWI'S VISIT WITH THE EU: EUROPEAN [...]) According to a Council source who attended the November 5 luncheon between the EU Heads of State and Government (the European Counci[...] |
2004-11-08 06:17:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MOPS IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4789 | EU-JHA: LEADERS ENDORSE NEW MULTI-ANNUAL [...]U leaders at their November 5 European Council meeting endorsed the new multi-annual program for "strengthening freedom, security and [...] |
2004-11-08 14:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER SMIG PREF CMGT CVIS KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4816 | EU DEBATE ON TURKEY: SIMMERING BUT INCHOATE [...]) Summary: The EU's decision on Turkey is now out of the hands of Commission officials, but contacts there continue to plan for access[...] |
2004-11-09 14:35:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4817 | EU ACCESSION NEGOTIATION TIMELINES: THE [...]BU) The EU is now preparing for its sixth wave of enlargement with the expected accession of Bulgaria and Romania on 1 January 2007. [...] |
2004-11-09 14:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV ETRD EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4843 | MALTESE SEEKING ITS WAY OUT OF NATO-EU BLOCKAGE [...]) Summary. Malta's Ambassador to the EU will propose to Valletta that Malta should declare its PfP agreements from 1994 remain in forc[...] |
2004-11-10 16:35:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV MT CY TU EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4844 | BIOMETRICS: EU ON PARALLEL TRACK WITH U.S. AND [...]) Summary. In parallel with U.S. efforts to incorporate the use of biometric identifiers, the EU is finalizing plans to enhance its b[...] |
2004-11-10 17:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | CMGT SMIG PTER PREL CPAS CVIS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4874 | EU COUNCIL RESPONSE ON QUINT ICTY DEMARCHE [...]/NF) We delivered reftel points to Stefan Lehne of High Rep Solana's office on November 15. Lehne noted that, since this was a Quint [...] |
2004-11-15 17:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET//NOFORN | PGOV PREL PHUM KAWC SR YI ICTY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4881 | EU/DPRK: SE DETRANI DISCUSSES 6PT, KEDO, [...]) SUMMARY: During consultations November 9 with Special Envoy Joseph DeTrani and EAP/K Director Jim Foster, EU officials underscored t[...] |
2004-11-16 12:38:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL KNNP PHUM EAID PINR IR KN EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4915 | EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT: TWO-WEEK DELAY UNLIKELY TO BRIDGE DIFFERENCES [...][...] |
2004-11-18 16:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | BRUSSELS ECON ETRD EUN PGOV PREL RS USEU |
04BRUSSELS4936 | MEPP: EU IS FOCUSED ON PA ELECTIONS TO GET [...]C) Summary. In meetings with a wide range of EU officials, NEA DAS Elizabeth Dibble discussed next steps in the Middle East Peace Proc[...] |
2004-11-19 13:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL EAID IS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4937 | EU CIV/MIL PLANNING AND THE OPS CENTER: SHAPING [...]) Summary. As EU High Representative for Common Foreign and Security Policy Javier Solana and the PSC review papers designed to creat[...] |
2004-11-19 13:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4938 | ECHO AWAITING GREEN LIGHT FOR BURMA PRESENCE [...]SBU) Following up on reftel, PRMOff asked the European Commission Humanitarian Aid Office (ECHO) about its plans to open an office in [...] |
2004-11-19 14:43:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID BM EUN USEU BRUSSELS PGOV PHUM |
04BRUSSELS4944 | COMMISSION AND COUNCIL RESPONSES ON NOV. 22 GAERC [...]) PolOffs have delivered Ref A points to contacts in the Council Secretariat and the personal staff of new External Relations Commissioner Ferrero-Wal[...] |
2004-11-19 15:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID MASS MARR IR CH BO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4949 | AMBASSADOR'S MEETING WITH ENVIRONMENT COMMISSIONER [...]) Summary. Incoming European Commission Vice Present (and Former Environment Commissioner) Margot Wallstrom told Ambassador Schnabel [...] |
2004-11-19 16:28:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SENV EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4951 | EU ON BELARUS PARTICIPATION AT CEI SUMMIT [...]C) We presented reftel demarche to Commission and Council officials on 17 November, asking their support in pressing the Government o[...] |
2004-11-19 16:32:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL BL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4959 | THE BARROSO COMMISSION: WHAT CAN WE EXPECT? [...]) The new Barroso European Commission, having finally emerged from a rough confirmation process, takes office November 1. Barroso int[...] |
2004-11-22 10:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ETRD EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4960 | MALTA SEEKS US SUPPORT FOR PLAN TO RESOLVE NATO/EU [...]) Summary. Malta's Ambassador to the EU was disappointed by the perceived lack of U.S. support for his proposal to resolve the issue[...] |
2004-11-22 10:42:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MT TU CY EUN NATO USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS4994 | A/S ROCCA DISCUSSES SOUTH ASIA WITH EU [...]C) SUMMARY. On November 12 and 15 in Brussels, SA A/S Christina Rocca met with DG Robert Cooper of the European Council and DDG Herve[...] |
2004-11-24 10:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PTER AF PK IN CE NP EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5014 | EU MILITARY COMMITTEE ADVICE ON THE AU MISSION IN [...]) Summary. USEU was passed the text of the European Union Military Committee's military advice to the Political and Security Committe[...] |
2004-11-26 09:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PHUM PREF PREL MOPS SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5029 | (C) COMMISSION CONSIDERS TURKEY/CYPRUS "PACKAGE" [...][...] |
2004-11-26 15:38:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL TU CY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5030 | COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION LAUNCHES OPERATION [...]) Under the provisions of the Treaty of the European Union, the Council of the European Union on November 23 launched Operation Althea[...] |
2004-11-26 15:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL BK MOPS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5032 | SIGNING BILATERAL INSTRUMENTS TO U.S.-EU [...][...] |
2004-11-29 09:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | BE CASC FI KCRM PREL SW EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5035 | MIGRANT INTEGRATION AND REFUGEE RESETTLEMENT: CAN [...]) This is an action message. See paragraph 20. ¶2. (U) Summary. Two unfolding migration-related crises have riveted Euro[...] |
2004-11-29 11:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PREF PHUM KPAO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5125 | EU WRESTLING WITH WHAT TO DO ABOUT CROATIA NOW [...]) The discussions among EU Member States in the Council on Croatia have been tense, and the EU remains fairly evenly divided on how st[...] |
2004-12-03 17:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV HR TU ICTY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5128 | JHA: MINISTERS REVIEW COUNTER-TERROR [...]he EU Council of Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (JHA Council) on December 2 agreed on a series of documents relating to the fight [...] |
2004-12-06 06:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5137 | AMBASSADOR'S INTRODUCTORY CALL ON EP U.S. [...]) SUMMARY: On November 30, Ambassador Schnabel paid an introductory call on Jonathan Evans, the Chairman of the European Parliament ([...] |
2004-12-06 14:17:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5159 | EU ENLARGEMENT DRIVES GRADUAL HARDENING IN EU [...]) Summary: The November 25 EU-Russia summit reflected a shift in the EU,s approach to Russia toward a tougher, more disciplined policy[...] |
2004-12-07 16:39:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PGOV PREL RS PL LH NL UK GM IT FR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5186 | ROMANIAN EU ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS GOING DOWN TO [...]BU) The European Commission has recommended against closing the competition chapter of Romania's accession negotiations because of con[...] |
2004-12-08 16:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECIN RO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5195 | ENGAGING THE EU ON THE MIDDLE EAST IN 2005 [...]) The Middle East remains a nexus of friction between the United States and the European Union. Since 9/11, these differences have af[...] |
2004-12-09 12:24:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID ECON MNUC XF EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5212 | EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT DEBATES TURKISH [...]BU) Summary: On December 14, the European Parliament (EP) will present its non-binding but influential "opinion" whether or not the E[...] |
2004-12-09 16:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV TU CY AM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5215 | NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE ON TERMS FOR CROATIAN EU [...]) The Dutch text on Croatia that will be presented to EU FMs at the GAERC on December 13 should be unchanged from their original propo[...] |
2004-12-09 17:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID HR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5216 | EU COMMISSION AND COUNCIL SECRETARIAT RESPONSE ON [...]BU) We reviewed REF A points with Judith Gebetsroithner of Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner's cabinet and Margarita Comamala of the Counci[...] |
2004-12-09 17:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETTC KPAL UP CO HR CG TU RW EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5221 | ENGAGING THE EU ON DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE IN [...]BU) Summary. The 25 EU member states have a GDP roughly equal to the United States, but spend twice as much on development assistance.[...] |
2004-12-10 09:58:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON PREF PREL EUN UN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5226 | EU COUNCIL PERSPECTIVE ON BOSNIA REFORMS [...]) PolOff has discussed the texts of Secretary Powell's letters (REFS A and B) to High Rep Solana about Bosnia-Herzegovina with Stefan [...] |
2004-12-10 16:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL PGOV EAID MARR BK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5255 | MEETING WITH THE PORTUGUESE ON THE EXTRADITION AND [...]n December 10, USEU Senior Counsel Mark Richard, Embassy Paris Justice Attache Ken Harris and USEU/NAS Frank Kerber attended a meeting[...] |
2004-12-13 16:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CASC KCRM KJUS PO PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5258 | EUROPEAN COUNCIL DEC. 16-17: HIGH STAKES, HIGH [...]C) As the EU heads into final preparations for its December 16-17 summit (European Council) meeting, a limited number of high stakes i[...] |
2004-12-13 17:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MASS EAID CK TU HR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS526 | EU LAUNCHES FAST-TRACK ASSESSMENT OF RELATIONS [...]C) Summary. Frustrated by an increasingly sterile dialogue with Moscow, and deeply embarrassed by Italian PM Berlusconi's fawning de[...] |
2004-02-06 13:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD RS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5302 | EU COMMITTED TO SENDING A POSITIVE MESSAGE TO KIEV [...]) The December 13 GAERC endorsed a European Neighborhood Policy "Action Plan" (AP) for EU-Ukraine cooperation, billing it as part of a[...] |
2004-12-16 13:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV UP RS PL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5308 | EUROPEAN UNION DEFENSE POLICY: WHERE IS THE EU [...]) Summary. The November 22 announcement by the Foreign and Defense Ministers of the EU member states of pledges to establish 13 Battle[...] |
2004-12-16 15:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5334 | DNSA HADLEY MEETING WITH EUROPEAN COMMISSION [...]) Summary: Barroso said he looked forward to cooperation with the U.S., and has been heartened by President Bush, remarks of his inte[...] |
2004-12-20 14:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL XF EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5366 | EUROBAROMETER: PERCEPTIONS OF U.S. WORSENING [...]UMMARY: The latest Eurobarometer poll will gladden hearts in Brussels: a growing majority in Europe has a positive attitude about the[...] |
2004-12-21 11:56:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV KPAO XE USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5391 | EU LEADERS ENDORSE REVISED ACTION PLAN OF COUNTER- [...]U leaders at the December 16-17 European Council endorsed a revised EU Action Plan for the fight against terrorism and noted other con[...] |
2004-12-23 11:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER EFIN SMIG PREF SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5392 | CAMBODIA TRAFFICKING SCANDAL: EU RESPONSE [...]BU) We reviewed ref (A) points with Commission Cambodia desk officers Joao Ferreira and Tom Yorkie and urged the EU to continue pressi[...] |
2004-12-23 12:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CB KWMN PGOV PHUM PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5393 | ENSURING A COORDINATED U.S.-EU MESSAGE IN BIH [...]) Our messages alerting the EU to Operation Balkan Vice measures (REFS B and C) apparently did not penetrate very far into the EU appa[...] |
2004-12-23 12:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EFIN BK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5396 | EU/IRAN: WMD REP GIANNELLA READOUT ON TALKS, PATH [...]) Summary: In a meeting to review the EU3,s efforts with Iran December 21, EU WMD Rep Annalisa Giannella said she was generally please[...] |
2004-12-23 14:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | KNNP PARM PREL PINR IR IAEA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5408 | TFX001: INITIAL EC RESPONSE TO ASIAN TSUNAMI [...]UMMARY: The European Commission has activated two emergency mechanisms to meet the immediate humanitarian assistance needs arising fr[...] |
2004-12-28 12:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL IN CE TH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS5427 | TFX001: EC ON DONOR COORDINATION AND ASSISTANCE TO [...]) Summary: The EU will meet in Luxembourg on January 7 to coordinate its response to the tsunami in Asia. On the agenda is the advisa[...] |
2004-12-29 16:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL IN CE TH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS631 | THE NEXT EU COMMISSION: A BRUSSELS PREVIEW [...]BU) The EU rumor mill is already full of possible candidates for the succession of Romano Prodi as Commission President in November 20[...] |
2004-02-12 14:19:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | ELAB EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS666 | US-EU COEST CONSULTATIONS PART 1: CENTRAL ASIA [...]BU) SUMMARY: On February 9 in Brussels, EUR DAS Lynn Pascoe -- accompanied by EUR/ACE Deputy Dan Rosenblum and EUR/ERA Director Kathy [...] |
2004-02-13 15:39:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV KZ KG TI TX UZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS728 | KOFI ANNAN AND THE EU: MULTILATERALISM, MONEY AND [...]BU) SUMMARY: UNSYG Kofi Annan used his January 28-30 visit to Brussels to lecture the EU in public on the need to have more open migra[...] |
2004-02-20 08:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID UNGA UN EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS733 | EU VISIT GIVES URIBE LITTLE [...]) SUMMARY: Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's February 9-10 EU visit resulted in a cooperation and information sharing agreement betw[...] |
2004-02-20 11:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR PHUM EAID ETRD CO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS752 | EC FUNDING FOR UNRWA AND PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY IN [...]C) Summary. The European Commission (EC), through funding mechanisms in ECHO, DG RELEX and EuropeAid, will continue to provide subst[...] |
2004-02-23 04:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL PREF EAID UNRWA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS758 | US-EU COEST CONSULTATIONS PART 2: SOUTH CAUCASUS [...]) SUMMARY: On February 9 in Brussels, EUR DAS Lynn Pascoe -- accompanied by EUR/ACE Deputy Dan Rosenblum and EUR/ERA Director Kathy Al[...] |
2004-02-23 10:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV AM AJ GG RS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS854 | JANUARY 16 U.S.-EU TROIKA CONSULTATIONS ON ARMS [...]BU) SUMMARY. On January 16 in Brussels, Geneva CD Ambassador Jackie Sanders and AC/ISN Director Robert Luaces led productive discussi[...] |
2004-02-27 11:49:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PARM KNNP UNGA EUN CDG USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS862 | STATUS OF BILATERAL PROTOCOLS ON EXTRADITION AND [...]U) The U.S.-EU Agreements on Extradition and Mutual Legal Assistance (MLA) were signed at the Summit in Washington on June 25, 2003. [...] |
2004-02-27 14:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | CASC KCRM KJUS PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS87 | OUTLOOK FOR THE IRISH EU PRESIDENCY: KEEPING [...]) As our engagement with the Irish Presidency picks up momentum with next week's Task Force and Political Directors' meetings in Dubli[...] |
2004-01-09 10:53:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV MARR EFIN ETRD EAID EI EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
04BRUSSELS898 | BELGIUM TO ATTEND GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP WORKING GROUP [...][...] |
2004-03-02 13:38:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | MNUC PARM PREL RS BE USEU BRUSSELS |
05ANKARA3669 | GOT PAPER OUTLINES CONCERNS ON EU "FRAMEWORK" [...]) Summary: The GOT has distributed to EU-member-state governments a paper outlining its concerns about the EU's upcoming Framework for[...] |
2005-06-28 15:30:00 | Embassy Ankara | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM OSCE TU BRUSSELS USEU |
05BRUSSELS1014 | COUNTRY CLEARANCE REQUEST FOR DPAO DONNA [...]UNTRY CLEARANCE IS REQUESTED FOR DEPUTY PUBLIC AFFAIRS OFFICER DONNA WOOLF TO ATTEND PAO CONFERENCE IN VIENNA, MARCH 13 TO 16, 2005. [...] |
2005-03-11 12:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KPAO BE USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1109 | SOMALIA - IGAD DEPLOYMENT PLAN: EU RESPONSE [...]) The EU broadly shares U.S. concerns over the IGAD peacekeeping plan. However, it prefers a low-profile approach which allows the pl[...] |
2005-03-18 09:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID SO USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS114 | ACTION PLANS FOR THE EU NEIGHBORHOOD: DO THEY [...]U) SUMMARY: In recent weeks, the European Union announced with great fanfare seven "Neighborhood Action Plans" -- one step in the pro[...] |
2005-01-11 15:18:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL ECON PGOV PHUM ZL XH XF XI EUN ETRO USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1147 | RESULTS OF MARCH 16 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING [...]BU) In addition to postponing Croatia's accession talks (septel), EU FMs at the March 16 General Affairs and External Relations Counci[...] |
2005-03-18 16:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM EAID ETRD LE IR SU ES IN RU ICC EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1149 | WHAT NEXT ON CROATIA'S EU ACCESSION NEGOTIATIONS [...]) As reported Ref A, EU Foreign Ministers on March 16 postponed opening of accession negotiations with Croatia. The General Affairs an[...] |
2005-03-18 16:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV EAID ETRD HR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1226 | U.S.-EU CONSULTATIONS ON OSCE [...]) SUMMARY: In meetings with USOSCE Ambassador Stephan ¶M. Minikes, EU officials said: --in light of growing Russian intra[...] |
2005-03-24 07:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM OSCE EUN RU USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1231 | IS THE EU RETREATING ON THE CHINA ARMS EMBARGO? [...]) SUMMARY: The EU drive to lift its arms embargo on China appears to be faltering as a result of the March 14 passage of the anti-sece[...] |
2005-03-24 11:27:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ETTC CH TW EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1239 | MIGRATION, DEVELOPMENT AND INTEGRATION: EU [...]) At a two-day public hearing at the European Parliament, policymakers and experts exchanged ideas on harnessing international migrati[...] |
2005-03-24 14:28:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF SMIG PHUM KWMN EAID ELAB OSCE EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1241 | WHA DAS SHAPIRO DISCUSSES LATIN AMERICA/CARIBBEAN [...]) SUMMARY: In March 14 meetings with WHA DAS Charles Shapiro, EU officials said: -- the EU would increase contacts with the C[...] |
2005-03-24 15:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PGOV ETRD EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1441 | HUMANITARIAN CONSULTATIONS HOSTED BY ECHO [...]BU) Summary. In a full day of consultations hosted by the European Commission's Office of Humanitarian Aid (ECHO) in Brussels on Febr[...] |
2005-04-12 13:15:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF EAID PHUM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1442 | BURUNDI REFUGEES IN TANZANIA: EC RESPONSE ON [...]) Following receipt of reftel a, USEU contacted European Commission officials and provided the proposed text of the joint demarche on [...] |
2005-04-12 13:16:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM TZ BY USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1466 | DISCUSSIONS WITH THE DIRECTOR OF THE EU'S [...]BU) Summary: The EU Integrated Rule of Law Mission for the Iraqi criminal justice system plans to train 770 individuals from the seni[...] |
2005-04-13 12:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PINS PTER MARR IZ EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1472 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION THINKING ON INTERNATIONAL IRAQ [...]SBU) Summary. The European Commission wants to see a successful U.S.-EU co-hosted Iraq conference in June, and is convinced this mea[...] |
2005-04-13 14:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1484 | SALAFRANCA PUSHES HIS CANDIDACY FOR UNDP [...]) SUMMARY: Following up on previous approaches to USEU, Embassy Madrid and USINT Havana (REFS B-D), Spanish member of the European Pa[...] |
2005-04-14 09:45:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINR EAID SP UNDP EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1511 | EU WILL SET UP COMMON INDEX OF CRIMINAL [...]U Ministers for Justice, Freedom and Security (or Justice and Home Affairs - JHA Council) on April 14 agreed to set up a common EU "in[...] |
2005-04-15 14:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1514 | WARSAW WINS SEAT OF EU BORDER AGENCY; EU [...]U Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (JHA Council) on April 14 agreed that Warsaw would be the seat of the newly created Agency for th[...] |
2005-04-15 14:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF SMIG PL AL LY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1527 | EC WILL SPEND 8.5M EUROS ON AFGHAN ELECTIONS [...]U) On April 18, PolOff delivered Reftel demarche on funding for Afghanistan's parliamentary elections to Jonathan Hatwell, European Co[...] |
2005-04-18 12:46:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL EAID AF UNSC USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1530 | CUBA: EU COMMISSIONER MICHEL BOLSTERS CUBAN FONMIN [...]) SUMMARY: According to his adviser on Cuba, European Commissioner for Development Louis Michel believes the EU must bolster Cuban FM [...] |
2005-04-18 13:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PINR EAID CU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1542 | Gymnich Takes No Decision on China Arms, [...]BU) The EU's informal "Gymnich" meeting of foreign ministers sought to place the EU-China relationship in a broader context, but the a[...] |
2005-04-19 10:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PGOV EAID MASS CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1549 | DARFUR - RHETORIC AND REALITY OF A COMPLEX CONFLICT [...]) Summary. The prevailing rhetoric on Darfur conveys the gravity of the humanitarian crisis, but does not capture the complexity of t[...] |
2005-04-20 09:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PREF EAID AU SU US USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1550 | GREECE PUSHING MACEDONIA NAME ISSUE WITHIN THE EU [...]) The Council Secretariat's Macedonia desk and a Dutch diplomat who works on Balkan issues tell us the Greeks are pressing to get the [...] |
2005-04-20 09:34:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MK GR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1556 | WHAT A FRENCH "NON" ON THE EU CONSTITUTION COULD [...]) No one can be sure of all the political consequences of a French rejection of the EU Constitution, but it would almost certainly en[...] |
2005-04-20 13:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL PGOV FR TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1581 | EC FUNDING FOR UNWRA EMERGENCY APPEAL IN 2005: DEMARCHE RESPONSE [...][...] |
2005-04-21 15:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF KPAL PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS UNRWA |
05BRUSSELS1583 | THE PROPOSED EU CONSTITUTION: WHAT IT COULD MEAN [...]BU) The Constitutional Treaty signed last October requires ratification by all 25 Member States. It faces its first serious test in t[...] |
2005-04-22 08:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ETRD EFIN EAID ECIN MARR SMIG EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1593 | COMMISSION AND COUNCIL EXPECT SHORT GAERC MEETING [...]) A shorter than normal GAERC on April 25 is unlikely to take any significant decisions on external relations topics. On the Middle Ea[...] |
2005-04-22 10:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID KPAL IZ LE ZI CG SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1606 | EU "TASK FORCE" ON CROATIA TO MEET WITH ICTY AND [...]) Commission, UK and Luxembourg Presidency officials in Brussels expect, and hope, that "nothing new" will come out of the first meeti[...] |
2005-04-22 15:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HR ICTY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1620 | THE EU "GYMNICH" MEETINGS - HOW THEY OPERATE [...]) SUMMARY: Informal transatlantic "Gymnich" style meetings could provide a useful forum for informal exchanges that might help bridge[...] |
2005-04-25 14:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1628 | US-EU CONFERENCE ON IRAQ: VISIT OF S/I AMBASSADOR [...]C) Summary. On April 21, Senior Advisor and Coordinator for Iraq Policy Ambassador Richard Jones met with a wide range of EU official[...] |
2005-04-26 08:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EFIN IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1641 | APRIL 25 GAERC: EU FMS DISCUSS MIDDLE EAST, [...]BU) EU FMs' April 25 General Affairs and External Relations Council (GAERC) meeting went much as expected (REF A), with discussion mov[...] |
2005-04-26 15:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID LE IZ IS ZF ZI RU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1649 | EU'S CROATIA TASK FORCE REAFFIRMS ZAGREB MUST [...]) The EU's ad hoc "task force" on Croatia met in Luxembourg April 26 with ICTY Prosecutor Carla Del Ponte and then with Croatian PM Sa[...] |
2005-04-27 14:15:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HR ICTY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1685 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: UNHCR STATUS AND ACCESS TO [...]) Summary. On April 21, PRMOff delivered reftel message to Nicola Annecchino, European Commission (EC) Head of Unit for Asylum and Mi[...] |
2005-04-28 15:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PHUM SMIG LY USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1727 | NATO AND EU MEET TO DISCUSS SUPPORT TO DARFUR [...]BU) Summary. On 29 April 2005, NATO International Staff (IS) and International Military Staff (IMS) led by Assistant Secretary Genera[...] |
2005-05-03 14:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MARR MOPS EAID SU ET NATO USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS1734 | TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA [...]) Summary. The April 20 transatlantic consultations on Africa (COAFR) addressed priorities in the Great Lakes (ensuring democratic go[...] |
2005-05-04 05:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV MOPS PHUM EAID XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS212 | EU RESUMES TRADE, POLITICAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH IRAN [...]C/NF) Summary. The atmospherics at the January 12-13 EU-Iran Trade and Cooperation and Political Agreement negotiations in Brussels [...] |
2005-01-19 09:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL KNNP PTER PHUM IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2165 | CUBA: FURTHER CHANGES IN EU POLICY UNLIKELY [...]) SUMMARY: According to a key EU Council official (protect), the EU will almost certainly continue the suspension of the June 2003 re[...] |
2005-06-07 12:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM CU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2166 | EU TO LAUNCH COOPERATION WITH LIBYA ON [...]U Ministers for Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) on June 3 agreed to cooperate with Libya to combat clandestine migration and will help [...] |
2005-06-07 13:14:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM LY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2202 | MAY 22 COASI WORKING DINNER ON SOUTHEAST ASIA [...]) Summary: On May 22, EAP A/S Chris Hill participated in a COASI working dinner on Southeast Asia with EU representatives from the Lu[...] |
2005-06-08 16:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETRD XB EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2203 | A/S HILL LAUNCHES STRATEGIC DIALOGUE ON EAST ASIA [...]) SUMMARY: On May 23-24 in Brussels, EAP A/S Christopher Hill led an interagency delegation, including representatives from State, NSC[...] |
2005-06-08 16:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PHUM ETRD XB EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2208 | EU ON HAITIAN ELECTIONS BUDGET SHORTFALL [...]BU) We presented reftel demarche on June 8 to John Caloghirou, Head of the Caribbean Affairs Unit in the Development Directorate-Gener[...] |
2005-06-09 06:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | AORC EAID EFIN HA PGOV PREL EUN OAS UN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2227 | SCHENGEN TURNS TWENTY: BIGGER AND BOLDER THAN EVER [...]BU) Summary. The Schengen area has grown from six core countries in 1985 to fifteen at present, with eleven more -- including most re[...] |
2005-06-09 14:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CVIS SMIG PREL CMGT KFRD KCRM PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2231 | EU CONSIDERING HARDER LINE ON UZBEKISTAN [...]) SUMMARY: EU Foreign Ministers will consider taking punitive measures against Uzbekistan unless the GOU agrees by the end of June to [...] |
2005-06-09 15:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PHUM UZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2252 | PREVIEW OF JUNE 13 EU FOREIGN MINISTERS' MEETING [...]) Much of EUFMs' energy at the June 13 GAERC will focus on preparing the June 16-17 EU Summit, especially negotiations on the EU budge[...] |
2005-06-10 15:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PGOV EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2312 | EU REACTION TO VWP BIOMETRIC REQUIREMENTS [...]) Per reftel, PRMOff met with senior officials of the European Commission (EC) and Luxembourg Presidency on June 15 (at 4:30 p.m.) to [...] |
2005-06-15 16:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | CPAS CVIS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2339 | UK PLANS FOR ITS EU PRESIDENCY: MIDDLE EAST ISSUES [...]C) Summary. According to UK mission staff in Brussels who cover Middle East issues, the UK hopes to use its July-December EU preside[...] |
2005-06-16 15:56:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER EAID UK XF EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2344 | EU ON FORCED RETURN OF RWANDAN ASYLUM SEEKERS [...]) PRMOff raised reftel points with DG Development Burundi/Rwanda desk officer Dietmar Krissler and EU Council Secretariat General offi[...] |
2005-06-17 08:18:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF RW BY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2345 | BRUSSELS SCENE-SETTER FOR SECRETARY'S [...]C) Europe is still in turmoil as a result of the "no" votes in France and the Netherlands on the European constitution. As expected,[...] |
2005-06-17 10:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EUN NATO IQ USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS235 | READOUT OF EU HIGHREP SOLANA'S TRIP TO MIDDLE EAST [...]C) SUMMARY. EU Middle East Envoy Marc Otte told USEU that, as a result of his January 9-13 trip to the region, EU High Rep Solana se[...] |
2005-01-19 17:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PGOV PTER EAID IS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2403 | EU LEADERS NOTE JHA ACTION PLAN, LIST [...]U leaders in the June 16-17 European Council endorsed without discussion the draft conclusions put forward by the Luxembourg Presidenc[...] |
2005-06-22 08:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PREF PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM LY EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2418 | CENTRAL DUBLIN GROUP MEETING: JUNE 2005 [...]ummary. During its June 21 meeting, the members of the Central Dublin Group (DG) reviewed regional reports from South-East Asia (subm[...] |
2005-06-23 13:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KCRM PREL SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2419 | BARROSO CALLS FOR EU BUDGET COMPROMISE; [...]uropean Commission President Barroso on June 22 said the EU could face "paralysis" unless its budget quarrel was settled quickly. Bar[...] |
2005-06-23 13:36:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV PREL EFIN TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2440 | Juncker, Blair Debate EU Future [...]MMARY: Outgoing EU Presidency Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker of Luxembourg and incoming Presidency Prime Minister Tony Blair of t[...] |
2005-06-27 10:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PGOV EFIN UK LU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2455 | ASSISTANT SECRETARY WELCH AND FRENCH DIRECTOR [...]) SUMMARY: During a June 21 meeting in Brussels, NEA Assistant Secretary David Welch and French MFA Middle East/North Africa Director [...] |
2005-06-27 14:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PREL PTER SY XF LE FR USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2464 | THE EU AT 25: DOES IT WORK? [...]) Despite arguments in some quarters that an EU of 25 members could not work without the streamlined Council decision-making procedure[...] |
2005-06-28 08:49:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID ETRD CMGT EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2469 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION FUNDING PROCESS FOR [...]ummary. The European Commission (EC) identifies only six million euros annually for counter-narcotics programs, although other funds [...] |
2005-06-28 11:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KCRM SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2470 | EU ON U.S. PRIORITIES FOR UN REFORM [...]) SUMMARY: On June 24, we delivered ref (A) demarche to Paulo Oliveira, Principal UN Desk Officer at the EU Council Secretariat. Oliv[...] |
2005-06-28 11:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KUNR PGOV AORC UNSC EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2481 | EU DEBATING VENEZUELA POLICY [...]) SUMMARY: On June 27, we delivered ref (A) demarche to Nicolas Pascual de la Parte (STRICTLY PROTECT), EU HighRep Javier Solana,s Adv[...] |
2005-06-29 08:56:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EPET VE EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS25 | EU/ARMS EXPORTS/CHINA: 2003 REPORT SHOWS INCREASED [...]n December 21 the EU released its 6th Annual Report on the Code of Conduct for arms exports, covering CY 2003. The report, compiled e[...] |
2005-01-04 11:33:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | MASS PARM ETTC PREL CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2607 | EU LUKEWARM ON IDEA OF MOLDOVA CONFERENCE [...]C) Summary. The initial EU response to reftel demarche is lukewarm, although member states will need to be consulted for an official[...] |
2005-07-08 15:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PARM PBTS PHUM PGOV MD EUN OSCE USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2610 | CIVCOM: ITS PRIORITIES AND CHALLENGES [...]) Summary: A June 29 meeting between USEU officials and a group of counselors from the EU Committee for Civilian Aspects of Crisis Ma[...] |
2005-07-08 15:39:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI MOPS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2641 | EU ATTENDANCE AT 60TH UNGA AND HLE [...][...] |
2005-07-11 16:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | AORC EAID OTRA OVIP PGOV PREL EUN UNGA USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2642 | CUTTING THROUGH THE NATO-EU KNOT [...]) This is a joint USEU-USNATO message. ----------- Summary ----------- ¶2. (C) It remains in the interest[...] |
2005-07-11 16:22:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL NATO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2668 | DRC ELECTIONS: INCREASED FUNDING AND MONUC SUPPORT [...]BU) Summary. At a July 11 conference to rally support for elections in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), donors pledged an addi[...] |
2005-07-13 12:33:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL PREF PHUM MOPS CG EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2674 | EU CLAIMS NO CHANGE ON NEPAL POLICY [...]C) SUMMARY: PolOff delivered reftel discussion points to interlocutors at the European Commission and Council and the UK Permrep on J[...] |
2005-07-13 15:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PTER PHUM EU USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2688 | EU TO SPEED UP COUNTER-TERRORISM MEASURES [...]U Justice and Home Affairs Ministers, at their July 13 extraordinary meeting convened in response to the London attacks, were "absolut[...] |
2005-07-14 14:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM PREF UK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2730 | EC CONSIDERS FUNDING OPTIONS FOR AMIS [...]) Summary. Although the European Commission (EC) has reservations about expanding the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS IIe) beyon[...] |
2005-07-19 04:53:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2735 | GAERC: EU FMs ASK SYRIA TO PROMOTE REGIONAL [...]U FM's in the July 18 GAERC urged Israel to exercise maximum self-restraint and the Palestinian Authority to take immediate and effect[...] |
2005-07-19 14:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SY LE IS IR IZ UZ ZI ID SU CH ZK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2739 | CONNECTING THE EU TO ITS CITIZENS: MISSION [...]s the EU enters a "period of reflection" on its future, Commission Vice-President Margot Wallstrm, charged with communication strategy[...] |
2005-07-19 15:41:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL SCUL PROP EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2748 | A/S FRIED - EU POLITICAL DIRECTORS TROIKA, JULY [...]) Following a luncheon discussion with all 25 EU Political Directors on transatlantic relations, the EU's neighborhood policy, and the[...] |
2005-07-20 09:33:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM PARM ZK IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2802 | US-EU JULY 20 TASK FORCE MEETING [...]BU) SUMMARY: At the July 20 US-EU Task Force meeting, both sides emphasized their commitment to implementing Summit declarations. An [...] |
2005-07-25 15:42:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ECON ETRD PHUM PREL UK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2822 | DAS ROSEMARY DICARLO'S MEETINGS WITH EU OFFICIALS [...]) Summary. According to EU Council and Commission officials, there can be no "shortcut" to EU membership for the countries of the West[...] |
2005-07-26 15:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AL BK MK SR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2823 | QUADRILATERAL ON BULGARIAN AND PALESTINIAN MEDICS [...]) Summary. UK, European Commission, Bulgarian, and U.S. representatives agreed on need to continue efforts to support humanitarian H[...] |
2005-07-27 04:44:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | BU EU LY PHUM PREL USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS283 | EU/CHINA ARMS: TEXT OF DRAFT EU "TOOLBOX" FOR [...]) Poloff was given a confidential EU reporting cable containing the current draft of the not-yet-agreed EU "Toolbox" for post-embargo [...] |
2005-01-21 17:26:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | ETTC PARM PREL CH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS284 | COORDINATOR FOR AFGHANISTAN QUINN MEETINGS WITH [...]C) SUMMARY. On January 20, Coordinator for Afghanistan Ambassador Maureen Quinn and a joint State/Department of Defense team met with[...] |
2005-01-21 17:42:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SNAR EAID AF NATO USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2840 | EU RECEIVES DEFENSE DEPARTMENT REPORT ON CHINA [...]SBU) On July 25 and 26, we delivered Reftel A points to Ana Ramirez, Principal Administrator for China and Southeast Asia at the Europ[...] |
2005-07-27 15:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CH PARM PM PREL USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2918 | S/CRS DEEPENS EU CIVILIAN CRISIS RESPONSE CONTACTS [...]BU) Summary: On 25 July, staff from the Office of the Coordinator for Reconstruction and Stabilization (S/CRS) met with various EU bo[...] |
2005-08-04 10:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL MOPS FR EUN KCRS USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS2923 | THE STRUCTURE AND PROGRESS OF THE EU'S CIV-MIL CELL [...]/NF) Summary: The EU has created a civilian-military cell designed to enhance its strategic and operational planning capabilities with[...] |
2005-08-04 16:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MOPS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS3234 | EU UNEMPLOYMENT AT 8.6 PERCENT [...]UMMARY. The aggregate unemployment rate for the EU-25 recorded a marginal decrease to 8.6 percent in July 2005, according to data pub[...] |
2005-09-02 15:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS3276 | EU WILL NOT MEET SYRIA AT THE UNGA; WANTS TO KNOW [...]S) SUMMARY. Syria has not yet approached the EU for possible meetings during the UNGA, but officials assure us they will send a unifi[...] |
2005-09-07 15:33:00 | Embassy Brussels | SECRET | PGOV PREL PTER SY USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS3346 | EU ELECTION TEAM LEADER DENOUNCES ETHIOPIA [...]) Summary. At a September 13 hearing of the European Parliament, the Chief Observer of the EU's election observation mission in Ethio[...] |
2005-09-13 15:38:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID KDEM ET EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS3353 | EUR PDAS VOLKER ENGAGES EU [...]) SUMMARY: In his September 7-8 EU-related meetings in Brussels, EUR PDAS Kurt Volker stressed the need for a pragmatic U.S.-EU partne[...] |
2005-09-14 08:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL EAID VE CU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS337 | INFORMAL U.S.-EU MEETING ON JUSTICE AND HOME [...]ummary. At the Informal Meeting on Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) held February 13-14 in Luxembourg, the U.S. and EU reviewed outstan[...] |
2005-01-26 09:37:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CPAS CVIS KCRM KJUS PREL SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS3444 | IMPLICATIONS OF ECJ RULING FOR FIRST PILLAR [...]ummary. On September 12 the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in Luxembourg annulled the European Council's Framework Decision on the p[...] |
2005-09-21 12:02:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS SNAR ENIV EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS3491 | EU WILL ATTEND ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM ISG IN [...]U Council official Ana Ramirez confirmed to us that she will attend the ASEAN Regional Forum Inter-sessional Support Group on Confiden[...] |
2005-09-23 15:28:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL MARR XB EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS3534 | EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT OCT 4: READMISSION AGREEMENT [...]C) Summary. The major outcome of the October 4 EU-Russia London summit is likely to be a Readmission Accord committing Russia to take[...] |
2005-09-28 12:29:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR ECON EAIR RS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS3558 | EU FOREIGN MINISTERS TO FOCUS ON TURKEY, IRAN, [...]C) EU FMs will meet in an extraordinary session the evening of October 2 to focus on Turkey. On October 3 EU foreign ministers will ho[...] |
2005-09-29 16:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL HR RS TU IZ IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS3561 | CHILD PORN DATA BASE TO BE RAISED AT JHA [...]ummary. On September 15 the G-8 Lyon Law Enforcement Subgroup formally presented a report on the deployment of an International Child[...] |
2005-09-30 10:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS358 | SOLANA'S REMARKS ON IRAQI ELECTIONS [...]C) Summary. Recent press reports that EU High Rep Solana predicted "disaster" if Iraqi Sunnis don't vote were inaccurate, we were as[...] |
2005-01-26 15:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL KPAO IZ EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS379 | S/CRS ASSESSES THE EU'S CRISIS RESPONSE [...]/NF) Summary: The European Union has developed deployable capabilities in police monitoring and training, civil administration, rule [...] |
2005-01-27 13:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL MCAP MOPS EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS4172 | PDAS SHAPIRO FOCUSES ON ANDEAN REGION WITH EU [...]) SUMMARY: WHA PDAS Charles Shapiro's November 15 discussions with EU officials focused principally on Venezuela, Colombia and Bolivia[...] |
2005-11-23 16:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PHUM EAID VE CO BL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS4202 | AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE EUROPEAN DEFENSE AGENCY AND [...]) European Defense Agency (EDA) CEO Nick Witney argues the prescription for European defense capability shortfalls is to "spend money [...] |
2005-11-29 13:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MARR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS4203 | ESDP: THE EUROPEAN UNION'S FORCE REQUIREMENT [...]) A major European Security and Defense Policy (ESDP) deliverable for the current UK Presidency was the Requirements Catalogue 2005 th[...] |
2005-11-29 13:15:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS4293 | EU ON UPCOMING GAERC: AGREE WITH U.S. ON MOST [...]C) SUMMARY: According to European Commission and Council Secretariat officials, the EU FMs will devote their informal session Decembe[...] |
2005-12-05 17:44:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID IZ AF ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS4294 | COUNTER-TERRORISM: EU AGREES STRATEGY FOR [...]U Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (JHA Council) on December 1 agreed on a "EU Strategy for Combating Radicalization and Recruitment[...] |
2005-12-06 05:27:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS4296 | EU MOVES TOWARD LEGISLATION ON RETENTION [...]he UK Presidency in the December 2 meeting of EU Justice and Home Affairs ministers (JHA Council) secured a majority agreement on a co[...] |
2005-12-06 09:15:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER CMGT CVIS KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS4300 | TRANSATLANTIC CONSULTATIONS ON AFRICA [...]BU) Summary. The October 19 transatlantic consultations on Africa included a variety of big picture themes -- the EU strategy for Afr[...] |
2005-12-06 11:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF PGOV PHUM EAID MOPS XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS4315 | DAS DICARLO AND EU DISCUSS W. BALKANS [...]C) DAS Rosemary DiCarlo and Kosovo Desk Officer Black discussed the Western Balkans with the UK Presidency and EU officials at the U.S[...] |
2005-12-07 07:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAID XH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS4323 | EU, OTHERS FRUSTRATED WITH IRAN HUMAN RIGHTS [...]C) SUMMARY EU, Swiss, and Australian participants took the lead at a Berne Process meeting on Iran on November 29 in Brussels, agreei[...] |
2005-12-07 15:14:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KDEM PREL ECON EAID PINR XG XF EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS4333 | EUROPEAN UNION EXERCISES BATTLEGROUP COMMAND AND [...]) Summary. The EU began an exercise November 22 to test the Command and Control procedures linking the "political level" in Brussels w[...] |
2005-12-08 10:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL MOPS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS4342 | BUILDING THE INTERNAL EUROPEAN DEFENSE MARKET: EU [...]) Summary. The European Union is taking steps to consolidate the European defense equipment market. The European Defense Agency has es[...] |
2005-12-09 08:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | MARR PREL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS4515 | DHS DEPUTY SECRETARY JACKSON'S MEETING WITH EU [...]) Summary: DHS Deputy Secretary Michael P. Jackson met with the EU's Counter-Terrorism Coordinator Gijs de Vries on December 7 and di[...] |
2005-12-29 15:31:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG PTER CVIS EAIR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS4516 | DHS DEPUTY SECRETARY JACKSON'S MEETING WITH [...]) Summary. On December 7, DHS Deputy Secretary Michael ¶P. Jackson met with the European Commission's (EC) Director General for Ju[...] |
2005-12-29 15:50:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SMIG KCRM CVIS EAIR PTER EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS478 | SRI LANKA CO-CHAIRS MEET IN BRUSSELS, 01/25/2005 [...]MMARY: Co-chairs agreed on a press statement emphasizing a strong link between tsunami reconstruction process and building confidence [...] |
2005-02-02 14:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID PHUM CE USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS494 | DEMARCHE TO EU COMMISSION: ANTI-TERRORISM [...][...] |
2005-02-03 09:14:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | OPDC PGOV PREL PTER SNAR ECON CO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS517 | EU CONSIDERING NEXT STEPS ON NEPAL [...]C) PolOff delivered reftel points to the Michael Swann, Administrator for South Asia at the European Council, and European Commission [...] |
2005-02-03 16:40:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV NP USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS537 | EU GAME PLAN ON TURKEY AND NORTH CYPRUS [...]) Summary: A number of European Commission officials expressed concern to visiting EUR DAS Ambassador Kennedy on January 27 about the [...] |
2005-02-07 10:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL CY TU EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS541 | FEBRUARY 8 EU APPROVAL UNLIKELY: GEORGIA BMO [...]) Poloff delivered reftel demarche on February 7 to key Solana adviser Kees van Rij (protect), Head of the EU Council Secretariat Poli[...] |
2005-02-07 13:07:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV GG EUN OSCE RU USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS543 | S/CT POPE AND EU CT COORDINATOR DE VRIES REVIEW [...]ummary. Acting CT Coordinator William Pope met with EU CT Coordinator Gijs de Vries to review areas of current and potential future c[...] |
2005-02-07 14:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS PREL PTER USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS555 | EU-CUBA: BACK TO FULL "CONSTRUCTIVE ENGAGEMENT?" [...]) SUMMARY: The EU's January 31 decision to suspend its June 2003 restrictive measures (ref B) against Cuba should "increase EU engage[...] |
2005-02-08 14:57:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM EAID CU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS584 | EC GREEN LINE LIBERALIZATION GAME PLAN FOR CYPRUS [...]C) Summary: Commission officials are pleased they negotiated a preliminary agreement on February 4 with the Cypriot Government to libe[...] |
2005-02-10 12:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL CY ETRD EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS585 | US/EU HUMAN RIGHTS CONSULTATIONS: PREPPING FOR CHR [...]BU) Summary: US and EU officials met in Brussels February 3 in regularly scheduled human rights consultations (COHOM) to prepare for t[...] |
2005-02-10 13:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PHUM UNHRC EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS614 | BIOMETRICS: EU TECHNICAL STANDARDS FOR PASSPORTS [...]BU) Summary. The EU is set to approve a decision on technical standards related to biometrics in travel documents by the end of Febr[...] |
2005-02-11 11:51:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | CPAS CVIS CMGT PREL SMIG KCRM KFRD EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS638 | SCENESETTER FOR VISIT TO BRUSSELS OF ONDCP [...]SBU) Summary. Your visit to Brussels comes at an important juncture in U.S.-EU relations. The transatlantic dialogue has been given[...] |
2005-02-14 16:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | KCRM OTRA SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS643 | EU WILL RAISE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE [...][...] |
