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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10560

24 February 2012
Contents Publication in full By article 4 / 30
ECONOMY - FINANCE / (ae) euro
European fire wall strengthened - only Germany against

Brussels, 23/02/2012 (Agence Europe) - Germany is the only country in the eurozone that does not want to strengthen the European anti-crisis firewall. This firewall could come about through a combined strike force of €500 billion from the future European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and the remaining intervention capacity of €250 billion from the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF). On Wednesday 22 February, the spokesman for the German government informed Reuters that “the...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: European plan for Greek bailout raises much confusion and many reservations - Reasons for scepticism
ECONOMY - FINANCE
(AE) ECONOMY: Spanish deficit and aid to Portugal - Rehn against clock
(AE) GREECE:
(AE) EURO: European fire wall strengthened - only Germany against
(AE) TAXATION: Greece signs multilateral agreement to tackle tax evasion
(AE) TAXATION:
SECTORAL POLICY
(AE) JHA: Court rules against Italy on returning migrants
(AE) JHA: Obama administration presents its internet users' charter
(AE) CONSUMERS: Endocrine disruptors - alarming results of study
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Resource efficiency but at lowest cost
(AE) CLIMATE: Tar sands - Environment Council to speak
(AE) INTERNAL MARKET: Banks and public procurement - 2 expert groups set up
(AE) FISHERIES: Emergency measure to reduce haddock discards in West Scotland
(AE) FISHERIES: Member stares agree horse mackerel management plan
(AE) COHESION: EP reacts to threat of Hungarian cohesion funding freeze
(AE) COHESION: Now Court of Auditors criticises macro-conditionality
(AE) WOMEN: Gender training study opens
SOCIAL
(AE) SOCIAL: Five states may be exonerated from social targets in 2012
(AE) SOCIAL: Commission experts in Slovakia and Portugal
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Further sanctions possible against Belarus
(AE) SYRIA: EU sanctions and humanitarian aid plan to be proposed on Friday
(AE) JORDAN: Almost €3 billion in additional aid
(AE) ISRAEL: Ashton calls on Israel to reverse decision on new settlements
(AE) BOSNIA:
(AE) TRADE: Anti-dumping, debt, Chinese ready to bargain
(AE) TRADE: Dual-use items, updated list - Council adopts its position
(AE) TRADE: ACTA - referral to Court may seal its destiny
(AE) DEVELOPMENT: Sustainable agriculture to counter food insecurity
(AE) SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: Nairobi - one step closer to Rio+20
(AE) SOMALIA: