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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11690

16 December 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 35 / 37
NEWS BRIEFS / S&d
S&D group reshuffles political office

15/12/2016 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday evening 14 December, the S&D group reshuffled its political office: one president, a treasurer and nine vice presidents. It comes as no surprise that Gianni Pitella (Italy) is the president and is also their candidate for European Parliament President. The treasurer is Péter Niedermüller (Hungary). The new vice presidents are: Victor Boştinaru (Romanian), Udo Bullmann (Germany), Tanja Fajon (Slovenia), Jeppe Kofod (Denmark), Maria João...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: Time to listen to new civil society, not (overly) to public opinion (II)
EUROPEAN COUNCIL
UKRAINE: EU hopes to have resolved Dutch problems with finalising association agreement
SYRIA: European leaders want their voice heard on the humanitarian front
SYRIA: Mayor of eastern Aleppo gives cry of despair at European summit
UNITED KINGDOM: EU27 limit themselves to clarifying procedures for Brexit negotiations
MIGRATION: Council gears up for fresh summit with Turkey
GREECE: Latest social measures comply with budget targets, says Tsipras
RUSSIA: EU to extend economic sanctions for six months
SECTORAL POLICIES
ETS: MEPs flesh out ETS reform in favour of the climate whilst protecting European industry
DIGITAL: Parliament and Council agreement on spectrum reorganisation
JHA: Denmark will continue to work with Europol, but in a reduced format
AGRICULTURE: Commission wants to retain measures for outermost regions
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
JHA: European Parliament wants Commission to reimpose visa requirements for third countries not respecting reciprocity
TRANSPORT: European Parliament adopts regulation on modernising maritime port services
POLAND: Fruitless discussion continues on rule of law
PLANTS: Parliament calls for stricter rules to protect citrus fruit
HEALTH: Parliament says EU should support paediatric medicines
HEALTH: MEPs not giving up on compensation for thalidomide victims
EXTERNAL ACTION
NIGER: EU allocates €30 million to support justice and border management during the visit of President Issoufou
AFGHANISTAN: EU police mission to close its doors on 31 December 2016
TRADE: A third of EU exporting companies face non-tariff barriers according to study by ITC and Commission
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
GREECE: Moscovici hits out at temporary suspension of public debt relief measure
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
SOCIAL: No difference between children and stepchildren of cross-frontier workers
GMO: Authorisation for marketing products containing genetically modified soya should not be re-examined
INSTITUTIONAL
PARLIAMENT: All candidates for European Parliament Presidency are announced
PARLIAMENT: Tajani aims to reform communication at the European Parliament
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Commission registers new Italian PDO
BOSNIA: EU and Bosnia-Herzegovina sign protocol to SAA
TRADE: EU to continue its support to UNCITRAL Transparency Registry for ISDS
COMPETITION: Actions of Phillips and Infineon in the smart card chip market cartel dismissed
COURT OF AUDITORS: European Parliament endorses appointment of Juhan Parts of Estonia
ENERGY: EIB lends €438 million for Belgian wind farm
JHA: European Parliament adopts visa waiver suspension mechanism
FISHERIES: Parliament approves EU-Norway agreement on fishing in Skagerrak
S&D: S&D group reshuffles political office
SERBIA/KOSOVO: Telephone code allocated to Kosovo
TRANSPORT: European Parliament demands more involvement in comprehensive aviation agreement negotiations