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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11753

25 March 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 33
YOUTH / Youth
€2.5 million for youth mobility in 2017
Brussels, 24/03/2017 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission is preparing on Monday 27 March to set out an alternative to InterRail. However, rather than the free ticket for all 18-year-olds that was spoken about for a time, the initiative will be bolted on to the eTwinning programme and will offer 5,000-7,000 young people selected a “travel cheque”.

“There was never a formal proposal to the Commission that all 18-year-olds be given free InterRail tickets. It was an idea put forward by one MEP”, said a Commission...

Contents

60 YEARS OF THE ROME TREATIES
60 YEARS OF THE ROME TREATIES: Sixth and last instalment of our commemorative series - 2007
FUTURE OF EUROPE: Rome celebrations begin, but future of Europe to be addressed at later date
FUTURE OF THE EU: Moving forwards, possibly at different paces, but all in the same direction
FUTURE OF EUROPE: Aviation stakeholders not on same page when it comes to European project
FUTURE OF EU: EU farming and agri-cooperative organisations call for stronger CAP
FUTURE OF EU: Malmström restates Europe's commitment to free trade and multilateralism
FUTURE OF THE EU: ESA publishes high-resolution shot of Rome to mark 60th anniversary of Treaty of Rome
SECTORAL POLICIES
FOOD SAFETY:  Brazilian rotten meat scandal – EU to harmonise reinforced import controls
FOOD: EFSA preparing opinion on intake of sugar added to food
ENVIRONMENT: Commission urged not to renew glyphosate licence
ENVIRONMENT: Commission moves towards almost total ban of three bee-harming pesticides
JHA: Ministers discuss migration, returns policy and dealing with foreign combatants
JUSTICE: MEPs say Privacy Shield still contains fundamental gaps
FISHERIES: Mediterranean countries to adopt ambitious programme on 30 March
AGRICULTURE: Rural development is important pillar of next CAP, Hogan says
AGRICULTURE: Parliament agriculture committee opinion on reducing food waste
CONSUMERS: Online dispute settlement platform working well
COHESION: Cretu considers a fund for compensating for impact of globalisation
YOUTH
YOUTH: €2.5 million for youth mobility in 2017
EXTERNAL ACTION
NEIGHBOURHOOD: EU launches Young Med Voices Plus initiative
UKRAINE: Commission announces €3 million in funding for OSCE special monitoring mission
TRADE: Cecilia Malmström confident about conclusion of agreements with Japan and Mercosur in 2017
TRADE: Complaint from US biodiesel industry about Argentine and Indonesian exports
TRADE: Germany calls for Commission support for steel industry in US dispute
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MIGRATION: Lanzarote Committee flags up Hungarian law exposing minor migrants to risk of sexual abuse
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Calls for candidacies for new sugar and cereals market observatories
CLIMATE: EU supports Earth Hour and will switch electricity off for an hour for climate
SPACE: European Commission following strikes in French Guiana 'closely'
UNITED KINGDOM: Brexit will cost London around €58 billion, says Juncker
TRANSPORT: In Sofia, Bulc sings praises of EFSI for investment in infrastructure
FRANCE: Public deficit falls to 3.4% of GDP in 2016
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European Institutions: 27/03 - 02/04
Other events of the week: 27/03 - 02/04