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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10869

19 June 2013
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) jha
In 2012, asylum mostly granted to Syrians

Brussels, 18/06/2013 (Agence Europe) - EU member states granted protection to 102,700 asylum seekers in 2012, compared with 84,300 in 2011, Eurostat revealed on Tuesday 18 June. In 2012, the highest number of persons granted protection status was registered in Germany (22,200), followed by Sweden (15,300), the United Kingdom (14,600) and France (14,300). All together, these four member states accounted for nearly two thirds of all those granted protection status in the EU27. The largest...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Foreign and defence policy - right back to the drawing board for the EU
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) BUDGET: Crucial talks on 2014-2010 Financial Framework
(AE) HUNGARY: Venice commission slams Constitution
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) G8: Leaders call for a crack-down on tax evasion
(AE) TAXATION: Podimata Report on the new FTT
(AE) GREECE: Athens resumes talks with the troika
(AE) CYPRUS: Cyprus responds to troika's overview of money-laundering audit
(AE) FINANCE: MiFID II agreement in principle confirmed at Council
(AE) BANKING: Council draws up a “resolution triangle”
(AE) RATING: Rating agencies brought into line from 20 June
(AE) COMPETITION:
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) ETS: Possible compromise on “backloading” at ENVI committee on Wednesday
(AE) RESOURCE EFFICIENCY: EU's course takes shape
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Another step towards less polluting batteries
(AE) AGRICULTURE: European Parliament regrets lack of progress on CAP reform
(AE) AGRICULTURE: France and Italy demand transparency for wine and China
(AE) FISHERIES: Brittany and Galicia regions defend deep sea fishing
(AE) FISHERIES: Coreper agreement on first two reform texts
(AE) HEALTH: Council focus is on “tobacco directive”
(AE) JHA: Reding criticises Prism, urging Europeans to protect themselves
(AE) JHA: In 2012, asylum mostly granted to Syrians
(AE) TRANSPORT: EP transport committee looks at clean fuels
(AE) TRANSPORT: Tran Committee closes “tachograph” chapter
(AE) TRANSPORT: Kallas not mincing words with industry over rail package
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) TRADE: G8 is the pragmatic eulogist of free trade
(AE) TRADE: Talks on Friday about Chinese solar panels
(AE) TRADE: Ever more protectionist measures within G20
(AE) EGYPT: Court of Auditors says EU's support well-intentioned but ineffective
(AE) SERBIA/KOSOVO: New Dacic and Thaçi meeting on Thursday 20 June
(AE) ALBANIA: EU puts pressure on Tirana before elections on 23 June
(AE) PALESTINE:
MEDIA - EDUCATION
(AE) AUDIOVISUAL: Greece reopens ERT pending a new proposal
(AE) EDUCATION: Teachers must be well-trained, experts say