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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10981

11 December 2013
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 36
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) regions

10/120/2013 (Agence Europe) - New CEMR president. Annemarie Jorritsma-Lebbink is the new president of the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR). Jorritsma-Lebbink is also Mayor of Almere (Netherlands) and president of the national Association of Netherlands Municipalities (VNG). The former minister for economic affairs (1998-2002) was elected on 2 December and is the first woman to head the organisation. She takes over from Wolfgang Schuster, the former mayor of Stuttgart...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) BANKING: Ministers warn of return of bailouts
(AE) FINANCE: Final agreement in sight on insider dealing
(AE) ECONOMY: Deadlock over financial aid for non-euro countries
(AE) COMPETITION: J&J and Novartis fined over fentanyl painkiller
(AE) ECOFIN: No progress on savings tax - agreement at summit?
(AE) IRELAND: Surveillance of Ireland to continue
(AE) CYPRUS: Eurogroup wields carrot and stick
(AE) GREECE: Greece will get its cash as long as it does what it has promised
(AE) EUROZONE:
(AE) EUROZONE:
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
(AE) ETS: Parliament ratifies temporary backloading of 900 million allowances
(AE) WOMEN: Right determines abortion is exclusive national matter
(AE) BANKING: European banking authority on board for mortgages
(AE) FISHERIES: EP endorses compromise on deep-water fishing
(AE) FISHERIES: Parliament approves new EU-Morocco fisheries agreement
(AE) FISHERIES: EP approves new EU-Côte d'Ivoire agreement
(AE) FISHERIES: Parliament endorses reform of Common Fisheries Policy
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: Frontex operations at sea more respectful of migrants
(AE) JHA: Viviane Reding will not be going to Sochi
(AE) JHA: Abolishing Safe Harbour is not a good idea in Viviane Reding's view
(AE) FOOD: EFSA repeats that acceptable daily intake of aspartame is safe
(AE) HEALTH: Council split on medical device control procedures and re-using single use devices
(AE) HEALTH: Council conclusions for modern health systems
(AE) WOMEN: Commission to get tough on persistent wage gap
(AE) REGIONS:
(AE) ENERGY: Political agreement on biofuels expected at Council
(AE) ENERGY: Trouble ahead on South Stream
(AE) ENERGY:
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) UKRAINE: Ukrainian political delegation to come to Brussels
(AE) UKRAINE: MEPs call for greater support for demonstrators
(AE) CENTRAL AMERICA: Barroso to participate in SICA summit
(AE) COLOMBIA: First visit of a Commission president to Bogota
(AE) RUSSIA: Cohn-Bendit calls for Olympic Games boycott
(AE) AZERBAIJAN: Rapprochement continues between EU and Azerbaijan
(AE) MALI: EU assures Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta of continuing support
(AE) TURKEY: