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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10123
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/budget 2008

Despite certain progress, improvements for managing Community funding and discharge procedure are required

Brussels, 21/04/2010 (Agence Europe) - On Wednesday 21 April, the European Parliament debated the reports on granting a discharge to the Community institutions for the execution of the 2008 budget. Voting will take place on 5 or 6 May, in Brussels. The most controversial report is the one by Ryszard Czarnecki (ECR, Poland), which proposes that the discharge for the Council budget be postponed (EUROPE 10105).

According to the Lisbon Treaty, member states are jointly responsible for the...

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A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Developments in northern Cyprus complicate unification of island and Turkey's accession negotiations
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Special European Council in September
(EU) EP/LATIN AMERICA: Parliament backs conclusion of negotiations with Central America and resumption of discussions with Mercosur
(EU) EU/CUBA:
(EU) EP/KYRGYZSTAN: MEPs recommend caution - Greater EU presence in Central Asia
(EU) EP/SOMALIA:
(EU) EP/CANADA: Many concerns before next summit
(EU) EU/FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Progress but no deal yet on new foreign service
(EU) EU/EUROMED: Low-key negotiations to smooth ruffled feathers ahead of the UfM 'summit' in June?
(EU) EP/HUMAN RIGHTS:
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/DEVELOPMENT: “April package” is strong incentive to increase EU contribution to millennium goals and make it more effective
(EU) EU/TAXATION: Commission considering country-by-country disclosure by multinationals operating in developing countries
(EU) EU/TRADE: Draft consolidated text on ACTA published
(EU) EU/WTO/DOHA: Lamy rules out any revision of agenda
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: Will current crisis speed up introduction of Single European Sky?
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT: European railways boost capacity
(EU) EU/SPORT: Sports ministers in Madrid sketch out new European strategy in line with Commission proposals
(EU) EP/COHESION: EP supports proposal aimed at simplifying structural fund rules with view to facilitating access
(EU) EP/JHA: Spanish Presidency committed to adopting negotiating brief for Swift
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2008: Despite certain progress, improvements for managing Community funding and discharge procedure are required
(EU) EP/COMMISSION: President Barroso replies regarding aid to Greece, airspace and jobs
(EU) EU/STATE AID: Commission authorises Bulgaria and Austria aid to agricultural sector
(EU) EU/COMPETITION: New rules for goods and services distribution
(EU) EU/G20 EMPLOYMENT: In Washington, Corbacho calls on governments to put employment at heart of future economic and political strategies
(EU) EU/SOCIAL: Conference on consequences and results of restructuring and social dialogue in time of crisis
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
(EU) EU/CORRIGENDUM:
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