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  Statewatch News Online: Conclusions of the Meeting of the interior ministers of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain ...
The interior ministers of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom met in Heiligendamm, Germany, on 22 and 23 March 2006.
The ministers agree that effective and long-term protection of the EU’s external borders is a prerequisite for fighting illegal immigration including deployment of national joint support teams of experts in times of crisis; the latter should closely cooperate at operational level with the competent national authorities or centres.
Ministers confirm that increased attention should be devoted to migratory flows from Africa, particularly insofar as they concern illegal immigration, and have agreed to intensify operational cooperation among EU members and improve dialogue and cooperation with African countries of origin and transit.
www.statewatch.org /news/2006/mar/06eu-interior-minister-conclusions.htm   (1500 words)

  
  Minister of the Interior (France) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
all départemental préfets and sub-prefects are subordinate to the Minister of the Interior.
While the ministry of the Interior supervises police forces, it does not supervise criminal enquiries; criminal enquiries are conducted under the supervision of the judiciary.
The current Minister of the Interior is Nicolas Sarkozy, who succeeded Dominique de Villepin (now Prime Minister) on May 31, 2005.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Minister_of_the_Interior_(France)   (228 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - France
Roughly hexagonal in shape, France shares boundaries with Belgium and Luxembourg to the northeast; Germany, Switzerland, and Italy to the east; and Spain and Andorra to the southwest.
France faces three major seas: the Atlantic Ocean to the west, the North Sea to the north, and the Mediterranean Sea to the southeast.
France is a nation of varied landscapes, ranging from coastal lowlands and broad plains in the north, to hilly uplands in south central France, to lush valleys and towering, snow-capped Alps in the east.
encarta.msn.com /encnet/refpages/RefArticle.aspx?refid=761568934   (1254 words)

  
 FRANCE - LoveToKnow Article on FRANCE   (Site not responding. Last check: )
On the whole, however, France is inadequately provided with natural harbours; her long tract of coast washed by the Atlantic and the Bay of Biscay has sqarcely three or four good seaports, and those on the southern shore of the Channel form a striking contrast to the spacious maritime inlets on theEnglish side.
Upper Poitou and the zone of south-western France to the north of the Pyrenees are the chief regions for the breeding of mules.
The minister of justice is notified of the necessity for a conseil de prudhommes by the prefect, acting on the advice of the municipal council and the Chamber of Commerce or the Chamber of Arts and Manufactures.
49.1911encyclopedia.org /F/FR/FRANCE.htm   (16624 words)

  
 Embassy of France in the US - News
Commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the birth of Lafayette: Speech by Bernard Kouchner, Minister for Foreign and European Affairs.
Visit to the US of Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy: Speech by Interior Minister Nicolas Sarkozy at the invitation of the French-American Foundation at Memorial Continental Hall, Daughters of the American Revolution.
Speech by Catherine Colonna, Minister Delegate for European Affairs, to the presentation of the insignia of Chevalier of the Legion of Honor to Jim Hoagland, Editorialist of the Washington Post
www.ambafrance-us.org /news/franceus.asp   (2607 words)

  
 ePolitix.com - EU ministers hold talks on terror plot
The home secretary was expected to ask EU ministers to step up security measures.
Reid was joined at the Home Office by the interior ministers of France, Germany, Finland, Portugal and Slovenia.
He said that was what EU ministers "have as our highest priority".
www.epolitix.com /EN/News/200608/f733ff75-58ee-4368-8a9a-fe70e6d410b7.htm   (291 words)

  
 Home Office | Press Office | Conclusions of the October 2006 Meeting of the Interior Ministers of the UK, France, ...
The interior ministers of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom met in Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom, on 25 and 26 October 2006 to agree action on matters of mutual interest in the areas of migration, terrorism and organised crime.
Ministers underlined the need for effective EU level structures to underpin the efforts of Member States in combating organised crime.
Ministers underlined the importance of exploiting new technology to strengthen border surveillance and controls, including through the exchange of passenger information.
press.homeoffice.gov.uk /press-releases/g6-meeting-conclusions?version=1   (1190 words)

  
 washingtonpost.com: Europeans Debate Plan For Immigrant Camps
Interior ministers from Britain, France, Germany, Spain and Italy held two days of informal talks in a 19th-century villa in Florence to prepare initiatives they hope will eventually be adopted throughout the 25-member European Union.
In a statement at the end of the talks, the ministers said they were hoping to introduce the fingerprint measure for passports issued in their countries starting in 2006.
Interior Minister Otto Schily of Germany, who initially proposed the transit camps, said the initiative would deal with the problem "where it is born."
www.washingtonpost.com /ac2/wp-dyn/A43297-2004Oct18?language=printer   (413 words)

