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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10597

19 April 2012
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 36
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / (ae) competition

18/04/2012 (Agence Europe) - Merger: Goldman Sachs/Advent International/ TransUnion Corp. The European Commission granted clearance on Tuesday 17 April to the proposed acquisition by Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. and Advent International Corporation of joint control of TransUnion Corp. All three companies are based in the USA. TransUnion provides credit information to consumers, mainly in the USA and other markets outside of the EEA. Goldman Sachs is a global investment banking, securities and...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Transforming the Union for the Mediterranean will make a positive contribution to better EU relations with neighbouring countries
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
(AE) ECONOMY: MEPs call for growth strategy
(AE) REGIONS: EP wants outermost regions to be treated differently
(AE) SOCIAL AFFAIRS: New rules to prevent abuse by low cost airlines
(AE) SYRIA: MEPs concerned at situation in country
(AE) BURMA: Sanctions soon to be relaxed - Ashton to visit at end of month
(AE) HUMAN RIGHTS: EP welcomes human rights high representative post
(AE) TAXATION: Wammen - speed up work on savings tax
(AE) JHA: Groups divided over PNR and response to crisis
(AE) CROATIA: EP welcomes Croatian observers
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) GREECE: Three-part growth strategy
(AE) ITALY: Balanced budget postponed until 2014 at earliest
(AE) PORTUGAL: Passos Coelho confident but “realistic”
(AE) HUNGARY: Amended central bank law examined by Hungarian parliament
(AE) COMPETITION: Acquisition of Air Products Homecare by Linde approved
(AE) COMPETITION:
SECTORAL POLICY
(AE) CLIMATE: Poland - recurrent spoke in wheel of ETS reform?
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Consensus on principles of future policy
(AE) ENERGY: Efficiency and roadmap on ministerial meeting agenda
(AE) ENERGY: TSOs to push European capacity platform
(AE) AGRICULTURE: High-level wine group begins work
(AE) ANIMAL HEALTH: Laying hens - 12 countries still not out of the woods
(AE) JHA: Data protection - questions about cost of reform
(AE) JHA:
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - CULTURE
(AE) SOCIAL: Three ways of supporting job creation
(AE) CULTURE: Culture and art for integrating Roma
(AE) CULTURE:
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) TRADE: EU critical of Argentinean protectionism over YPF/Repsol
(AE) TRADE: First G20 trade ministerial meeting in Puerto Vallarta
(AE) TRADE: Free-trade agreement with India hoped for by September
(AE) TUNISIA: Negotiations on Open Sky agreement in May
(AE) SYRIA: International appeal for sanctions against Syrian regime
(AE) BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA: Füle wants further efforts
(AE) CROATIA:
(AE) MIDDLE EAST: Abdullah II welcomes EU support for peace process
(AE) EU/CHINA: Education and culture, launch of “people to people” dialogue”