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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11514

18 March 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 34
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) ukraine
Commission to make proposal in April on visa liberalisaton

Brussels, 17/03/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday 17 March, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker announced that the European Commission will present its proposal for liberalising Ukrainian visas in April.

“In recent days and times, Ukraine has undertaken enormous reforms mainly regarding the adoption of legislation on the e-statement and the appointment of members of the Anti-Corruption Agency (…) These measures will enable the Commission to make a proposal for...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
(AE) JHA: EU28 ready to negotiate migration agreement with Turkey
(AE) CLIMATE: European Council wants climate-energy legislation completed rapidly
(AE) TAXATION: EU28 want increased flexibility on reduced rates of VAT
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Commission asked to act quickly on agricultural crisis
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: Refugee crisis, Parliament and Council of Europe stress respect for legality
(AE) JHA: Parliament's civil liberties committee wants refugees to be given humanitarian visas
(AE) INDUSTRY: European Council wants strong action on global steel overproduction
(AE) INDUSTRY: ACEA's strong influence on RDE tests thanks to official's information
(AE) TRANSPORT: Commission recommendations on flying over conflict zones
(AE) AGRICULTURE: EP agriculture committee president wants fresh money to tackle crisis
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Momagri regrets Hogan's “short-lived” measures
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
(AE) JHA: Any member state can send asylum-seekers to safe third countries
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) UKRAINE: Commission to make proposal in April on visa liberalisaton
(AE) JORDAN: Mogherini says EU wants to strengthen and broaden partnership with Jordan
(AE) NIGERIA: EU and Nigeria step up their partnership and dialogue
(AE) MIGRATION: 20 humanitarian NGOs call on EU28 not to use migrants as bargaining chips with Turkey
(AE) TRADE: Increased commitment at OECD against international bribery
(AE) CHINA: Aegis advocates respect of five criteria for market economy status
ECONOMY - FINANCE
(AE) TAXATION: Anti-tax evasion directive - two provisions applicable only when there is no better alternative
(AE) COMPETITION: Commission questions need for block exemptions in insurance sector
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) BUDGET: Increasing number of 'off-budget' funds irritates European Parliament
(AE) BUDGET: Emergency aid in EU - Council approves first disbursement
(AE) MIGRATION: Budgetary waste and unclear EU objectives - lessons for current crisis
EDUCATION
(AE) EDUCATION: Education and culture are crucial to hosting refugees, says Parliament
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
(AE) SOCIAL: Tusk says it is legitimate, but dangerous, to see refugees as better off than some Europeans
(AE) SOCIAL: Social partners stress integration of migrants
(AE) SOCIAL: Social partners can benefit from the digital revolution
(AE) SOCIAL: EU and France sign very first social financing agreement
NEWS BRIEFS
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