login
login
Image header Agence Europe
Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10554
Contents Publication in full By article 6 / 29
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / (ae) agriculture

EP enshrines continuation of aid to most needy until 2013

Brussels, 15/02/2012 (Agence Europe) - Due to a lack of anything better, the European Parliament on Wednesday 15 February enshrined the compromise allowing the Community programme for the distribution of food to the most needy people living in the EU to continue in 2012 and 2013. However, many MEPs had questions about the future of the programme from 2014 onwards. Readers may recall that it has only been possible to continue the programme in 2012 and 2013 thanks to a Franco-German compromise...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Ways of getting Greece back on track are controversial and uncertain
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
(AE) EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Desperately seeking growth
(AE) ECONOMY: According to Monti, discipline goes together with growth
(AE) ECONOMY: EP looking for good policy mix
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Dairy - EP approves compromise over contracts
(AE) AGRICULTURE: EP enshrines continuation of aid to most needy until 2013
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) GREECE: Second bailout - two principal parties commit in writing
(AE) PORTUGAL: Troika returns to Portugal on back of questions
(AE) JHA: Corruption remains major scourge in EU, particularly for Greeks
(AE) JHA: Netherlands - S&D wants government response on PVV site
(AE) ENERGY: France argues that nuclear power should be sovereign matter
(AE) TRANSPORT: Crisis works to benefit of low-cost airlines
(AE) TRANSPORT: Kallas backs air and maritime cooperation with Singapore
(AE) DIGITAL: Commission wants to develop high performance computing
(AE) TELECOMMUNICATIONS: Parliament adopts compromise on radio spectrum
(AE) HEALTH: Don't demonise demand for saturated fats says dairy sector
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - CULTURE
(AE) SOCIAL: Gender equality, austerity and jobs on Council agenda
(AE) CULTURE: Five proposals for better support for culture and creation
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) TRADE: ACTA ratification procedure gets under way in chaos
(AE) SYRIA: Syrians demand action from international community
(AE) BELARUS: Schulz wants immediate release of Belarus opposition activist
(AE) MIDDLE EAST: EU needs to review bilateral relations with Israel
(AE) UfM: Engagement between EU and Maghreb one year on from Arab Spring
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Anti-Strasbourg figures on cost of plenaries refuted
(AE) FRANCE: Alain Juppé on Europe and external action
(AE) EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT:
(AE) EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT:
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) CJEU: Grounds for refusal of access to environmental information set out
(AE) GENERAL COURT: Commission wrong to authorise aid to FagorBrandt