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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11685
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Maghreb

Lack of integration costs each country 2 to 3% of its GDP every year

On Wednesday 7 and Thursday 8 December, the European Parliament's S&D Group organised a seminar in Brussels on relations with the Maghreb and the cost of its non-integration, which weakens the GDP of each of the five Maghreb countries (Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Mauritania and Tunisia) and limits their trade.

"For a stronger and more united Maghreb: meeting the common challenges" was the title of the two-day seminar, which was divided into sessions on different subjects: "the economic...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: Time to listen to new civil society, not (overly) to public opinion (I)  
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: Highly accommodative monetary policy is here to stay, says Draghi
FINANCE: Securitisation – European Parliament sets risk retention threshold at 10%
FINANCE: Interinstitutional agreement on revision of 'prospectuses' directive
TAXATION: Group that owns high-street chain Zara under fire over tax practices
ENTERPRISE: Interinstitutional agreement on changes to shareholder rights directive
SECTORAL POLICIES
JHA: Agreement on suspension of visa-free travel paves way for lifting of visas for Georgians and Ukrainians
JHA: Commission advocates 'gradual' resumption of asylum seeker transfers to Greece under Dublin system
JHA: Commission adopts action plan on tackling fraudulent travel documents
JHA: European prosecutor's office, enhanced cooperation option looms large
JHA: Between legislative initiative or other actions, still no clear orientation on encryption
DIGITAL: Another attempt made on fair use policy for roaming
HEALTH: Commission looking to force matters on endocrine disruptors before end of year
TRANSPORT: Commission withdraws Kazakhstan airline companies from blacklist
FISHERIES: Ministers expected to set 2017 catch limits on 13 December
AGRICULTURE: Food chain and organic farming on agenda for Monday's Council
AGRICULTURE: Committee of Regions calls for action on price volatility
ENERGY: Commission hails swift agreement on IGA transparency revision
BIODIVERSITY: LIFE pilot project to involve young volunteers in Natura 2000
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Opposition at Council to revision of rules on posting of workers persists but seems to be crumbling
BREACHES OF EU LAW
ENVIRONMENT: Italy threatened with heavy fines for failure to treat waste waters appropriately
INDUSTRY: Volkswagen scandal, Commission sends seven member states to court
BIODIVERSITY: France taken to Court of Justice over ortolan bunting poaching
TAXATION: Corporate taxation – France back before Court
ENERGY: Hungary warned about failture to implement two energy directives from third liberalisation package
EXTERNAL ACTION
CANADA: European Parliament's employment and social affairs committee advocates non-ratification of CETA
CAMBODIA: EU and OECD action for more sustainable trade in clothes and shoes
TURKEY:  Agreement with EU has slowed migration flows, but returns of migrants from Greece remain limited
MEDITERRANEAN: Both shores want their security cooperation strengthened
MAGHREB: Lack of integration costs each country 2 to 3% of its GDP every year
ISRAEL: EU warns against adoption of law legalising settlements and outposts
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: Italy maintains its reservation on revision of multi-annual financial framework of EU
NEWS BRIEFS
TRADE: Entry into force of WTO agreement on trade facilitation
CONSUMERS: Commission says member states must face up to responsibilities on connected toys
CULTURE: Javier Cercas and Erri De Luca 2016 winners of European Union Prize for Literature
ENVIRONMENT: New NEC directive on air pollution adopted
FINANCE: Formal adoption of revised 'pension funds' directive
FINANCE: Formal approval of postponement of entry into force of 'Priips' regulation until January 2018
JHA: 8,162 people relocated from Greece and Italy since September 2015
JORDAN: Council adopts decision for macro-financial aid worth €200 million
RUSSIA/UKRAINE: Trilateral talks in Brussels on gas supplies to Ukraine
TRANSPORT: MEPs request Parliament debate draft German road tariff law
TRANSPORT: EPP launches campaign to support its InterRail project for young people