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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11477

28 January 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 26
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) development
MEPs ask Commission for more attention and transparency on cooperation funding

Brussels, 27/01/2016 (Agence Europe) - At a European Parliament debate in Brussels on Monday 25 January on the programming of development aid, many MEPs from the Parliament's development committee - chaired by Linda McAvan (S&D, UK) - expressed concern.

The reason for their concern is what they consider to be the European Commission's poor listening and its lack of transparency as regards the programming of European Development Fund (EDF) resources; the multiplication of trust funds which...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) INTERNAL MARKET: Independence of vehicle approval authorities - remuneration system to be agreed in 2016
(AE) JHA: Commission confirms Greek Schengen failings and could trigger Article 26
(AE) JHA: Bulgarian and Romanian judicial systems and fight against corruption still to be closely monitored
(AE) JHA: Migrants - Visegrad countries call counter-summit
(AE) COMPETITIVENESS: Digitisation of economy to dominate informal Council
(AE) ENERGY: Commission wants to tackle energy poverty
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: EFSA highlights assessing cumulated pesticide health risks breakthrough
ECONOMY - FINANCE
(AE) FINANCE: Brian Hayes wants final agreement on pension fund directive by June
(AE) STATE AID: Agreement on unusal Italian bank deleveraging scheme
(AE) COMPETITION: Car industry cartel fined €137 million
(AE) ECONOMY: Eleven countries' public debt at medium-term risk level
(AE) CYPRUS: IMF agrees to release aid instalment for Cyprus
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - SPORT
(AE) SOCIAL: Commission outlines its European social rights pillar
(AE) SOCIAL: Parliament sceptical about European unemployment insurance scheme
(AE) SPORT: MEPs say FIFA election not looking good
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) UKRAINE: OSCE says time is short for organising elections by June
(AE) LIBYA: EU could take out sanctions against three Libyan leaders
(AE) USA: AmCham-supported study highlights benefits of TTIP for every EU member state
(AE) DEVELOPMENT: MEPs ask Commission for more attention and transparency on cooperation funding
(AE) ACP/EU: Assessment of post-Cotonou consultation results to begin
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
(AE) HUMAN RIGHTS: Thorbjorn Jagland says European Human Rights Convention is in danger
NEWS BRIEFS
(AE) COUNCIL OF EUROPE:
(AE) GMO:
(AE) HOLOCAUST:
(AE) MIDDLE EAST:
(AE) UNITED KINGDOM: