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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11621
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Lebanon

UNRWA director calls on EU to use its influence

Director of UNRWA (United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East) affairs in Lebanon Matthias Schmale called on the European Union on Friday 9 September to offer financial support and also to bring its influence to bear. He urged, too, that Palestinian refugees should not be forgotten.

Some 65% of the 270,000 Palestinian refugees who use UNRWA services live below the poverty line. Half of these refugees live in overcrowded camps, described by Schmale as...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: Food chain and crisis management tools are next CAP priorities
CLIMATE: Call for all countries to join in ICAO GMBM from start
INDUSTRY: Bienkowska and Vella totally unaware of existence of fraudulent software in Volkswagen scandal
HUMANITARIAN AID: EURO ECHO to provide €115 million emergency aid for refugees in Greece
ENERGY: €9.2 million ERDF contribution for gas interconnection between Germany and Poland
REGIONS: Local and regional authorities discuss situation of remote regions
INSTITUTIONAL
COMMISSION: Ethical committee to take position on Barroso's 'revolving door' job with Goldman Sachs
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: Doubts as to whether 'Priips' will enter into force in early 2017
STATE AID: Apple monopolises debate on tax certainty
ECONOMY: Jyrki Katainen does not expect structural funds to be frozen for Spain and Portugal
TAXATION: Moscovici wants progress on FTT by end of year
EMU: There is no appetite for work on eurozone budgetary capacity
EXTERNAL ACTION
SYRIA: EU calls on all sides to implement US-Russia agreed ceasefire
LEBANON: UNRWA director calls on EU to use its influence
DEVELOPMENT: Ministers discuss future EU development policy
GABON: EU hails constitutional court appeal as step towards solving election crisis
VIETNAM: Hanoi highlights sharp rise in trade with EU over first eight months of 2016
NEWS BRIEFS
FUTURE OF EU: Muscat and Tusk want another informal EU27 summit at start of 2017 in Malta
BUDGET: Council adopts formal negotiating position on 2017 budget
MOROCCO: EIB spends €630 million on climate action
TRANSPORT: EASA proposes simplifying training for recreational flight pilots
TRANSPORT: Strong EU aviation growth in July
TURKEY: Mayors suspended but EU wants  elections to be organised soon
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