03/09/08 - 8th STRASBOURG LUNCH
EUROPE: 500 MILLION KANGAROOS?

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09/07/08 - 7th STRASBOURG LUNCH
THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY AND THE CHALLENGES ON ENERGY AND CLIMATE

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KANGAROO GROUP NEWS
ISSUE 44 - June 2008

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28/05/08 - WG ON EUROPEAN SECURITY AND DEFENCE
SECURITY ASPECTS OF THE EUROPEAN NEIGHBOURHOOD POLICY

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08/05/08 - Working Group AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY
THE WAY TO GREENER CITY CENTRES

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21/05/08 - 5th STRASBOURG LUNCH
EUROPEAN STEEL IN A GLOBALISED MARKET

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23/04/08 - 4th STRASBOURG LUNCH
RATIONALE FOR A SINGLE MARKET FOR NUCLEAR ENERGY IN EUROPE

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14/04/08 - WG European Security and Defence
SPACE AND SECURITY

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10/04/08 - WG FINANCIAL SERVICES
HEDGE FUNDS: IS REGULATION NEEDED?
12/03/08 - 3rd STRASBOURG LUNCH
PROVISION OF RETIREMENT INCOME FOR THE GREYING MASSES

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05/03/08 - WG European Security and Defence
DEFENCE PACKAGE - DEFENCE PROCUREMENT

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27/02/08 - WG on Automotive Industry
FUEL TECHNOLOGY TO HELP REACHING THE CO2 OBJECTIVES

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20/02/08 - 2nd STRASBOURG LUNCH
SCHENGEN ENLARGEMENT AND THE EU OUTSIDE BORDERS

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12/02/08 - WG European Security and Defence
DEFENCE PROCUREMENT - DEFENCE PACKAGE

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31/01/2008 - WG Financial Services
FUNCTION AND RESPONSIBILITIES OF RATING AGENCIES

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29/01/08 - Working Group Taxation
PERSPECTIVES FOR TAXATION POLICY IN THE EU FROM THE
SLOVENIAN EU PRESIDENCY’S POINT OF VIEW

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21/01/2008 - WG European Security and Defence
DEFENCE PACKAGE

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16/01/08 - 1st STRASBOURG lunch
THE FUTURE OF PUBLIC BANKS IN EUROPE

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Kangaroo Group's Initiative

on the Completion of the European Home Market

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Liberalisation of energy markets

Reflections on the state of play: the unfinished agenda

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Kangaroo Group meetings

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08/10/2008 - Kangaroo Group LUNCH DEBATE

A REVOLUTION IN COMPETITION RULES AND BUSINESS MODELS FOR NETWORK INDUSTRIES
With Martin BOUYGUES, CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF BOUYGUES GROUP and a Member of the European Parliament as Chairman
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24/09/08 - 9th Kangaroo Group STRASBOURG LUNCH

THE TRANSATLANTIC MARKET FOR SECURITY AND DEFENCE
With Daniel O. HILL, Deputy Under Secretary for Industry and Security, USA Department of Commerce, a five-minute statement by Alexander Graf LAMBSDORFF MEP, European Parliament’s Rapporteur on Public contracts in the field of defence and security and chaired by Karl von WOGAU MEP, Chairman of the Kangaroo Group
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10/09/2008 - Kangaroo Group LEGAL FORUM

ENERGY INTENSIVE INDUSTRIES WITHIN THE EUROPEAN EMISSION TRADING SYSTEM(ETS)
With Jos DELBEKE, Director General f.f., DG Environment, European Commission; Jean-Marie CHANDELLE Chief Executive, CEMBUREAU (European Cement Industry Association); Jean-Claude LAHAUT, Executive Director, General Counsel CEFIC (European Chemical Industry); Avril DOYLE MEP, European Parliament's Rapporteur on the proposal for a directive on "Greenhouse gas emission allowance: trading system of the Community" and chaired by Barbara RAPP, Member of the Board of the Kangaroo Group, Partner in Kemmler Rapp Boehlke
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09/09/2008 - Working Group EUROPEAN SECURITY AND DEFENCE

"SITUATION IN GEORGIA AND A ESDP MISSION?"
With Elmar BROK MEP, Member of the European Parliament's Committee on Foreign Affairs, EPP Coordinator for Foreign Affairs and chaired by Karl von WOGAU MEP
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03/09/2008 - 8th Kangaroo Group STRASBOURG lunch

"EUROPE: 500 MILLION KANGAROOS?"
With Alain LAMASSOURE MEP, Author of the report to the President of the French Republic "Le citoyen et l'application du droit communautaire" and chaired by Karl von WOGAU MEP, Chairman of the Kangaroo Group
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27/08/2008 - Visit to the TACTICAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAM in Florennes
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KANGAROO NEWS - ISSUE 44 - June 2008
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09/07/2008 - 7th STRASBOURG lunch

The chemical industry and the challenges of energy and climate change
With Harald SCHWAGER, Member of the Board of Executive Directors of BASF SE and Karl-Heinz FLORENZ MEP
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24/06/08 - Kangaroo Group Working Group on TAXATION

CLIMATE CHANGE AND ENERGY TAXATION
With Alexander WIEDOW, Director for indirect taxation and tax administration, DG Taxud, European Commission; John PURVIS MEP, Vice-Chairman of the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs; Alain LIPIETZ MEP, Green/EFA Group Coordinator for Economic and Monetary Affairs in the European Parliament and chaired by Prof. Dr. h. c. Christa RANDZIO-PLATH
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18/06/08 - 6th STRASBOURG lunch

The reduction of administrative burdens in the EU and better regulation
With Gregor VIRANT, Minister for Public Administration, Slovenian EU-Presidency and chaired by Mihael BREJC MEP
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05/06/08 - Kangaroo Group BREAKFAST DEBATE

The future of spectrum policy in the European Home Market - Market driven or general interest oriented? -
With Fabio COLASANTI, Director General for Information Society and Media, European Commission; Frédéric MION, Secretary General of Canal + Group; Catherine TRAUTMANN MEP, European Parliament's Rapporteur on Electronic Communications: Networks and Services; Elisabeth ALTEKÖSTER, Director for Information Society and Transport, Council of the EU
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28/05/08 - WG EUROPEAN SECURITY AND DEFENCE with Commissioner Benita FERRERO-WALDNER

Security aspects of the European neighbourhood policy
With Commissioner Benita FERRERO-WALDNER, Member of the European Commission, Responsible for External Relations and European neighbourhood policy
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26/05/08 - BREAKFAST DEBATE at BERLIN

Transatlantic market, missile defence and the European Procurement Initiative
Breakfast Debate at the occasion of the NATO Parliamentary Assembly in Berlin with Karl von Wogau MEP, Chairman of the Kangaroo Group, Member of the European Parliament's Delegation at the NATO Parliamentary Assemby and Karl A. Lamers MdB, Vice President of the NATO Parliamentary Assemby
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21/05/08 - 5th STRASBOURG LUNCH

European steel in a globalised market
With Dieter AMELING, President of German Steel Federation and chaired by Struan STEVENSON MEP, Co-chairman of EPIC
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08/05/08 - WG AUTOMOTIVE INDUSTRY

The way to greener city centres
With Anne HOUTMAN, Director for Internal Market & Sustainability, DG Energy and Transport, European Commission; Reinhard RACK MEP, European Parliament's Rapporteur on "Towards a new culture for urban mobility"; Nicholas LEE, Director Corporate Communications and External Relations PSA Peugeot Citroën UK and Dominic ROWLES, Co-Chair of CEMR's Public Services Working Group (Council of European Municipalities and Regions)
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23/04/08 - 4th STRASBOURG lunch

Rationale for a single market for nuclear energy in Europe
With Jean-Pol PONCELET, Senior Vice President of AREVA Sustainable Development and Continuous Improvement and a five-minute statement by Eija-Riitta KORHOLA MEP, Member of the European Parliament’s Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety; and of the temporary Committee on climate change
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03/04/08 - 04/04/08

Visit of the Kangaroo Group to Riga (Latvia) on 3 & 4 April 2008
Since 30 March 2008 the Schengen Agreement applies fully in 22 of the 27 Member States of the European Union, and all the controls at their internal borders at land, seaports and airports are removed. It is the highlight of the European project started in 1985 to create an area of freedom of movement inside Europe and it is an important further step in European integration.
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12/03/08 - 3rd STRASBOURG lunch

Provision of retirement income for the greying masses
With Simon FRASER, Chairman Simon FRASER, Chairman of the Forum of European Asset Managers (FEAM); President Institutional Businesses, FIDELITY International and a five-minute statement by Othmar KARAS MEP, European Parliament’s Rapporteur on “Retail Financial Services in the Single Market”
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20/02/08 - 2nd STRASBOURG lunch

