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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10517

16 December 2011
Contents Publication in full By article 5 / 40
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) taxation/ftt
New Franco-German submission in January

Brussels, 15/12/2011 (Agence Europe) - France wants to press ahead with plans to introduce a financial transaction tax (FTT) in the European Union. The French finance minister, François Baroin, told the French parliament on Wednesday 14 December that France and Germany would be submitting suggestions to this effect before the next Franco-German summit (on 23 January 2012), saying it would be an additional suggestion to supplement the one unveiled by the European Commission in September 2011...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Difficulty and divergence over new international treaty to be negotiated between 26 member states
SOVEREIGN DEBT CRISIS
(AE) EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Next summit in January or February 2012
(AE) TREATY: EP to help draw up intergovernmental agreement
(AE) SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Austerity alone will not restore growth in Europe
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) TAXATION/FTT: New Franco-German submission in January
(AE) TAXATION: Avoiding double inheritance tax
(AE) STATE AID: Insufficient checks to ensure state aid control, Court says
(AE) ECONOMY: Annual eurozone inflation rates stable at 3.0%
(AE) ECONOMY:
SECTORAL POLICY
(AE) ENERGY: Roadmap for carbon-free sector in 2050
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Biodiversity, resource efficiency and climate on agenda
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Vitoria-Gasteiz - European Green Capital 2012
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: New eco-innovation action plan
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Pilot scheme to take green technology to market
(AE) FISHERIES: Agreement with Morocco ended - Spain wants compensation
(AE) FISHERIES: Proposal on penalties against non-EU countries which overfish
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Political agreement at Council on aid to poor
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Increase in co-funding rates for rural development
(AE) AGRICULTURE:
(AE) ANIMAL HEALTH: Council position on bluetongue vaccination
(AE) REGIONS: 2012 priorities - CoR-Commission exchange
(AE) REGIONS: Neighbourhood instrument meeting regions' expectations
ACTION EXTERNAL
(AE) RUSSIA: Moscow could help EU financially
(AE) RUSSIA: EP resolution has no significance whatsoever, says Medvedev
(AE) RUSSIA:
(AE) RUSSIA: EU and Russia make progress on visas
(AE) MIDDLE EAST: Ashton calls for resumption of negotiations
(AE) MIDDLE EAST: Striffler says Christians must be more involved in peace talks
(AE) TRADE: New WTO agreement on public procurement
(AE) TRADE:
(AE) TRADE:
(AE) TRADE: WTO - Lamy warns of cost of protectionism
(AE) TRADE: EU to negotiate agreements with four Arab partners
(AE) TRADE:
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
(AE) SYRIA: Parliament reiterates its condemnation of crackdown
(AE) ASIA: MEPs want creation of EP-Central Asia Assembly
(AE) JHA: EPP and other groups at daggers drawn over anti-terrorist policies
(AE) JHA: EP wants action on prisons
(AE) TRANSPORT: 20% less CO2 by 2020, EP amends White Paper
(AE) SOCIAL: EP approves €25.5 million in aid for Renault