2005-02-15 11:01:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | KPAL KWBG EAID ECON EFIN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS666 | EU COMMISSION PROPOSES "NEW SOCIAL AGENDA" [...]he EU Commission on February 10 adopted the "New Social Agenda," designed as a framework for EU policy in the area of employment and s[...] |
2005-02-15 16:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS672 | DEMARCHE RESPONSE: SOMALIA IGAD PEACE SUPPORT [...]) Summary: The EU is concerned about the possibility of an outbreak of violence in Somalia in the event of an IGAD deployment. They ar[...] |
2005-02-16 06:44:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL SO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS676 | MANDATE FOR COMMISSIONER'S NEW CYPRUS ADVISOR [...]C) We contacted Jean-Christophe Filori, Commissioner Rehn's Cabinet advisor on Turkey and Cyprus, regarding the mandate of Jaako Blomb[...] |
2005-02-16 10:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL//NOFORN | PREL CY TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS691 | EU RESPONSE ON ASSASSINATION OF FORMER LEBANESE PM [...][...] |
2005-02-17 10:09:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PGOV SY LE EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS72 | AUSTRALIANS SEEK COMMON POSITION WITH U.S.ON WCDR [...]) SUMMARY: We met with counterparts from the Australian Mission to the EU, at their request, to discuss EU additionality and the World[...] |
2005-01-07 12:42:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID AS JA CA EUN UN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS807 | MOLDOVAN ELECTIONS: PM TARLEV ON RUSSIAN [...]C) Summary. Moldovan PM Tarlev and FM Stratan met with EUR A/S Beth Jones February 21 in Brussels on the margins of the President's [...] |
2005-02-28 14:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL PINR MD RS USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS823 | CENTRAL DUBLIN GROUP MEETING: FEBRUARY 2005 [...]ummary. During its February 18 meeting, the members of the Central Dublin Group (DG) reviewed regional reports from Northern Africa [...] |
2005-03-01 11:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | SNAR KCRM PREL EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS837 | EU ON VENEZUELA'S WEAPONS ACQUISITIONS [...][...] |
2005-03-02 09:16:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PREL VE CO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS838 | AMBASSADOR CARLOS PASCUAL MEETS IN BRUSSELS TO [...]) Summary: Ambassador Carlos Pascual, Coordinator of S/CRS, held a two-day series of meetings with EU officials in the Council and th[...] |
2005-03-02 09:24:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PINS PHUM PREF SOCI EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS850 | ISRAEL IN IO'S: DRAFT EU ACTION PLAN SUGGESTS [...]) SUMMARY AND COMMENT: Our EU interlocutors told us the EU plans to discuss Israeli membership in UN groups on March 8, after which th[...] |
2005-03-02 16:59:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL AORC ELAB KIPR IS WIPO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS883 | A/S DEWEY BILAT WITH AFGHAN DELEGATION [...]) Summary. On February 15, PRM Assistant Secretary Gene Dewey held a bilateral meeting with the Afghan delegation to the EU-UNHCR co-c[...] |
2005-03-04 09:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM EAID AF PK USEU BRUSSELS |
05BRUSSELS899 | IF IT'S TUESDAY, IT MUST BE BRUSSELS: VISIT OF [...]C) Summary. EU officials pledged full support to Palestinian Authority President Abbas during the London Conference and his March 2[...] |
2005-03-04 16:48:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL KPAL PTER EAID IS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS1075 | EU STILL DEBATING FOLLOW-UP TO IRAQ TRAINING [...]) SUMMARY: According to EU interlocutors, the EU is still deliberating on an extension of the EUJUST LEX training mission (for Iraqi [...] |
2006-03-29 11:54:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PTER PHUM EAID IR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS1128 | CENTRAL ASIA: LOOKING FOR WAYS TO ADD SUBSTANCE TO [...]) Summary: Kyrgyzstan and Kazakhstan are both trying to add "more substance" to their respective relationships with the EU by broachin[...] |
2006-04-03 09:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ZK EAID ENRG EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS1133 | GEORGIAN EXPECTATIONS FOR ITS ACTION PLAN [...]) Summary: According to Georgian Mission to the EU, Georgia wants several deliverables out of negotiations with the EU on its European[...] |
2006-04-03 13:28:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV ENRG ETRD GG EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS1153 | EU OFFICIALS PREVIEW MAY 24 EU-RUSSIA SUMMIT FOR [...]) Summary: In meetings March 23 with visiting EUR/RUS Director Warlick, EU officials said their overall expectations for the May 24 EU[...] |
2006-04-04 15:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS XH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS1154 | EUR/RUS DIRECTOR WARLICK DISCUSSES ENERGY [...]) Summary: The European Commission has three main priorities with Russia on energy: 1) Russian ratification of the Energy Charter Trea[...] |
2006-04-04 16:06:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL ENRG EPET RS XH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS1165 | BOSNIA WAR CRIMES CHAMBER CONFERENCE: 9.25 [...]SBU) A March 31 conference in Brussels on the Bosnia judicial system raised 9.25 million euros for the War Crimes Chamber (WCC) for 20[...] |
2006-04-05 14:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREL EAID PHUM BK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS1166 | BURMA'S HUMANITARIAN SITUATION DETERIORATING: EU [...]BU) Summary. The 2006 Burma/Myanmar Forum, sponsored by the European Institute for Asian Studies (EIAS), focused on the deteriorating[...] |
2006-04-05 16:15:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | PREF PHUM PREL EAID BM TH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS1175 | HAMAS LIKELY TO DOMINATE MEETING OF EU FOREIGN [...]C) Judith Gebetsroithner, an advisor to External Relations Commission Ferrero-Waldner, told us April 6 that discussion of Hamas would [...] |
2006-04-06 15:35:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID PHUM KPAL BO UP XF EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS1435 | EU JHA COUNCIL FOCUSES ON VISA FEES, [...]U Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (JHA Council) on April 27 agreed to raise the price of Schengen visas from EUR 35 to 60, while al[...] |
2006-04-28 14:25:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS PREL PREF SMIG EAID KCRM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS1452 | EU COUNCIL AGREES ON "ROME II" REGULATION [...]U Justice and Home Affairs Ministers (JHA Council) on April 28 agreed on rules intended to ensure that courts in all EU member states [...] |
2006-05-02 15:23:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PTER KJUS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS1502 | COMMISSION OFFICIAL: BULGARIA AND ROMANIA LIKELY [...]C) European Commission Unit Head for Bulgaria and Romania Timo Summa told us May 3 that Bulgaria and Romania will almost certainly joi[...] |
2006-05-04 16:10:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL BU RO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS19 | INTRODUCING THE EU VI: EVER-WIDER UNION: [...]nlargement is one of the EU's "most successful policies" and "a powerful foreign policy tool" for extending a zone of peace and democr[...] |
2006-01-04 15:27:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREL PGOV EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS409 | EU ON AMIS REHATTING: BRUSSELS DONOR CONFERENCE? [...]) Summary. The EU agrees that AMIS rehatting to a UN peacekeeping operation should happen as soon as possible. Because of funding co[...] |
2006-02-06 15:49:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PREF DPKO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS429 | EU OFFICIALS AGREE ON NEED TO BUILD MOMENTUM ON [...]C) European Commission and Parliament officials agreed with visiting DAS Bryza February 6-7 on the need to build on the momentum creat[...] |
2006-02-08 14:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID CY GR TU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS442 | MIGRATION MANAGEMENT: REGIONAL APPROACH FOR EU AND [...]) Summary. At a ministerial conference held on January 24-25, EU officials and counterparts from eastern and south neighbors launched[...] |
2006-02-09 11:26:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | SMIG PREL KCRM PREF PHUM ELAB EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS450 | EU, UKRAINIAN OFFICIALS COMMENT ON ACTION PLAN, [...]) Summary: In separate meetings, Ukrainian and EU officials discussed the status of the EU-Ukraine Action Plan and negotiations on a v[...] |
2006-02-09 16:19:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CVIS ECON UP XH IR USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS456 | COMMISSION ARGUES FOR LIFTING CURBS ON [...]UMMARY. The EU Commission released its analysis of the impact of workers from Central and Eastern European countries on the labor mar[...] |
