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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10764
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / (ae) dalli affair

MEPs want the truth

Strasbourg, 15/01/2013 (Agence Europe) - The group presidents at the European Parliament have followed Joseph Daul (EPP, France) in calling for the “truth to be established” in the Dalli affair. In the opinion of the leader of the S&D Group, Hannes Swoboda (Austria), Parliament should set up a special committee to assess the influence of the tobacco industry - how it acts and weighs on the activity of the European Commission and European officials. Swoboda is echoing José Bové...

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EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) MALI: Extraordinary Foreign Affairs Council to be held Thursday
(AE) CANADA: Free trade - difficult talks on agriculture
(AE) ICELAND: Pace of negotiations slows before elections
(AE) NEIGHBOURHOOD: Package to be adopted on 20 March
(AE) CROATIA:
(AE) SYRIA: ALDE leader calls for EU to take action
(AE) AFRICA: EU can do better on efficiency of aid for road sustainability
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
(AE) FUTURE OF EUROPE: Austrian leader wants debt redemption fund
(AE) UNITED KINGDOM: Swoboda and Verhofstadt criticise British attitude
(AE) CYPRIOT PRESIDENCY: Criticism of country's economic policy
(AE) RATING: An end to talks on rating agencies
(AE) SOCIAL AFFAIRS: EP calls for regulations on company restructuring
(AE) RESEARCH: Horizon 2020 and impact of dwindling budget
(AE) COHESION: Territoriality - MEPs call for more details
(AE) COHESION: Urbanism - suburbs and energy in buildings are key issues for EP
(AE) DALLI AFFAIR: MEPs want the truth
(AE) DEVELOPMENT: EU must fight efficiently against biopiracy
ECONOMY - FINANCES
(AE) CYPRUS: Christofias wants direct bank bailout
(AE) TAXATION: Commission takes gently gently approach to tackling tax evasion
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: Data protection, insolvency and Greece at informal Council
(AE) JHA:
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Consultation on organic agriculture
(AE) WOMEN: National parliaments give go-ahead to quotas on company boards
(AE) DIGITAL: eCall - six new members join HeERO
(AE) ENERGY: EIB loan for wind power project in Baltic Sea
(AE) ENERGY: EU/Swiss agreement on electricity - Berne must shift
(AE) EESC/EUROPEAN COUNCIL:
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) ECJ: Urban planning decisions on projects with environmental impact must be accessible
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) MONACO: Possible association agreement with EU explored
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION
(AE) EDUCATION/YOUTH/CULTURE/AUDIOVISUAL: Presidency priorities
(AE) SOCIAL: One in four Europeans risks social exclusion