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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11182

23 October 2014
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / (ae) human rights
Denis Mukwege from Congo wins 2014 Sakharov prize

Brussels, 22/10/2014 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 21 October, the Congolese doctor, Denis Mukwege, became the EP's laureate for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought 2014.

President Schulz announced that “the Conference of Presidents decided unanimously to award Dr Denis Mukwege from Democratic Republic of Congo the Sakharov Prize for his fight for protection especially of women”. The 59-year-old gynaecologist founded the Panzi Hospital in Bukavu in 1998, when a war took place in...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
(AE) CLIMATE/ENERGY: Delicate 2030 framework talks close to final agreement
(AE) ENERGY SECURITY: EU28 to work on their common action programme
(AE) ECONOMY: Latest in long line of summits devoted to healing economy
(AE) EBOLA: EU coordinated response to epidemic under debate
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
(AE) COMMISSION: Parliament backs Juncker team
(AE) BUDGET: Budget 2015 talks go to conciliation
(AE) SYRIA: MEPs call on Turkey and EU to do more to help Kobane
(AE) HUMAN RIGHTS: Denis Mukwege from Congo wins 2014 Sakharov prize
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) TAXATION: Agreement on FTT before end of 2014 - question of credibility (Semeta)
(AE) ECONOMY: Eurostat's new methodology has slight impact on deficits
(AE) ANTITRUST: Commission sends statement of objections to Honeywell and DuPont
(AE) ANTITRUST: Commission studies AF/KLM, Alitalia and Delta commitments
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) USA: Juncker opposed to supranational arbitration on ISDS in TTIP
(AE) RUSSIA/UKRAINE: Provisional gas agreement hits financial hurdle
(AE) SERBIA/KOSOVO: Ashton continues with Iran but not with Belgrade/Pristina
(AE) CYPRUS: Füle calls for de-escalation
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Milk sector targeted measures awaited
(AE) JHA: Ombudsman opens investigation into joint return operations
(AE) JHA: MEPs select Buttarelli as next EDPS
(AE) TRANSPORT: Appeal not to break up 4th railway package
(AE) TRANSPORT: It's a shame how we deal with our sky in EU, says Lufthansa's CEO
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) SOCIAL: French taxes on income of foreign residents illegal
(AE) CONSUMERS: Potentially defective medical products manufacturers liable