  
 France (10/05)
France was one of the earliest countries to progress from feudalism to the nation-state.
France deployed additional military forces to Cote d’Ivoire in 2002 and to Central African Republic in 2003 to address crises in both countries and, with EU partners, led an international military operation to the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2003.
France is an active participant in the major supplier regimes designed to restrict transfer of technologies that could lead to proliferation of weapons of mass destruction: the Nuclear Suppliers Group, the Australia Group (for chemical and biological weapons), the Non-Proliferation Treaty, and the Missile Technology Control Regime.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3842.htm   (5555 words)

  
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The Minister of Education was made aware of this point during a meeting with a delegation of CRIF led by its chairman Roger Cukierman in February 2003.
The Minister of Education condemned the rise of demagogy in schools, the partisan use of the Middle-east conflict, the freedom given to the pupils' anti-Semitic speech and the lack of reaction of part of the teaching corps.
France piled up presidential decisions against the war and demonstrators took to the streets at such a pace that one may have thought that the Jewish community would not get away unharmed.
www.adl.org /Anti_semitism/as_france.asp   (3379 words)

  
 Meeting of the Ministers of the Interior of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom (G5) - Joint ...   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Meeting of the Ministers of the Interior of France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom (G5) - Joint declaration¹ - France in the UK
We note with satisfaction the adoption by the Council of Ministers of the decision of 22 December 2003 requiring medical travel insurance in order to combat illegal immigration for medical reasons and protect the interests of the member States.
We have decided to study the conditions which would enable the harmonization of the provisions relating to medical insurance to be held by foreign nationals entering the Schengen Area, whether or not they are subject to visa requirements, and to define appropriate means of control.
www.ambafrance-uk.org /article_full.php3?id_article=5924   (850 words)

  
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Prime Minister Adrian Nastase recently condemned the trend, declaring: "We must settle this problem as quickly as possible." "If not, we will be confronted by a flow of hostile opinion in western Europe, where criminal networks threaten to become the new brand image of Romania," he said.
France has been especially hit by the new wave of immigrants, with police recently cracking down on a network of traffickers who were importing handicapped gypsy children to beg for charity and teaching other child beggars how to fake physical handicap.
France and Italy are working together to build a front against "the common enemy" of illegal immigration, France's Sarkozy announced at the beginning of the month.
www.humantrafficking.com /humantrafficking/client/view.aspx?ResourceID=919   (865 words)

  
 NewsFromRussia.Com:France and Spain initialize overseas reception camps` building   (Site not responding. Last check: )
But France, traditionally a close ally of Germany, told a meeting of interior ministers from five major EU states that it could not accept the proposal.
France and Spain argue that dealing with refugees should not be left to the EU alone and that groups such as the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees and non-governmental organizations must take a leading role.
France and Spain roundly rejected the Italian and German-backedproposal, which seeks to stem the tide of illegal immigrants arriving in Europe by examining asylum requests in North Africanholding camps.
english.pravda.ru /world/2004/10/19/56684_.html   (653 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / World / Europe / European officials discuss terrorism   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Interior ministers from Italy, France, Germany, Britain and Spain began informal talks Sunday, searching for ways to improve cooperation across the continent in fighting terror and illegal immigration.
German Interior Minister Otto Schily's pitch for North African processing centers for migrants and refugees has had a mixed reaction, both at the European level and at home, with some fearing the camps might violate human rights.
Ahead of the meeting, the Spanish minister said Saturday that the five European countries were pushing to have EU passports, national identity cards, visas and residence permits include both photos and fingerprints to help facilitate investigations of terrorism and organized crime.
www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2004/10/17/european_ministers_meet_for_terror_talks?mode=PF   (519 words)

  
 European Union, Properly Construed by Reginald Dale - Policy Review, No. 122   (Site not responding. Last check: )
This self-appointed, overweening role is essential to France’s main diplomatic aim of the past half-century — to use the European Union as a force multiplier of French influence, both in Europe and beyond.
Thus, as prime minister in the late 1980s, Chirac used to sing the praises of the coming European single market as a means of asserting European influence in a world with rapidly growing populations that threatened to dwarf the small nations cramped together on the Old Continent.
France’s slipping grasp on the eu tiller accounts for Chirac’s rage at the uppity behavior of the soon-to-be members in Central and Eastern Europe who signed loyalty pledges to the United States just before the war in Iraq at a time when France and Germany were actively trying to sabotage U.S. policy.
www.policyreview.org /dec03/dale.html   (7259 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / World / Europe / France calls for meeting of EU ministers   (Site not responding. Last check: )
France on Monday called for an urgent meeting of European Union foreign ministers, saying it was crucial for the EU to react to the attacks against Madrid with vigilance and unity.
PARIS -- France on Monday called for an urgent meeting of European Union foreign ministers, saying it was crucial for the EU to react to the attacks against Madrid with vigilance and unity.
France has increased security at airports, train stations and other sites considered sensitive since the bombings in Madrid on Thursday, which tore through four rush-hour trains.
www.boston.com /news/world/europe/articles/2004/03/15/france_calls_for_meeting_of_eu_ministers   (278 words)

  
 ISN Security Watch - EU countries split over migrant camp plans   (Site not responding. Last check: )
France and Spain are opposed to German and Italian proposals to create such refugee holding centers in North Africa, which proponents say would ensure that only genuine refugees are allowed to enter EU territory, while fake asylum-seekers would be kept out.
Spanish Interior Minister Jose Antonio Alonso said last week that his country was "not going to back any initiative that does not respect minimum social and humanitarian conditions".
France rejected the idea of transit camps, fearing they could become a sort of “time-bomb”, French diplomatic source told local media.
www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details_print.cfm?id=9959   (411 words)

  
 Europe May Start Digital Fingerprinting
In a statement at the end of the talks Monday morning, the ministers said they were hoping to introduce the fingerprint measure for passports issued in their countries starting in 2006.
German Interior Minister Otto Schily, who first made the transit camp proposal, said Monday that the initiative would deal with the problem "where it is born."
While noting there is a "clear distinction between economic immigrants and asylum-seekers," the ministers' statement said efforts were needed to help develop "capacity building of asylum policy" in transit countries.
www.infowars.net /Pages/Oct_04/191004_fingerprinting.html   (481 words)

  
 News from Spain: 03/01/2005 - 03/31/2005   (Site not responding. Last check: )
According to the Spanish Interior Minister José Antonio Alonso, at the time of their arrest the Basques were found with guns, false documents and car number plates and materials to make explosives similar to the bombs used by ETA in its latest terrorist attacks.
The Spanish Interior Minister, José Antonio Alonso confirmed the operation to reporters this morning and said that paedophilia was a disgrace that was intolerable in any democratic society.
Spain's Health Minister, Elena Salgado, who makes no secret of the fact that she is a committed anti-smoking campaigner, announced plans to introduce tougher anti-smoking laws in Spain last November, and the draft legislation was approved by the members of President Rodriguez Zapatero's cabinet last week.
www.euroresidentes.com /Blogs/Spain_News/archives/2005_03_01_   (4893 words)

  
 Print Article: Terror attack alert issued for Saudi Arabia   (Site not responding. Last check: )
On Friday, the Saudi interior ministry warned residents in the capital that a car laden with explosives and registered to a wanted suspect could be used in an imminent attack.
The interior ministry urged the capital's residents to be on the alert, "especially since this misled group (of terror suspects) tends to hide these dangerous components in residential areas".
The interior ministers from Germany, France, Britain and Spain, along with Italian officials, gathered in Garmisch-Partenkirchen for the meeting.
www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2004/02/17/1076779942038.html   (392 words)

