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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10739

28 November 2012
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 32
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) enlargement
Füle in favour of candidate status for Albania

Brussels, 27/11/2012 (Agence Europe) - Commissioner for Enlargement Stefan Füle announced on 26 November that Albania is close to candidate status but not to the opening of negotiations. Speaking of Tirana's “significant progress”, Füle said in an address to the Western Balkan Civil Society Forum that while “candidate status is within reach”, the Commission does not propose the “opening of accession negotiations just yet”.

In the same address, Füle said that the pace of...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: EU life will continue its course and its evolution even without a unanimous and binding agreement on the 2014-2020 financial framework
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) GREECE: Political agreement on debt sustainability
(AE) PORTUGAL: Parliament votes through 2013 budget
(AE) ITALY: EIB loan of €160 million for Enel Green Power
(AE) SERBIA: EIB loans for small business
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) CJEU: Decision to create the ESM and the ESM Treaty gets legal thumbs-up
(AE) CJEU: Discriminatory Spanish pensions legislation
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) BUDGET: EP challenges Van Rompuy and roundly criticises EU27
(AE) LOBBIES: Transparency Register makes “promising start”
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) FRAUD: Companies guilty of misleading businesses will be hunted down
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Angry dairy farmers demonstrate in Brussels
(AE) AGRICULTURE: €40 million for outermost region banana producers
(AE) AUDIOVISUAL: Council wants to strengthen internet security for children
(AE) SPORT: Council supports a European week of sport
(AE) SPORT: Council adopts three sets of conclusions
(AE) YOUTH: Council says mobility and immigration a benefit not a handicap
(AE) YOUTH: Updated framework adopted for youth cooperation
(AE) TRANSPORT: MEPs debate pollution from transport
(AE) TRANSPORT: EP committee adopts two maritime transport reports
(AE) REGIONS: Barroso to address CoR plenary session
(AE) JHA: Moscow puts pressure back on EU over visas
(AE) SOCIAL: Are people with disabilities austerity's first victims?
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) FYROM: For Skopje the opening of negotiations is a necessity
(AE) SERBIA/CROATIA: Stefan Fule's call for calm
(AE) CROATIA: Progress remains to be made before 1 July 2013
(AE) ENLARGEMENT: Füle in favour of candidate status for Albania
(AE) SYRIA:
(AE) CENTRAL ASIA: More targeted cooperation in view
(AE) COLOMBIA/PERU: Ratification of free-trade agreement closer
(AE) MEDITERRANEAN: Promoting and diversifying tourism
(AE) TUNISIA: Familiarising European SMEs with international cooperation
(AE) TRADE: