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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10596
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SECTORAL POLICY / (ae) transport

ERTMS - Siim Kallas losing patience and targets Berlin

Brussels, 17/04/2012 (Agence Europe) - Siim Kallas is starting to lose patience at the obstinacy of certain countries, led by Germany, in playing against the clock to install the European Rail Traffic Management System (ERTMS), despite being formally obliged to do so by 2015. The European commissioner in charge of transport did not mince his words at the conference on the ERTMS which was held by the Danish Presidency in Copenhagen this 16-17 April: “There is no excuse for not delivering...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: An attempt at reasonable prospects for relations between Turkey and the EU
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION
(AE) SOCIAL: Commission opens debate on minimum wages
(AE) EDUCATION: Commission to fund 280,000 work placements abroad
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) TRADE: Argentina - EU concerned at nationalisation of YPF/Repsol
(AE) TRADE: Investment - EU/US agreement on common principles
(AE) JORDAN: Commission wants to develop relations with Amman
(AE) ALGERIA: EU electoral observation mission operational
(AE) TUNISIA: €1 million for more diverse and tolerant society
(AE) BAHRAIN:
(AE) SYRIA: France supports tougher sanctions
(AE) UNITED NATIONS: Ban Ki-moon hails strength of EU-UN relations
(AE) CÔTE D'IVOIRE:
ECONOMY - FINANCES
(AE) STATISTICS: Commission recommends reliable independent statistics
(AE) TAXATION: Two revised deals with Switzerland comply with EU rules
(AE) SPAIN: Juncker says foreign aid not needed
(AE) IMF: Eurozone recession to last all year
(AE) ECONOMY: Eurozone annual inflation unchanged in March 2012
SECTORAL POLICY
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Seventh action programme, ETS, Rio +20 at Council
(AE) CLIMATE: Beware finance gap in draft budget, says IEEP
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Recipe for transforming waste into a resource
(AE) DIGITAL: Start-ups - using openideo to identify barriers to expansion
(AE) TELECOMS: Mobile termination rates - Arcep has to review its copy
(AE) TELECOMS: Mobile termination rates - Estonian plans of concern
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Court of Auditors says CAP reform is too complex
(AE) ANIMAL HEALTH: Is Commission doing enough for bees?
(AE) TRANSPORT: ERTMS - Siim Kallas losing patience and targets Berlin
(AE) ENERGY: Wind power - EU pushes for increased investment