Schengen enlargement and the EU outside borders
With Alojz PETERLE MEP, Member of the European Parliament’s Committee on Foreign Affairs; Member of the Praesidium of the Convention on the Future of Europe; former Prime Minister of Slovenia
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16/01/08 - 1st STRASBOURG lunch

The Future of Public Banks in Europe
With Siegfried JASCHINSKI, Chairman of the Board of Managing Directors of Landesbank Baden-Württemberg (LBBW) and President of the Association of Public Sector Banks in Germany (VÖB)
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31/01/08 - Function and responsibilities of the rating agencies
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KANGAROO NEWS - ISSUE 43 - December 2007
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ICT INVESTMENT IN A COMPETITIVE MARKET PLACE

12/12/07 - 11th STRASBOURG lunch with Robin PAULEY
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FUTURE OF GALILEO

21/11/07 - BREAKFAST debate with Commissioner Jacques BARROT, Reimer BÖGE MEP and Angelika NIEBLER MEP
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IN THE INTEREST OF EUROPE'S FUTURE: SINGLE MARKET AND CORPORATE TAXATION

12/09/06 - Commissioner László KOVÁCS
This lunch debate will take place on 12 September 2006 instead of the dinner debate of 19 September 2006
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EU'S ANSWER TO THE ENERGY CHALLENGE

11/07/06 - BRUSSELS debate with Commissioner Piebalgs
Andris PIEBALGS, Member of the European Commission, responsible for Energy

and with Claude TURMES MEP and Alexander RADWAN MEP
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Commissioner Neelie KROES - COMPETITION POLICY AS A PROMOTER OF THE SINGLE MARKET
SPEECH IS ONLINE - BRUSSELS LUNCH DEBATE with Commissioner Neelie Kroes on 25 April 2006 in the European Parliament in Brussels
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Commissioner Joaquín ALMUNIA - THE EURO AND THE NEW MEMBER STATES
BRUSSELS LUNCH DEBATE with Commissioner Joaquín ALMUNIA on 13 September 2005, with a statement from Alexander RADWAN MEP and coordinator for economic and monetary affairs for the EPP-ED Group in the European Parliament. To download the minutes click 'more'.
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Commissioner Stavros DIMAS - REACH & the Lisbon Strategy

BRUSSELS LUNCH DEBATE with Commissioner Stavros DIMAS on 21 June 2005, with a statement from Hartmut NASSAUER MEP, Manuel MEDINA ORTEGA MEP and Lena EK MEP. To download the minutes click 'more'.
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Commissioner Janez POTOCNIK - RESEARCH, INNOVATION AND GROWTH

BRUSSELS LUNCH DEBATE with Commissioner Janez POTOCNIK on 24 May 2005, with a five minutes‘ statement from Giles CHICHESTER MEP. To download the minutes click 'more'.
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Commissioner László KOVÁCS - CONTRIBUTION OF THE EU TAX POLICY TO THE LISBON AGENDA
BRUSSELS LUNCH DEBATE with Commissioner László KOVÁCS on 19 April 2005. Alexander RADWAN MEP, Co-ordinator for Economic and Monetary Affairs in the EPP-ED Group gave a "five-minutes statement". To download the minutes click 'more'.
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Vice President Jacques BARROT - EVOLUTION OF THE TRANS-EUROPEAN NETWORKS OF TRANSPORT

BRUSSELS LUNCH DEBATE with Commissioner Jacques BARROT on 15 March 2005. Paolo COSTA MEP, Chairman of the European Parliament's Committee on Transport and Tourism gave a "five minutes statement". To download the speech click 'more'.
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Vice President Günter VERHEUGEN - DOES THE EU NEED AN INDUSTRIAL POLICY?

BRUSSELS LUNCH DEBATE with Vice President Günter VERHEUGEN on 1 February 2005, with statements from Pervenche BERES MEP and Giles CHICHESTER MEP. To download the speech click
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Commissioner Viviane REDING - EUROPEAN INFORMATION SOCIETY POLICY AND THE LISBON GOAL

BRUSSELS LUNCH DEBATE with Commissioner Reding on 18 January 2005. Click on more to download the pdf.file of Commissioner Reding's speech given at this occasion.
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Commissioner Charlie McCREEVY - SERVICES DIRECTIVE
Two speeches given by Commissioner McCreevy, responsible for Internal Market and Services, on 9 March 2005.


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