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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10615

16 May 2012
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 33
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) neighbourhood
EU bolsters support for neighbours

Brussels, 15/05/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 15 May, the European Commission adopted progress reports on 12 of the European Union's neighbourhood countries - Ukraine, Moldova, Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Israel, the Palestinian Territories, Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Tunisia and Morocco - and two communications, one on the new European Neighbourhood Policy (ENP) and the other setting out details of a roadmap for the Eastern Partnership summit in autumn 2013 (see EUROOE 10614). Despite...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) GREECE: New elections in June
(AE) GREECE: Juncker says now is not the time to relent
(AE) BANKING: Ministers reach broad agreement on CRD IV
(AE) ECOFIN: Savings tax deadlock
(AE) EUROGROUP: Official launch of ESM recruitment procedure
(AE) SPAIN: Two independent evaluators to monitor bank assets
(AE) ECONOMY: EP split over scale and timing of “two-pack” reforms
(AE) COMPETITION:
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) UKRAINE: Association agreement not dead but reform must continue
(AE) NEIGHBOURHOOD: EU bolsters support for neighbours
(AE) MIDDLE EAST: EU states what has still to be done in neighbourhood policy
(AE) ALBANIA: EU welcomes efforts but wants more electoral reform
(AE) ICELAND:
(AE) AFGHANISTAN: Principled commitment on post-2014 agreed
(AE) UNITED STATES: Commission wants free-trade deal sealed by mid-2014
(AE) ARGENTINA: EU complaint to WTO over import licences imminent
(AE) DEVELOPMENT: Council endorses “Agenda for Change”
(AE) DEVELOPMENT: Council determined to achieve ODA of 0.7% of GNI by 2015
(AE) SOMALIA: EU wants 20 August transition deadline to be kept
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Presidency notes progress on greening at Council
(AE) JHA: Host country must meet costs of reception of asylum seekers
(AE) JHA: United Kingdom best rated European country on LGBTI rights
(AE) CLIMATE: ETS performs well in 2011, with emissions down by over 2%
(AE) CLIMATE: Progress hoped for in Bonn
(AE) JHA:
(AE) TRANSPORT: Post-2013 GMES - Commission says fund is only solution
(AE) TRANSPORT: Air passengers - pessimistic figures for 2010 and 2012
(AE) TRANSPORT:
SOCIAL - EDUCATION
(AE) SOCIAL: PES campaign in favour of youth employment guarantee
(AE) YOUTH: Charlemagne first prize goes to “Europe on the Ground”
(AE) EDUCATION: CEDEFOP study on loans for training
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) CJEU: Eco-labels cannot be criteria for awarding contracts
(AE) CJEU: Passengers on delayed flights are entitled to compensation