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PREPARATION FOR EUROPEAN COUNCIL.
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1. PRESIDENCY SET OUT PRELIMINARY AGENDA. INCLUDES NUCLEAR SAFETY, THE INTERNATIONAL DIMENSION OF AGRICULTURAL POLICY AND A GENERAL DISCUSSION OF PRIORITIES IN THE LIGHT OF THE BUDGETARY POSITION. THE USUAL ECONOMIC/SOCIAL ITEM WILL INCLUDE LABUR MARKET FLEXIBILITY, RESEARCH AND LIBERALISATION OF CAPITAL MOVEMENTS.
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2. RUTTEN (PRESIDENCY) SET OUT THE PRELIMINARY THEMES FOR THE EUROPEAN COUNCIL:
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ECONOMIC AND SCCIAL SITUATION. PRESIDENCY ATTACH
PARTICULAR IMPORTANCE TO THIS SUBJECT. DISCUSSION MIGHT COVER THE LABOUR MARKET, RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY, AND LIBERALISATION OF CAPITAL MOVEMENTS. THE COMMISSION'S PAPER ON THIS ITEM SHOULD BE AVAILABLE FOR DISCUSSION BY ECOFIN AND THE F.A.C ON 16 JUNE.
INTERNAL MARKET. THERE WILL BE A PROGRESS REPORT TO THE COUNCIL, WITH A VIEW TO GIVING A FURTHER IMPULSE TO THE PROGRAMME.
(111) CITIZENS' EUROPE: THE USUAL PROGRESS REPORT.
(IV)
PRIORITIES IN COMMUNITY POLICY FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS IN THE LIGHT OF THE SUDGETARY POSITION. RUTTEN DESCRIBED THIS ITEM AS A CHANCE TO DISCUSS THE TENSION BETWEEN THE COMMUNITY'S AMBITIONS AND ITS POSSIBILITIES. THE PRESIDENCY DID NOT ENVISAGE DISCUSSION OF THE SUPPLEMENT-
ARY BUDGET THOUGH THE FONTAINEBLEAU CONCLUSIONS COULD BE ONE ELEMENT.
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SAFETY OF NUCLEAR ENERGY.
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INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL PROBLEM. THE PRESIDENCY MOULD
TAKE AS THEIR STARTING POINT PARA.13 OF THE TOKYO
DECLARATION. THEY HOPED TO PUT FORWARD SOME IDEAS AT THE INFORMAL MEETING OF FOREIGN MINISTERS ON 7/3 JUNE.
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