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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/jha

MEPs want financial incentives for volunteer host countries

Brussels, 18/05/2010 (Agence Europe) - Member states that volunteer to take in refugees from third countries should receive up to €6,000 per resettled person from the European Refugee Fund, the European Parliament states. This stance was taken when MEPs voted in Strasbourg, on Tuesday 18 May, with a view to sending a political signal before negotiating with the Council of Ministers, on the basis of a legislative report drafted by Rui Tavares (GUE/NGL, Portugal). The text was approved by...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Preparatory work on economic governance of EU
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/UNITED KINGDOM: William Hague unveils (somewhat reassuring) guidelines of new government's future European policy
(EU) EU/UNITED KINGDOM:
(EU) EU/AFGHANISTAN:
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA: Talks between EU and Mercosur resume early July with view to “ambitious and balanced” agreement
(EU) EU/LATIN AMERICA: Latin American and Caribbean countries express concern for fate reserved for emigrants to Europe
(EU) EP/ECONOMIE: With euro crisis, MEPs call for drastic measures to stabilise budgets and curb speculation
(EU) EP/UKRAINE: MEPs approve €500 million loan
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/FINANCIAL SERVICES: EP and Council of Ministers divided over how to deal with hedge funds from outside the EU
(EU) EU/EUROGROUP: Finalisation of European financial stabilisation mechanism awaited
(EU) EU/EUROGROUP: Eurozone wants faster but differentiated budgetary consolidation
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL: Launch of public debate on economic governance
(EU) EU/ECOFIN COUNCIL:
(EU) EP/WOMEN'S RIGHTS: Self-employed women should have same maternity leave rights as employees
(EU) EP/JHA: MEPs want financial incentives for volunteer host countries
(EU) EP/JHA: EP extends mandate for setting up SIS II
(EU) EU/JHA: Turkish-Greek agreement on readmission
(EU) EU/JHA:
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission sets out priority measures to get most from bio-waste
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Republic of Congo and EU sign voluntary partnership agreement on legal felling and export to EU of Congolese timber
(EU) EU/ENVIRONMENT: Commission says drought and water shortages are increasingly prevalent in Europe
(EU) EU/CONSUMERS: Commission recommends harmonised consumer complaint classification system
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/SPORT:
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: Ministers feel European agri-food model is not sufficiently recognised internationally
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/FISHERIES:
(EU) EU/TRADE: EU and Central America agree on trade chapter of new association agreement
(EU) EU/TRADE: De Gucht and Froman agree to give TEC fresh impetus but set no timetable
(EU) EU/TRADE: De Gucht wants negotiations “with no prior conditions” on Airbus-Boeing disputes
(EU) EU/TRADE: China's internet censorship is matter for WTO, Kroes says
(EU) EU/ENERGY: Greek-Turkish ITGI gas pipeline agreement
(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: Advocate General says member states may retain restrictions on certain commercial practices by regulated professions
(EU) EU/TRANSPORT:
(EU) EU/DIGITAL: BEUC states consumers must be at heart of digital agenda
(EU) EU/EIB: €400 million for funding education infrastructure in Andalusia
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in EU Official Journal
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