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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10620

25 May 2012
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POLITICS - INSTITUTIONAL / (ae) czech republic
Budgetary risk in event of structural fund freezes

Brussels, 24/05/2012 (Agence Europe) - The Czech Republic is in fact subject to a “rather high” budget risk if the European Commission maintains the freeze on Structural Funds decided in response to the financial irregularities observed, acknowledged Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas on Thursday 24 May following a meeting with the president of the European Commission, José Manuel Durão Barroso. “The situation is quite serious”, added Necas. In the worst case, in other words if the...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Heads of state compare notes - Disagreements remain, with some progress - It is starting to look as if Greece will have to leave the eurozone
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Backing for growth agenda, division over Greece
(AE) GREECE: Cohn-Bendit says Greek memorandum must be looked at again
(AE) ECONOMY: Netherlands ratifies European Stability Mechanism
(AE) ECONOMY: Austerity combined with growth (EP Eurobarometer)
(AE) BUSINESS:
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
(AE) UKRAINE: EP calls on Ukraine to release political prisoners
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: EP wants robust measures on resource efficiency
(AE) INTERNAL MARKET: MEPS want simplified infringement procedure
(AE) SWITZERLAND: Free movement - EP protests against quotas
(AE) WOMEN: EP sends warning shot across Commission bows over wage gap
(AE) EMPLOYMENT: More needs to be done to tackle youth unemployment
(AE) JHA: Resolution condemning homophobia in Europe passed
(AE) FISHERIES: EP approves EU-Mozambique fisheries agreement
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Agreement on lower sulphur content in marine fuels
(AE) TRANSPORT: Airlines furious with Kallas
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
(AE) SOCIAL: Still a long way to go before Roma inclusion
(AE) SOCIAL: S&D urges Commission to revise its Monti II proposals
(AE) SOCIAL: ETUC welcomes EP vote on FTT but refuses exemptions
POLITICS - INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) CZECH REPUBLIC: Budgetary risk in event of structural fund freezes
(AE) BUDGET: Progress on macro-economic conditions
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) IRAN: Discussions on nuclear programme expected to continue
(AE) SYRIA: US$4 billion lost through sanctions
(AE) BOSNIA: CoR - combining state institutions and local democracy
(AE) ICELAND:
(AE) MEDITERRANEAN: Putting UfM in order to conquer investor confidence
(AE) TUNISIA:
(AE) INDIA: Expedited talks on free trade expected in June
(AE) TRADE: WTO - progress on trade facilitation and LDC
(AE) TRADE: Anti-dumping - China's solar industry under fire
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) GENERAL COURT: Ruling against Mastercard for its interchange fees
(AE) CJEU: Court annuls decision on “F1” trade mark