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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11548

11 May 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 31
INSTITUTIONAL / (ae) european parties
MELD and FELD to pay back more than €400,000 in grants

Brussels, 10/05/2016 (Agence Europe) - According to a press release dated Monday 9 May, the bureau of the European Parliament has decided to ask the European political party MELD and its foundation FELD to pay back more than €400,000 in EU grants awarded to them for the year 2015.

According to an external auditor and the financial administration of the EP, the Movement for a Europe of Liberties and Democracy (MELD) and its foundation, FELD, misused European funding to help the Danish...

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
(AE) CHINA: MEPs urge Council to budge on trade defence
(AE) ENERGY: Strong opposition at European Parliament to planned North Stream-2 gas pipeline
(AE) GREECE: Change in mood at European Parliament over bailout plan for Athens
(AE) FISHERIES: Parliament approves new EU-Mauritania agreement
(AE) FISHERIES: Parliament approves first EU-Liberia agreement
(AE) COHESION: MEPs call for agenda for mountainous regions
(AE) COHESION: Parliament wants to strengthen bottom-up approach of new cohesion tools
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: No European Parliament vote on Turkish visa waiver if not all criteria are met
(AE) DIGITAL: Commission vectoring investigation in Germany
(AE) TRANSPORT: Bulc wants robust rail security system
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Rupprechter says rural development policy tempers impact of agricultural crisis
(AE) FOOD: CoR argues for food waste reduction targets
(AE) BUSINESS: Greek SMEs to receive €150 million from EIF
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
(AE) SOCIAL: Commission must reassess its position on the posting of workers
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) TURKEY: Indefinite postponement of high level dialogue meeting
(AE) SYRIA: International support group for Syria to meet next week
(AE) DEVELOPMENT: Ministers' meeting to focus on SDG, private sector and development, and migration and development
(AE) HUMANITARIAN AID: Council to call on Istanbul summit to recommit for humanitarian law and shared responsibility
ECONOMY - FINANCE
(AE) TAXATION: Agreement on outlines of mandate for Panama Papers committee of investigation
(AE) ECB: Production of €500 notes to end in 2018
COURT OF JUSTICE OF EU
(AE) REGIONS: Court says cohesion policy must respect internal administrative borders
(AE) STATE AID: General Court confirms decision on renewable energies
(AE) CFSP: Court says EU should not have sanctioned Belarus journalist
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
(AE) JHA: ECRI calls for 'firewall' to protect rights of illegal migrants
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) EUROPEAN PARTIES: MELD and FELD to pay back more than €400,000 in grants
NEWS BRIEFS
(AE) AGRICULTURE:
(AE) ALGERIA:
(AE) SPACE:
(AE) USA:
(AE) JHA:
(AE) LIBYA: