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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11706

19 January 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 30
CORRIGENDUM / Economy
President of World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, who attended WEF in Davos, is American and not South Korean

18/1/2017 (Agence Europe) – A mistake found its way into our article on the 47th World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos (17-20 January), which was published on Tuesday 17 January (see EUROPE 11704): the President of the World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, is American, not South Korean. (EH)

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
PARLIAMENT: Manfred Weber reaches out to Socialists to form pro-European platform
PARLIAMENT: Gianni Pittella promises that the Social Democrats will not block decisions
PARLIAMENT: European Parliament follows voting advice to elect its 14 vice-presidents
PARLIAMENT: European Parliament decides on numerical composition of its 20 permanent committees
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
UNITED KINGDOM: May's speech provides clarity, Parliament acknowledges
MALTESE PRESIDENCY: MEPs call on Malta to take action on migration
SECTORAL POLICIES
CIVIL PROTECTION: Court of Auditors says EU disaster response in third countries is efficient
TERRORISM: European Parliament pecial committee rather than committee of enquiry on terrorism
MIGRATION: Commission calls on member states to step up their efforts to improve refugee situation in Greece
SPACE: Galileo navigation system could be delayed due to technical failings
HEALTH: Shortcomings in organ donation rules identified in Belgium and Portugal
ENERGY: IEA welcomes ambitious French transition policy but stresses investment need
DIGITAL: European cyber security agency public consultation
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EUROZONE:  Countries with budgetary margin called upon to make greater contribution to 'Juncker' investment plan
ECONOMY: Inflation jumps to 1.1% in euro zone in December 2016
EXTERNAL ACTION
USA: Commission warns EU will not give beef over to hormones
TRADE: EU agri-food exports reach new record level in November 2016
ALGERIA: Full winter agenda and outlook for 'densified' cooperation
NEWS BRIEFS
FUTURE OF EU: Libya and migration situation in central Mediterranean to be key point at informal Malta summit
COMPETITION: Court of Justice upholds fines in CRT cartel
ETS: 76% of free allocation from New Entrants' Reserve available until 2020
INDUSTRY: Commission gets to grips with COSME midterm review assessment
JHA: Croatia will be admitted to SIS system on gradual basis
LIBYA: Fayez Al Sarraj in Brussels in coming weeks
PARLIAMENT: European Parliament elects its five quaestors for second half of legislature
TRANSPORT: Karima Delli nominated by her group to take over as head of transport and tourism committee
TRANSPORT: European Commission pursuing aviation negotiations with ASEAN
TURKEY: EU deeply concerned at prosecution summing up against Selahattin Demirtaş
CORRIGENDUM
ECONOMY: President of World Bank, Jim Yong Kim, who attended WEF in Davos, is American and not South Korean
INTERNAL MARKET: Clarification regarding CPE and FIEC positions on RCP