login
login

Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11641

8 October 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 32 / 35
NEWS BRIEFS / Mediterranean
Meeting to discuss financing of desalinisation plants in Gaza

07/10/2016 (Agence Europe) – The Secretariat General of the UfM (Union for the Mediterranean) and the European Commission, in collaboration with the Palestinian Authority, held a discussion in Barcelona on Friday 7 October, bringing together the potential contributors to a planned seawater desalinisation plant in Gaza (Palestine), according to a press release issued by the UfM. The aim of this"pre-meeting" was to present the various donors with the technical details and financial and...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: ICAO agreement welcomed by Commission but does not satisfy environmentalists
COHESION: Commission considering using new assessment indicators in addition to GDP
COHESION: EPP wants stronger links between European semester and cohesion policy
AGRICULTURE: EU institutions make progress on organic farming
AGRICULTURE: Fresh call for post-2020 CAP to be better able to deal with crises
AGRICULTURE: Commission to provide €15 million for beef promotion
TRANSPORT: Civil society and cities call for Commission to act on lorry deaths
FISHERIES: Oceana rebukes Denmark and calls for closure of Baltic cod fishery
HEALTH: Move towards more Community health technology assessment
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECOFIN: Protecting financial interests of EU, climate and finalising Basel III on ministers' agenda
TAXATION: Next stage on FTT
COMPETITION: Commission holds consultation on various aspects of controls on merger
EXTERNAL ACTION
CHINA: EU imposes anti-dumping duty of up to 73.7% on Chinese steel
UNITED STATES: Important progress in regulatory cooperation ahead of possible pause in TTIP talks
RUSSIA: Thirty-six MEPs call for sanctions against Crimean parliamentarians at the Duma
MIDDLE EAST: EU criticises settlement extension once again
MEDITERRANEAN: Joint EU-OECD programme to boost investment and competitiveness in the region
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
FOOD SAFETY: European Parliament demands harmonised assessment of all materials in contact with food
CLIMATE: European Parliament wants tangible action and greater ambitions, including from the EU, ahead of COP 22
SUDAN: European Parliament condemns indiscriminate bombing of civilians
RWANDA: European Parliament calls for review of Ingabire case
THAILAND: European Parliament deplores condemnation of human rights activist Andy Hall
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Following altercation between UKIP members, Martin Schulz brings matters before consultative committee established by European Parliament Code of Conduct
UNITED KINGDOM: Juncker criticises British attempts to woo continent's industrial sector
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
TURKEY: Human Rights Commissioner regrets extension of state of emergency
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Green light to extension of sales process for four Italian bridge banks
COMMISSION: Tibor Navracsics may be required to explain himself
CULTURE: European funding to encourage integration of refugees
LEBANON: EU allocated €12 million for re-building of Nahr el-Bared camp
LIBYA: EU receives list of naval officers ready for training
JHA: Big Brother Award goes to Facebook
MEDITERRANEAN: Meeting to discuss financing of desalinisation plants in Gaza
VATICAN: First EU-Holy See foreign policy dialogue
CALENDAR
MAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS: 10-16 October
OTHER EVENTS: 10-16 October