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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11688

14 December 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 33
INSTITUTIONAL / Budget
Italy maintains its reservation over the revision of the multi-annual financial framework of the EU
Brussels, 13/12/2016 (Agence Europe)

In Brussels on Tuesday 13 December, Italy announced that it was "not in a position to be able to lift its reservation today" on the compromise text of the Council of the EU on the mid-term revision of the multi-annual financial framework (MFF) of the EU for 2014-2020 (see EUROPE 11685, 11669).

At the 'General Affairs' Council, the Italian delegation stressed that its reservation was connected to the fact that the text of the mid-term revision of the MFF - which requires the unanimity of...

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
SAKHAROV PRIZE: 2016 winners, Nadia Mourad Bassi Taha and Lamiya Aji Bachar, receive their awards in Strasbourg
PARLIAMENT: MEPs will no longer be able to both represent citizens and carry out lobbying activities
ENERGY: MEPs highlight shortcomings in clean energy package
DIGITAL: MEPs want to preserve European culture and creation
FUTURE OF THE EU: EU will survive if it focuses on essentials and demonstrates its added value, says Fico
FISHERIES: European Parliament approves deep-sea fishing compromise
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: Council agreement in principle on TDI modernisation proposal
TURKEY: Council refuses to approve official freezing of negotiations – Austria isolated
MONTENEGRO: Member states hail progress in EU accession negotiations
SERBIA: Belgrade urged to maintain positive dynamic in EU accession negotiations
KOSOVO: Member states hail entry into force of stabilisation and association agreement
ALBANIA: Tirana invited to introduce priority reforms with a view to EU accession talks
FYROM: Opening of negotiations with EU conditional on urgent reform progress
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Europeans hail Sarajevo's progress on its European path in 2016
MIGRATION: Council of EU decides on its negotiating position for a European Fund for Sustainable Development
SECTORAL POLICIES
MEDIA: Euranet Plus threatened with closure
JHA: Some countries want date set for reform of Dublin asylum regulation
JHA: Agreement between institutions on visa liberalisation regime for Georgia
TRANSPORT: Final European Parliament rebellion against fourth rail package before plenary vote
DIGITAL: Roaming fair use rules adopted with some difficulty
ENVIRONMENT: Commission says enforcing EU law is good for people's health and pockets
CLIMATE: Phasing out of F-gases continues in EU, says EEA
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Commission proposes changes to coordination of social security systems
INSTITUTIONAL
PARLIAMENT: EPP invokes grand coalition for election of future European Parliament President, whilst S&D wants grand polarisation
PARLIAMENT: Reinforced checks on grants to four European political parties
BUDGET: Italy maintains its reservation over the revision of the multi-annual financial framework of the EU
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ANTI-TRUST: Certain types of cooperation in insurance sector will no longer be exempted from EU rules
COMPETITION: Commission reported to have scaled back its investigation into LSE/Deutsche Börse merger
NEWS BRIEFS
ALGERIA: European Parliament go-ahead for agreement on Algeria's participation in EU programmes
INSTITUTIONAL:  Signature of joint declaration on legislative priorities for 2017
IRAQ: First airlifts of humanitarian aid arrive in Iraq
UNITED KINGDOM: Theresa Griffin urges London to call for UK to stay in EU internal energy market
CORRIGENDUM
JHA: Clarification on Niedermüller report on future European asylum agency