2006-02-10 06:05:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | ELAB ECON EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS472 | MESSAGE ON LATIN AMERICA RESONATES WITH EU [...]) SUMMARY: During his recent visit to Brussels, WHA A/S Shannon's message that the U.S. was seeking partners in promoting the Summit o[...] |
2006-02-10 17:16:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON ETRD EAID VE BL CU POGV EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS491 | FOLLOW-UP ON BHUTANESE REFUGEE DEMARCHE TO EC [...]BU) PRM Assistant received feedback from the European Commission, DG RELEX India/Bhutan/Nepal Desk Officer, Rensje Teerink, on the Feb[...] |
2006-02-13 14:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | BT IN NP PREF EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS493 | DEMARCHE TO EC ON HMONG CHILDREN [...]BU) PRM Assistant delivered reftel A. talking points and met with the European Commission's, South East Asia Administrator at DG RELEX[...] |
2006-02-13 16:49:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | LA PHUM PREF PREL TH USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS504 | DRC: HUMANITARIAN ACTION PLAN LAUNCHED BY UN AND EU [...]) Summary. At the launch of the Humanitarian Action Plan (HAP) for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) on February 13, the UN and [...] |
2006-02-14 16:24:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | PREF PHUM PREL PGOV EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS508 | EUROPEAN COMMISION AND U.S. WORK TOWARD PROGRESS [...]) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary Jendayi Fraser met in Brussels on January 26 with European Commission (EC) Director General for DG Dev[...] |
2006-02-15 07:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS509 | EUROPEAN COUNCIL AFRICA TASK FORCE COMMITS TO [...]) Vervaeke initiated the discussion by noting the European Union (EU) had received a letter from the UN, requesting EU support for a f[...] |
2006-02-15 07:33:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV EAID XA EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS524 | SECSTATE LEGAL ADVISER ON WAR ON TERROR [...]) SUMMARY: Secstate Legal Adviser John Bellinger met with a comprehensive array of EU interlocutors in Brussels on February 7-8 to dis[...] |
2006-02-15 17:13:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PTER PHUM EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS557 | EC 2006 FUNDING FOR UNRWA, PALESTINIAN REFUGEES [...]BU) Summary. The EC plans to maintain its funding level to assist Palestinian refugees through UNRWA at 100 million euros in 2006. S[...] |
2006-02-17 14:12:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREF PREL EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS685 | THE EUROPEAN UNION ON REHATTING AMIS [...]) This is a corrected copy of Brussels 679. See para 4. ¶2. (C) Summary. While the EU favors rehatting, they believe Konar[...] |
2006-03-01 15:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL SU KPKO EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS707 | EUR DAS KRAMER DISCUSSES RUSSIA, UKRAINE, MOLDOVA, [...]) Summary: On February 22, EUR DAS David Kramer held COEST Troika consultations with the EU on Russia, Ukraine, Moldova, and Belarus. [...] |
2006-03-03 09:20:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL RS MD UP EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS716 | EUROPEAN COMMISSION: WILLING TO SUPPORT BIH WAR [...][...] |
2006-03-03 12:26:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID PREL PGOV BK EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS731 | EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES CAUCASUS, CENTRAL ASIA, [...]) Summary: In U.S.-EU COEST Troika consultations on Caucasus and Central Asia on February 23, EUR DAS Matt Bryza discussed with EU off[...] |
2006-03-06 08:00:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL GG AM AJ TX KZ TI KG USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS743 | EU CONSTITUTION AND ENLARGEMENT: PROSPECTS FOR [...]C) Pundits and politicians have claimed that the EU Constitution is everything from dead to simply waiting for the European Council in[...] |
2006-03-06 10:28:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS774 | U.S. AND EU DISCUSS W. BALKANS [...]C) EUR/SCE Director English met in Brussels March 1 with EU and Austrian Presidency officials to discuss the Western Balkans. EU offi[...] |
2006-03-07 09:57:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS775 | EU ENLARGEMENT OFFICIAL ON W. BALKANS [...]C) Heather Grabbe, Advisor to Enlargement Commissioner Rehn, and visiting EUR/SCE Director Charles English reviewed the Western Balkan[...] |
2006-03-07 10:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL EAID ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS791 | LEVERAGING EU ASSISTANCE FOR US FOREIGN POLICY [...]SBU) SUMMARY: President Bush's historic visit to Brussels in February 2005 has been followed by increased US-European cooperation on [...] |
2006-03-08 10:55:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY | EAID ECON KDEM PREF PREL KMCA EUN UN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS800 | U.S.-EU TROIKA ON HUMAN RIGHTS, FEBRUARY 16, 2006 [...]C) SUMMARY. The U.S.-EU Troika on Human Rights (COHOM), held February 16 in Brussels, provided an important forum for in-depth discus[...] |
2006-03-08 14:34:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PHUM PREL CH IR CU BL VE XR EUN UN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS835 | CENTRAL DUBLIN GROUP MEETING: FEBRUARY 2006 [...]ummary. During its February 22 meeting, the members of the Central Dublin Group (DG) reviewed regional reports from Northern Africa ([...] |
2006-03-10 15:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | EAID KCRM PREL SNAR EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS864 | U.S.-EU COUNTERTERRORISM AND JHA AFFAIRS: [...]ummary: The U.S. Mission to the European Union (USEU) will sponsor a two-day conference in Brussels for U.S. officers at posts in the[...] |
2006-03-13 15:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS PREL PTER CVIS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS886 | EU "GYMNICH" MEETING: FUTURE OF W. BALKANS IS IN [...]C) EU foreign ministers, in their informal "Gymnich" formation, met with their Balkan and Turkish counterparts in Salzburg March 11, i[...] |
2006-03-14 15:08:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PHUM ETRD ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS891 | EUR DAS BRYZA DISCUSSES TURKEY AND CYPRUS WITH EU [...]) Summary: EUR DAS Matt Bryza discussed Turkey's accession talks and Cyprus with EU Council Head of Unit for Enlargement Christos Kath[...] |
2006-03-15 08:21:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PGOV PREL CY TU GR USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS899 | EU PUSHING FOR MORE DIALOGUE ON ASIA [...]BU) SUMMARY: Assistant Secretary of State for East Asia and Pacific Affairs Chris Hill met with EU Foreign Policy Advisor Robert Coop[...] |
2006-03-15 17:18:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV PINR XE EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS919 | MOLDOVA'S EU AMBASSADOR ON EU/MOLDOVA RELATIONS [...]) Summary: According to Moldovan Ambassador to the EU Eugen Carpov, Moldova has four main issues to address in its relations with the [...] |
2006-03-16 16:03:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL PGOV MD XH EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS928 | GAERC: WAITING ON HAMAS GOVERNMENT, LIKELY TO [...]C) A Commission official told us March 17 that she expects no movement on WTO and heavy criticism of Belarus to dominate the March 20 [...] |
2006-03-17 13:52:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ECON KPAL BO ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS934 | U.S.-EUROPEAN CT AND JHA AFFAIRS: CONFERENCE [...]ummary: The U.S. Mission to the European Union (USEU) will sponsor a two-day conference in Brussels for U.S. officers at posts in the[...] |
2006-03-17 14:30:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | KCRM KJUS PREL PTER CVIS EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS942 | EU RESPONSE: SUDAN - ACCELERATING UNSC ACTION ON [...]) Summary. The EU agrees with the U.S. interpretation that the three components of the AU decision of March 10 regarding the transitio[...] |
2006-03-17 16:04:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL SOCI KPKO SU EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS975 | EU FOREIGN MINISTERS DISCUSS HAMAS, BELARUS, OTHER [...]U) EU foreign ministers, meeting in Brussels March 20, agreed with the preliminary conclusions of the OSCE/ODIHR that the Belarusian e[...] |
2006-03-21 13:47:00 | Embassy Brussels | CONFIDENTIAL | PREL ETRD EAID KPAL BO XF ZL EUN USEU BRUSSELS |
06BRUSSELS988 | U.S.-EUROPEAN CT AND JHA AFFAIRS: CONFERENCE [...]ummary: This cable is being retransmitted to ensure it is received by all posts in the EUR region. The U.S. Mission to the European U[...] |
2006-03-22 08:14:00 | Embassy Brussels | UNCLASSIFIED | CVIS KCRM KJUS PREL PTER XG EUN USEU BRUSSELS |