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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11026

26 February 2014
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 33
INSTITUTIONAL / (ae) european parliament 2014
Greens/EFA want Schulz to resign

Brussels, 25/02/2014 (Agence Europe) - Speaking through Daniel Cohn-Bendit (Greens/EFA, France) at his last plenary in Strasbourg, the European Parliament's Greens/EFA Group urged European Parliament President Martin Schulz to resign should he be officially nominated, in Rome on Saturday 1 March, as the PES candidate to succeed European Commission President José Manuel Barroso - which is already the case. “We will ask Schulz to step down from the presidency of the European Parliament”,...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: For their future, young Europeans must be helped to understand the real significance of the election of the new European Parliament
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
(AE) TRANSPORT: EP at sixes and sevens ahead of rail governance vote
(AE) CLIMATE: CO2 from cars - EP enshrines agreement on 95g/km by end 2020
(AE) JHA: EP supports broader seizure of profits of crime
(AE) HUMANITARIAN AID: European voluntary corps 2014-2020 soon to be launched
(AE) WOMEN: Action plan and European Year to fight violence
(AE) ECONOMY: Left-Right split on European semester 2014 policies
(AE) HEALTH: EP plenary vote on tobacco directive on 26 February
(AE) SOCIAL AFFAIRS: EP endorses €3.5 billion fund for the deprived in Europe
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) BUDGET: Launch of high-level own resources group
(AE) EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT 2014: Greens/EFA want Schulz to resign
(AE) ESTONIA: Possible shortened mandate for Kallas as prime minister resigns
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: Edward Snowden's testimony raises tricky questions for EP
(AE) JHA: Debate on fundamental rights and post-Stockholm situation
(AE) JHA: Clarifications sought about European Prosecutor
(AE) ETS: Council gives green light on short-term reform
(AE) TRANSPORT: Signature of EU-Brazil aviation agreement delayed again
(AE) TRANSPORT:
(AE) DIGITAL: EP postpones vote on “connected continent” package
(AE) DIGITAL: Agreement on rolling out broadband infrastructure
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
(AE) SOCIAL: Job vacancies rare in EU, particularly in South
(AE) SOCIAL: Commission and Council of Europe formalise ROMACT
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) ECONOMY: Engine of growth slowly revs up
(AE) EUROZONE: EP wants troika brought into line before it goes
(AE) COMPETITION: Ahlstrom and Munksjö supply misleading information
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EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) UKRAINE: EU stresses unity and independence of Ukraine
(AE) HAITI: EU continues its support as parliamentary elections approach
(AE) MERCOSUR: Free-trade ambitions to be tested in March
(AE) BRAZIL: Green light to Lisbon-Fortaleza undersea fibre optic cable
(AE) MEDITERRANEAN: Increased role for regions
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Right to hearing may be invoked at national level