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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11656

28 October 2016
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EXTERNAL ACTION / China
Granting China MES - unusual coalition asks Commision to defend EU industry
Brussels, 27/10/2016 (Agence Europe)

The heads of the MES China Action Group – Édouard Martin (S&D, France), Emmanuel Maurel (S&D, France) and David Borrelli (EFDD, Italy) – have mobilised a large and unusual coalition which, ahead of China’s accession protocol to the WTO in December, sent the president of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, a letter on Thursday 27 October outlining their preconditions for ensuring that the European Commission’s future decision on granting China market economy status (MES),...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: When “realists” do the work of populists and nationalists (III)
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
SAKHAROV PRIZE: Nadia Murad Basee and Lamiya Aji Bashar awarded 2016 Prize
IRAQ: European Parliament supports operation to liberate Mosul
TURKEY: European Parliament calls for release of journalists arrested without evidence of criminal activity
JHA: Asylum – European Parliament wants proper protection for unaccompanied minors
YOUTH: European Parliament celebrates 20th anniversary of European Voluntary Service
YOUTH: European Parliament reviews youth policies
CUSTOMS: European Parliament agrees on proposed directive on customs infringements
SECTORAL POLICIES
FISHERIES: Commission proposes lower catches of cod and southern hake for 2017
INTERNAL MARKET: Commission raises tone in talks on firearms directive
TRANSPORT: Bulc says green transport development is too slow
AGRICULTURE: Commission cannot ensure effectiveness of cross-compliance system, says Court of Auditors
JHA: MEPs losing patience over visa-free regime for Georgia
JHA: First complaint submitted in Ireland against Privacy Shield
FOOD SAFETY: EFSA still reassuring about pesticide residues in food
ENERGY: Commission believes its forthcoming package of measures may boost EU GDP by 1% up to 2030
ENERGY: Israel says planned €5.2 billion gas pipeline to Cyprus and Greece is feasible
EXTERNAL ACTION
CANADA: Agreement in Belgium paves way for EU28 to agree on the EU's signing of CETA
CHINA: Granting China MES - unusual coalition asks Commision to defend EU industry
SYRIA: EU issues sanctions against 10 more people over violence in Syria
CSDP: Eunavfor Med Sophia operation's Libyan Coast Guard training begins
MEDITERRANEAN: Western Mediterranean countries discuss security, youth and sustainable development
DEVELOPMENT: €36.5 billion deficit in public aid promise by EU threatens SDGs, NGOs regret
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: Banking structural reform dossier still at deadlock
ANTI-TRUST: Commission notifies Brussels Airlines and TAP Portugal of its objections
INSTITUTIONAL
RULE OF LAW: Poland keeps up suspense right until end of deadline set by Commission
NEWS BRIEFS
LATIN AMERICA: 2017 EU-CELAC summit in San Salvador
BUDGET: EP refuses to grant discharge to Council budget for 2014
COHESION: EU co-finances two Italian patrol ships for rescue of shipwrecked refugees and migrants off the Mediterranean coast
CIVIL PROTECTION: EU shows solidarity in coming to the assistance of the Italian authorities following another earthquake
RESEARCH: EU invites Canada to take part in ECR projects
TRANSPARENCY: Guillaume and Hübner appointed chief negotiators for Parliament in inter-institutional agreement negotiations
TRANSPORT: Parliament calls for optimisation of European funds in effort to reduce infrastructure disparities