  
 Guardian Unlimited Politics | Special Reports | Franco-German axis obsolete, says Sarkozy
The French interior minister, Nicholas Sarkozy, sounded the death knell for the 50-year-old Franco-German alliance yesterday and suggested instead a core group of six European states.
He was chairing a meeting of the Group of Five EU interior ministers, comprising Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
His view is that France should be strengthening its ties with other European countries, including Britain, Poland and Italy, and even repairing cross-Atlantic links with the US that were damaged by the Iraq war.
politics.guardian.co.uk /eu/story/0,9061,1522216,00.html   (880 words)

  
 Dar Al Hayat   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Interior ministers from Italy, France, Germany, Britain and Spain were to search for Europe-wide solutions in the fights against terrorism and illegal immigration during informal talks starting today at a Florentine villa.
Ahead of the meeting, Spanish Interior Minister Jose Antonio Alonso said that all five European countries are pushing the idea of including photographs and fingerprints on EU passports, national identity cards, visas and residency permits.
Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin of France and British Home Secretary David Blunkett were also expected.
english.daralhayat.com /world_news/10-2004/Article-20041017-a782ec46-c0a8-01ed-002c-13d7222814f6/story.html   (668 words)

  
 e-Ariana - Todays Afghan News
France and Britain have deported 40 illegal Afghan immigrants in a chartered flight jointly organised by both countries.
The French interior minister said both France and Afghanistan were satisfied that the Afghans would not face any risk after returning home.
The French interior ministry said the move was a sign of "excellent Franco-British cooperation".
www.e-ariana.com /ariana/eariana.nsf/allDocs/6C12F7D895CF8A9E8725704B0057E6C3?OpenDocument   (219 words)

  
 News from Spain: G5 Interior Ministers anti-terrorism summit in Granada
The interior ministers of Spain, France, Britain, Germany and Italy meet in Granada today for a two day summit to discuss how to collaborate more in their response to terrorism.
The ministers are expected to sign a joint declaration tomorrow against terrorism in which they will draw a clear line between fundamentalist terrorism and Islam.
This is the sixth time the G5 ministers have met to discuss ways of strengthening security by exchanging information on suspects, simplifying extradition procedures and allowing access to each other's data bases on terrorism and organised crime.
www.euroresidentes.com /Blogs/2005/03/g5-interior-ministers-anti-terrorism.htm   (279 words)

  
 Europe meeting targets illegal immigration:- - World News - Webindia123.com
European interior ministers are meeting in France for talks on illegal immigration, among other topics.
The two-day meeting that began Monday in Evian, bordering Lake Geneva, gathers interior ministers from France, Spain, Britain, and Italy.
The ministers are also expected to touch on ways to fight against terrorism and illegal drug trafficking.
news.webindia123.com /news/showdetails.asp?id=93884&cat=World   (375 words)

  
 JURIST - Paper Chase: International brief ~ Shining Path leader receives date for retrial
A meeting of the interior ministers of France, Germany, Spain, Great Britain, and Italy ended Monday with agreement on a new plan for digital biometric passports from 2006 on and division over Italy and Germany's plan to establish refugee processing centers in Northern Africa.
The ministers quickly agreed on the inclusion of digital fingerprint and facial identification in EU passports, calling the measure a big step towards enhancing the security of the EU.
France's Interior Minister Dominique de Villepin (official site in French) said that the EU should not be leading the way on this, but should rather work with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees and international NGOs.
jurist.law.pitt.edu /paperchase/2004/10/international-brief-shining-path.php   (642 words)

  
 EiTB24.com   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Interior ministers from Britain, France, Germany, Italy and Spain have met to discuss sharing information on terror suspects and setting up a Europe-wide alert system to warn each other when weapons or explosives are stolen.
The ministers have issued a declaration on fighting terrorism that drew a clear distinction between violence from Islamic extremists and Islam as a religion.
The ministers have been also expected to focus on ways to avoid legal loopholes in future decisions on the exchange of information between countries on terror suspects and their expulsion from the 25-nation European Union.
www.eitb24.com /noticia_en.php?id=46020   (435 words)

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