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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11643

12 October 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 29
NEWS BRIEFS / Vaclav havel prize
Nadia Murad, former Daesh hostage receives prize

11/10/2016 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 10 October, the young Yazidi woman, Nadia Murad, received the Vaclav Havel Prize in Strasbourg from the Council of Europe. She was captured by Daesh in Northern Iraq in 2014, when she was aged 21, but managed to escape and find refuge in Germany. She has since become a UN ambassador and now fights for the dignity of survivors from the trade in human trafficking. In her address to the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, she stated: "So...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: Europeans make their position clear in negotiations on finalisation of Basel III reform
BANKS: Three scenarios for future European deposit insurance scheme
SPAIN: Luis de Guindos doubts that structural funds will be suspended
TAXATION: Some movement in FTT negotiations
TAXATION: Not all member states prepared to compromise on VAT fraud
FINANCE: Tense debate on securitisation at European Parliament
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: EU will state fair share of $100 billion before COP 22
FISHERIES: Council decides on 56% cut in western Baltic catch
FISHERIES: Idea of swordfish plan gaining traction
AGRICULTURE: Several member states concerned at end of sugar quotas
AGRICULTURE: Draft delegated act on simplifying greening does not go down well at Council
ENVIRONMENT: PAN International compiles scientific research into glyphosate and rings alarm bell
GMO: Greenpeace calls on Commission to heed Parliament objections to GM crops
TRANSPORT: Volkswagen scandal - plan to set up vehicle market monitoring agency continues to divide European Parliament
TRANSPORT: Single Sky was clearly omitted from Henrik Hololei's speech at European Parliament
COHESION: MEPs give go-ahead to extend special exceptions for Greece and Cyprus
DIGITAL: New EIB loan to develop 4G in Sweden and Netherlands
EXTERNAL ACTION
SYRIA: EU studies options to help protect political space for end to crisis 
SAUDI ARABIA: Al-Jefri says EU should persuade Iran to stop financing terrorism
SAKHAROV PRIZE: Can Dündar, Moustafa Djemilev, Nadia Murad Basee and Lamiya Aji Bashar are the 2016 finalists
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JHA: Member states must ensure minimum compensation for victims of any type of violent crime
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
RUSSIA: François Hollande announces summit in 2019 and says he is ready for dialogue with Vladimir Putin
NEWS BRIEFS
ECONOMY: Concretisation of recommended country-by-country reforms remains disappointing
GHANA: EU ratifies steppingstone EPA
INDUSTRY: Royal to appear before European Parliament's EMIS committee of inquiry before end of November
VACLAV HAVEL PRIZE: Nadia Murad, former Daesh hostage receives prize
RUSSIA: Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights cancels visit
HEALTH: Worrying levels of endocrine disruptors in cereals
TRANSPORT: MEPs approve inter-institutional agreement on port services regulation