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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11046

26 March 2014
Contents Publication in full By article 18 / 40
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - SPORT - CULTURE / (ae) social
Europe at halfway point of a lost decade

Brussels, 25/03/2014 (Agence Europe) - “Few surprises” - the latest social and employment indicators remain in the red, as they have been for several years. This is the bitter observation made at the beginning of the latest edition of Benchmarking Working Europe, published jointly by the European Trade Union Institute (ETUI) and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) on Monday 24 March.

As in previous editions, ETUI and the ETUC, in their new annual report, decode in detail the...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) CONSUMERS: China still top of dangerous product list
(AE) CLIMATE: EU urged to respect report being finalised by IPCC experts
(AE) FOOD: Council divided over origin labelling for meats
(AE) FOOD: Slovenian initiative to promote honey in schools
(AE) AGRICULTURE: European rice sector struggling
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Commission wants to develop organic without weakening it
(AE) FISHERIES: TAC for sandeel reduced by 21% for 2014
(AE) DIGITAL: eHealth is getting better, but needs to be rolled out
(AE) DIGITAL: “Get Online Week” - digital skills are indispensable
(AE) INDUSTRY:
(AE) COHESION: Half of all partnership contracts still to be submitted
(AE) TRANSPORT: Council approves anti-noise contamination measures at airports
(AE) TRANSPORT: Exemplary urban transport in Rivas Vaciamadrid and Ljubljana
(AE) TRANSPORT:
(AE) SPACE:
(AE) JHA: Greens already highly critical of results of EU-United States summit
(AE) JHA/DATA: Facebook, Google and Twitter sued in France
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - SPORT - CULTURE
(AE) SOCIAL: Europe at halfway point of a lost decade
(AE) SPORT: Europeans are too sedentary says Eurobarometer
(AE) CULTURE: Council adopts decision on Capitals of Culture
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) ECB: Jens Weidmann refuses to rule out European quantitative easing
(AE) ECONOMY: Prague begins preparing to sign Budget Pact
(AE) FINANCE: Finance Watch worries about lowest common denominator approach in TTIP
(AE) ANTITRUST:
(AE) TAXATION: Europe's banks concerned about revised savings tax directive
(AE) STATE AID: Luxembourg to examine Commission's demands
(AE) MERGERS: Acquisition of FEIH given go-ahead
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) RUSSIA: G7 threatens further sanctions
(AE) SERBIA/KOSOVO:
(AE) EGYPT: EU shocked by death penalty for 529 Muslim Brotherhood supporters
(AE) CHINA: EESC wants appointment of special EU representative for Tibet
(AE) CHINA: Second round of negotiations for investment agreement
(AE) NEW ZEALAND: Free-trade negotiations being considered
(AE) CANADA: Political green light for strategic partnership agreement
(AE) MOROCCO: Parliamentary dialogue with EU in symbolic location
(AE) ALGERIA: Two European experts to observe 17 April elections
(AE) MEDITERRANEAN: Clarification regarding Gaza desalination project
(AE) SOUTHERN NEIGHBOURHOOD: Human rights activists sound the alarm
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) EP 2014: EPP in lead according to new poll
(AE) AUSTRIA: