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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10043

18 December 2009
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 34
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/2010 budget
EP formally endorses EU's budget for 2010

Brussels, 17/12/2009 (Agence Europe) - In plenary on Thursday 17 December 2009, the European Parliament formally indorsed the EU's general budget for 2010, which includes €2.4 billion for the second phase of the European Economic Recovery Programme and €300 in emergency aid for EU dairy farmers struggling due to a fall in the price they get for their milk.

The EP agreed to the EU having a budget in 2010 of €141.45 billion in commitment appropriations (equivalent to 1.2% of EU gross...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Financial services and the rest of the brave new market without frontiers - Michel Barnier and Mario Monti set out their ideas
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EP/BELARUS: Stronger EU ties with Belarus as long as significant moves towards democracy are made
(EU) EP/AFGHANISTAN: MEPs divided between support for EU in Afghanistan and doubts about whether stability is possible
(EU) EP/WESTERN SAHARA: Case of Sahrawi activist Aminatou Haidar hangs on diplomatic solution
(EU) EP/SUBSIDIARITY: Parliament wonders whether it is possible to tackle crucifix question in schools from subsidiarity angle
(EU) EP/COMMISSION: All relevant parliamentary committees for hearings of commissioners-designate are now known
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/UN/CLIMATE: All-nighter likely in Copenhagen to negotiate and clean up two draft texts to be put to Heads of State on Friday
(EU) EU/NUCLEAR/HEALTHCARE: Ensuring safe delivery of radioisotopes for use in medicine
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: agreement on bus and coach passengers' rights
(EU) EU/JHA: Alleged to have put pressure on investigating judges, Eurojust president resigns
(EU) EU/JHA: Europol and Interpol join forces against piracy in Gulf of Aden
(EU) EU/JHA: Dismantling of child pornography network in Poland
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EP/2010 BUDGET: EP formally endorses EU's budget for 2010
(EU) EP/BUDGET/SOCIAL: Parliament approves 15.9 million euros for redundant workers in construction and automotive sectors in Sweden, Austria and Netherlands
(EU) EP/INTERNAL MARKET: MEPs stress link between recognition of professional qualifications and cross-border service provision
(EU) EP/WTO/DOHA: With 2010 breakthrough in prospect, European Parliament urges Commission not to give way on agriculture
(EU) EU/TRADE: Commission stresses advantages for transatlantic market of removing non-tariff measures
(EU) EU/TRADE: Community monitoring system for imports of steel products to remain in place until end of 2012
(EU) EU/SWITZERLAND:
(EU) EU/MOROCCO: signature of report in agro-food and fisheries sectors
(EU) EU/HUMANITARIAN AID: 6 million euros to improve humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: EU countries' opinions differ over future of rural development policy
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Commission rejects two bids to change rules on sugar
(EU) EU/TELECOMS: German telecoms regulator is urged to create better conditions for competition in retail access market
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission once more tackles banana cartel
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission welcomes E.ON projects to increase competition on German gas market
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission approves Austrian short-term export credit insurance scheme
(EU) EU/ENERGY: No special risk of electricity supplies being disturbed this winter in EU
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: EU inflation rate up 1% in November - rise of 0.5% in eurozone
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
(EU) CORRIGENDUM:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 17/12/2009: