6 July 2009, Brussels

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Dear Commissioner Kroes,

I am stunned to find out that the Commission is against Romania’ intention to increase the capital of its state-owned bank CEC.

The European Parliament approved last week, as part of its first lecture to the 2009 draft budget, two preparatory actions jointly proposed by Daniel Daianu with two fellow MEPs:'Harmonised e-business processes and standards between European SMEs of interrelated industry sectors' and 'Opportunities for Internationalisation of SMEs' . These actions will be financed through the Community budget, Heading 1A (Competitiveness for growth and employment) with 2 million and 3 million Euro respectively.

Also, following a proposal by Daniel Daianu, the Parliament approved a study entitled "Common toolbox of procedures for crisis prevention and management at EU level", which will also be financed from the 2009 Community budget.

February 2009

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Daniel Daianu was invited to give the traditional MEMS lecture at the School of Business and Economics of Humboldt University in Berlin.

Invitatie Humboldt Univ