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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11333

12 June 2015
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 31
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) transport
No headway by ministers on 4th railway package

Luxembourg, 11/06/2015 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 11 June, Transport Ministers left the Council meeting without having made any distinct progress on the 4th railway package.

The Commissioner for Transport, Violeta Bulc said: “It is regrettable that it was not possible to find consensus on the adoption of a general approach today. It is difficult to find a balance between establishing the rules that take into account a large number of different structures”.

The main disagreement...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) LATIN AMERICA: Acting together to address global challenges
(AE) MERCOSUR: Exchange of market access offers expected by end of 2015
(AE) FYROM: Negotiations fail for agreement between parties
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
(AE) SPORT: EU tackles FIFA and demands structural reform
(AE) BLACK SEA: Parliament sees Black Sea region as priority
(AE) SYRIA: Parliament calls for international action for Palmyra
(AE) BURUNDI: EP lambasts Arusha accords' gravedigger and wants EU to be firm
(AE) NEPAL: Parliament calls for more humanitarian aid
(AE) PARAGUAY: Ban on abortion after rape or incest is torture, says Parliament
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) TRANSPORT: Council reaches political agreement on inland riverways
(AE) TRANSPORT: No headway by ministers on 4th railway package
(AE) REGIONS: Ministers give green light to EU urban agenda
(AE) DIGITAL: Broad support for coordinated spectrum radio policy
(AE) DIGITAL: First Eastern Partnership meeting on digital
(AE) AUDIOVISUAL: Greek ERT channel broadcasting after two-year shutdown
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Inter-institutional negotiations continue on energy plant emissions
(AE) FOOD SAFETY: EFSA renews membership of a number of scientists
(AE) FISHERIES: Bluefin tuna fishing season already over
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) GREECE: Disagreements in Brussels, IMF pessimistic
(AE) TAXATION: Juncker and Moscovici to attend Parliament's TAXE committee on 2 July
(AE) BANKING: EBA's view of bank contributions to SRF resolution fund
(AE) EUROGROUP: Alexander Stubb will not stand to become head of Eurogroup
(AE) COMPETITION: Investigation into Amazon's e-book distribution
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) FINANCE: Holders of Greek bonds may take Greece to court under civil or commercial law, but their case does not seem grounded
(AE) SOCIAL AFFAIRS: No social tariffs for mobile phones and mobile internet
(AE) JHA: Court sets out criteria allowing immediate expulsion of an illegal foreigner
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
(AE) UKRAINE: Kiev requests exemption to certain provisions in European Convention on Human Rights
NEWS BRIEFS
(AE) AGRICULTURE:
(AE) BURKINA FASO:
(AE) EGYPT:
(AE) FISHERIES: