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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10748

11 December 2012
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 35
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) enlargement
No significant progress expected at Council

Brussels, 10/12/2012 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 11 December, the EU foreign affairs ministers are due to discuss the EU's enlargement policy, and little tangible progress is expected. In the view of one European diplomat, the ministers are again due to agree on the issue of the Former Republic of Macedonia (FYROM), Serbia and Kosovo. FYROM is not due to obtain the opening of negotiations because, in spite of the European Commission's proposal to settle the issue of the name in parallel...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Repercussions in Europe of Mario Monti's resignation in Italy - a difficult situation which the EU must urgently clarify
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) NOBEL: Barroso committed to defence of euro, symbol of European unity
(AE) ROMANIA: Victor Ponta's coalition wins election
(AE) PARLIAMENT:
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) GREECE: Greece extends bond buy-back
(AE) CYPRUS: PIMCO report talks of €9.3 billion bailout for Cypriot banks
(AE) COMPETITION:
(AE) BANKING: Bank supervision details firm up
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) INTERNAL MARKET: EU patent on the way
(AE) COMPETITIVENESS: State aid rules under discussion
(AE) INDUSTRY: Member states want to save car industry
(AE) PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: Agreement on revision of directives & concessions
(AE) CLIMATE: Doha will not save planet, but it has saved face, says EU
(AE) HEALTH: General approach of Council on breakfast directives
(AE) TELECOMS: Citizens' initiative to unify call tariffs
(AE) TRANSPORT: What about the nine functional airspace blocks?
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) SYRIA: Commission increases humanitarian aid by €30 million
(AE) MIDDLE EAST: Colonies - EU voices consternation but not condemnation
(AE) UKRAINE: Progress expected before signing of association agreement
(AE) EGYPT: Europeans call for dialogue and moderation
(AE) ENLARGEMENT: No significant progress expected at Council
(AE) MALI: EU prepares to train Malian army
(AE) GHANA: Ashton congratulates Accra for holding truly free elections
(AE) NORTH KOREA:
(AE) MEDITERRANEAN: Additional European funding of €105 million
(AE) TUNISIA: “Open Sky” agreement in 2016
(AE) ALGERIA: Support for fisheries and aquaculture
(AE) TRADE: Antidumping, action against Chinese telecoms under discussion
(AE) TRADE: EU and Russia thrash out their differences at WTO
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
(AE) SOCIAL: Commission launches European skills panorama
(AE) CJEU: Court interprets directive 2000/78/EC on older workers
BUSINESS NEWS NO 43
(AE) Private investment:
(AE) High-tech:
(AE) Corruption:
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 983