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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11595
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EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) asem

EU calls for increased interconnectivity between Asia and Europe

Brussels, 15/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - On the first day of the Asia Europe Meeting (ASEM) in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on Friday 15 July, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker called for connections between Asia and Europe to be strengthened, and said he wanted the creation of a common framework for research.

“Europe needed Marco Polo's travel tales to learn how rich and sophisticated the Mongolian civilisation was. This legendary character illustrates well what we sometimes owe...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: Unanimous condemnation after latest terrorist attack in France
(AE) AGRICULTURE: Talk of €500 million package to address crisis
(AE) CLIMATE: NGOs fear that least deserving states will receive effort sharing “reward”
(AE) ENERGY: Nine key infrastructure projects share €263 million
(AE) HEALTHCARE: New European Parliament report on access to medicines
(AE) REGIONS: European Parliament disquiet at possible use of macro-conditionality in Spain and Portugal sanctions
(AE) COHESION: Slovak Presidency not keen on radical overhaul of cohesion policy
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) UNITED STATES: TTIP negotiations - market access still a major obstacle
(AE) ASIA: EU reaffirms desire for peaceful resolution of territorial disputes in South China Sea
(AE) JAPAN: Donald Tusk assures no Brexit impact on free trade negotiations
(AE) ASEM: EU calls for increased interconnectivity between Asia and Europe
(AE) HUMANITARIAN AID: EU mobilises €58.2 million for Boko Haram victims in Africa
(AE) FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Latin America, global strategy, China and United States on ministers' agenda on Monday 18 July
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
(AE) SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Ministers focus on Brexit and posting of workers
ECONOMY - FINANCE
(AE) AUDIT: Equivalence between American and EU rules extended until 2022
(AE) AUDITING: Inaugural meeting of CEAOB auditing committee
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) TRANSPARENCY: Ombudsman calls for publication of documents on trilogues
NEWS BRIEFS
(AE) CAMBODIA:
(AE) INDUSTRY:
CORRIGENDUM
(AE) ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE:
CALENDAR
: (AE) Main activities of the European institutions from 18/07 to 24/07
: (AE) Other events in week from 18/07 to 24/07
SUPPLEMENT
“EUROPE/Documents” No. 1596: Slovak Presidency of the Council to work for positive results to restore the citizens' confidence in the European project (Dossier by Camille-Cerise Gessant)