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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11688

14 December 2016
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Turkey
Council refuses to approve official freezing of negotiations – Austria isolated
Brussels, 13/12/2016 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday 13 December, European affairs ministers were unable to adopt conclusions on Turkey due to the staunch opposition of Austria.

The Austrian minister, Sebastian Kurz, insisted on formally including the freezing of accession negotiations with Turkey in the Council's conclusions, which was unanimously rejected by his 27 counterparts. Upon his arrival at the Council, Kurz warned that he would not accept any decision that ran counter to the calls of the European Parliament to freeze the...

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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