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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10794
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EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) turkey

Angela Merkel calls for new chapter to be opened

Brussels, 26/02/2013 (Agence Europe) - A few days after France's announcement unblocking Chapter 22 of the accession negotiations with Turkey (EUROPE 10785), the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, said on 25 February that she is in favour of opening the chapter. “I have said today that we should open a new chapter in the negotiations”, Merkel told a press conference in Ankara, stressing that she “fully support the negotiations being carried out openly”, even though she is “sceptical...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Are we moving towards a two-speed Europe? Further accessions and association agreements - testing changes - Turkey: we are at the turning point
ECONOMY - FINANCE
(AE) ITALY: Stable government is needed as soon as possible
(AE) LATVIA: Riga shows how to get out of crisis
(AE) GREECE: Provopoulos says work must continue but be shared out
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) FISHERIES: End of discards at sea causes waves of unrest
(AE) FISHERIES: Council adopt measures to protect young fish
(AE) AGRICULTURE: €414 million in irregular expenditure to be recovered
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Council mostly agrees over transparency of aid
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Borg to speed up work on meat labelling
(AE) CLIMATE: ETS - Conditional yes to temporary exemption for third-country flights
(AE) GMO: 3-month tests on rats - animal welfare defenders up in arms
(AE) DIGITAL: Fresh €50 million to develop 5G technology
(AE) TOURISM: New instrument for encouraging sustainable tourism
(AE) REGIONS: Commission refutes Court of Auditors' criticism on Aquila
(AE) TRANSPORT: Interlining service under review
(AE) TRANSPORT: European railway prizes 2013
(AE) JHA: Co-funding of “migration/asylum” projects validated by EU27
(AE) RESEARCH: EIB loan for automobile sector
EDUCATION - SOCIAL AFFAIRS
(AE) SOCIAL: Prospect of agreement in Council on “Youth Guarantee”
(AE) SOCIAL: Social Investment Package is fine but there is still much to be done
(AE) HEALTH: Commission hopes to amend five directives on chemicals
(AE) MEDIA: Better protection from misleading advertising for minors
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) JHA: Court gives clarification on European arrest warrant and extradition
(AE) TRANSPORT: Connecting flights delayed
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) UKRAINE: EP calls on Kiev to take concrete measures
(AE) ALBANIA: Elections must not slow reforms (Füle)
(AE) TURKEY: Angela Merkel calls for new chapter to be opened
(AE) ALGERIA: Memorandum of Understanding to be signed
(AE) SYRIA: Coalition will ultimately attend meeting of Friends of Syria
(AE) INDIA: Services are key component of Free-trade agreement
(AE) TRADE: WTO/Doha - pressure is kept up for partial agreement in Bali