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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10969
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EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) human rights

EP challenges FIFA over migrant workers in Qatar

Brussels, 22/11/2013 (Agence Europe) - The European Parliament (EP) has linked improvement to the working conditions of migrants in Qatar to the organisation of the football World Cup in 2022 to be held in that country. In a resolution adopted on Thursday 21 November, MEPs urged the international football federation (FIFA) to send a “clear and strong message to Qatar to prevent the preparations for the 2022 football World Cup being overshadowed by allegations of forced labour”. As the...

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EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) UKRAINE: EU slams Russian pressure on Ukraine
(AE) CYPRUS: EU is our family so we expect it to do much more
(AE) TURKEY: €236 million to support reform efforts
(AE) KYRGYZSTAN: Strengthening cooperation
(AE) NAGORNO-KARABAKH: EU welcomes agreement to make progrees in negotiations
(AE) IRAN:
(AE) HUMAN RIGHTS: EP challenges FIFA over migrant workers in Qatar
(AE) DEFENCE: EP contribution to European Council in December
(AE) TRADE: WTO/Doha - agriculture threatens partial agreement in Bali
(AE) ANTI-DUMPING: Definitive duties against biodiesel from Argentina and Indonesia
(AE) CHINA: Consultations started on investigation into European wine
(AE) INDIA: Cooperation agreement on competition
(AE) ACP/EU: Joint Assembly focus on African Great Lakes and tension in Mayotte
(AE) MEDITERRANEAN: Promoting more operational regional integration
(AE) MEDITERRANEAN: General assembly of energy regulators
(AE) ALGERIA: Discussion focuses on hydrocarbons
(AE) BANGLADESH: EIB loan in favour of climate change mitigation
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) EUROGROUP: Moscovici says focus must be on growth
(AE) IRELAND: Noonan says ECB could still intervene in eurozone crisis
(AE) GREECE: Merkel spouts praises and maintains pressure
(AE) ECONOMY: Dijsselbloem “doesn't believe for one moment” in reform contracts
(AE) TAXATION: Commission unveils revised parent-subsidiary directive
(AE) ANTITRUST: Formal investigation into container shipping companies
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) CLIMATE: Warsaw moves towards disordered collective failure
(AE) CLIMATE: Hedegaard hails adoption of research framework programme
(AE) AGRICULTURE: France says goodbye to poultry export refunds
(AE) AGRICULTURE: 2014 is year of family farms
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Agriculture to absorb 38% of EU budget for 2014-2020
(AE) JHA: Increasing concern about cybercrime but no behaviour change
(AE) TRANSPORT: Committee rail package vote postponed till December
(AE) INTERNAL MARKET: Warnings to Cyprus (post) and Greece (public procurement)
(AE) SPACE: First Copernicus satellite ready to observe the earth
(AE) SPACE:
(AE) WOMEN/CORRIGENDUM:
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION
(AE) SOCIAL AFFAIRS: ESRC criticises implementation of Laval ruling
(AE) EDUCATION: Three higher education institutions win Erasmus Prize
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