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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11656
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Development

€36.5 billion deficit in public aid promise by EU threatens SDGs, NGOs regret

In 2015, the European Union again failed to reach the goal it set itself for collectively allocating 0.7% of its Gross National Income (GNI) to public development aid (PDA). The funding deficit in terms of real transfers of resources to development stood at €36.5 billion according to the 2016 reports on European PDA, which was published on Wednesday evening 26 October by CONCORD, the largest development NGO network and Aidwatch.

According to these NGOs, this deficit is not insignificant...

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BEACONS
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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