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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10612

11 May 2012
Contents Publication in full By article 3 / 36
ECONOMY - FINANCE / (ae) greece
EFSF provides €4.2 billion of a €5.2 billion cash instalment

Brussels, 10/05/2012 (Agence Europe) - The European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) has given the go-ahead for the payment of the first instalment of financial aid from the €130 billion second Greek bailout, making the unanimous board decision on Wednesday evening. The EFSF has decided to release €5.2bn from an initial tranche of €39.4bn earmarked for payment between now and the end of June (see EUROPE 10574).

“The EFSF has confirmed the release of the outstanding amount of...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Greek people have rejected euro discipline, EU must accept this and prepare for Greece's exit from the eurozone - Arrangements under consideration
ECONOMY - FINANCE
(AE) ECOFIN: Greece, Spain, EBRD, CRD IV and savings tax
(AE) GREECE: EFSF provides €4.2 billion of a €5.2 billion cash instalment
(AE) ECONOMY: Swoboda says countries must be forced by law to invest
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
(AE) BUDGET: No 2010 spending discharge for three agencies
(AE) BUDGET: 2010 discharge - EP postpones its decision on Council's budget
(AE) JHA: Media/libel - MEPs want rules clarified
(AE) JHA: Lampedusa - one year on
(AE) INDUSTRY: Exemption for conventionally-bred plants and animals
(AE) TELECOMS: Roaming and data service prices set to fall
(AE) TRANSPORT: EP flies to rescue of regional airports
(AE) TRANSPORT: EP wants fight against piracy to deliver more
(AE) TOTALITARIANISM: EP calls for European Day of Remembrance for Righteous
(AE) IMMUNITY: EP will not support Tudor Parliamentary immunity
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) EFSA: Conflicts of interest - renewed polemic - Commission plays for time
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Regulation is adopted on marketing of biocidal products
(AE) NUCLEAR: Oettinger promises draft revised safety rules by end 2012
(AE) ENERGY: Lithuania on way to energy independence with nuclear and LNG
(AE) COHESION: CoR forum on Common Strategic Framework
(AE) CJEU: Scrapping of Botolist and Botocyl trademarks
(AE) JHA: Cecilia Malmström tweets congratulation to Obama on gay marriage issue
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - CULTURE - SPORT
(AE) SOCIAL: Council ends social dumping by low-cost airlines
(AE) SOCIAL: Demonstration in Brussels against double-speak
(AE) SOCIAL: Informal summit raises trade union hopes
(AE) SPORT: Council wants to combat doping in recreational sport
(AE) CULTURE/AUDIOVISUAL: Council supports “Creative Europe”
(AE) CULTURE: Council wants to step up digitisation
(AE) CULTURE: Council's partial guidelines on Europe for Citizens
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) SYRIA: EU condemns attacks and reiterates support for peace plan
(AE) BURMA: Schulz, in presence of Burmese leader, welcomes reforms
(AE) MEXICO: Progress on protecting human rights defenders
(AE) RIO+20: Parliament decides not to go to Rio due to excessive cost
(AE) UKRAINE: Merkel says country lives under dictatorship and repression
(AE) EGYPT:
(AE) TRADE: De Gucht wants to toughen EU stance on unfair competition
(AE) MEDITERRANEAN: Trade serving democracy