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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11026

26 February 2014
Contents Publication in full By article 30 / 33
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) mercosur
Free-trade ambitions to be tested in March

Brussels, 25/02/2014 (Agence Europe) - Argentina seems to be a stumbling block at the moment, preventing the signing of free-trade deals between the EU and South America.

Initially scheduled for the autumn of 2013, but then postponed until the start of this year, the exchange of negotiating offers on a free market in farm and industrial products between the EU and Mercosur countries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela) will not now take place in March as hoped, but the...

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
(AE) COMPETITION:
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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