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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11756
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Development

EU launches guide to help stop young people signing up to violent extremism

Extremely Together is the name of a Kofi Annan Foundation initiative co-financed by the EU to tackle violent extremism.  Its main deliverable is a guide, developed for young people by young people.

The initiative was unveiled in Brussels on Tuesday 28 March by EU International Cooperation and Development Commissioner Neven Mimica and former UN secretary general, Ghanaian national Kofi Annan, at an event organised with young people on the connection between promoting democracy and the key...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: European Parliament sharpens it weapons before kick-off of negotiations leading to Brexit
BUDGET: European Parliament budgets committee gives green light to revision of MFF 2014-2020
SECTORAL POLICIES
TERRORISM: Commission to present legislative options on electronic evidence this June
TERRORISM: Ministers debate question of how foreign fighters should be treated
TERRORISM: Some countries worry that Court of Justice rulings restrict personal data retention
LEGAL AFFAIRS: New stage in procedure for launching enhanced cooperation on European Public Prosecutor
ENERGY: Partnership between EU and World Alliance for Clean Technologies
ENERGY: EU was global leader in wind energy capacity connected to the grid and offshore wind energy in 2015
ENERGY: JRC says EU was global leader in tidal stream and wave energy technologies in 2016
TRANSPORT: Commission welcomes slight drop in road deaths in 2016
CLIMATE: Only three countries ambitious on non-ETS effort sharing
AGRICULTURE: Inter-institutional talks on organic farming to resume on 3 May
FISHERIES: Fishing restrictions to protect reefs in Danish Natura 2000 sites
SEA: Marine spatial planning roadmap
COHESION: Katainen lays out his vision of future cohesion policy
COHESION: Jan Olbrycht says one solution for the post-2020 period would be to extend the current setup
DEMOCRACY: Critical appreciation strengthened at a time of 'fake news'
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Strong majority at European Parliament in favour of resolving hybrid mismatch issue
TAXATION: European Parliament holds initial consensual debate on reduced VAT rates on e-books
EXTERNAL ACTION
LEBANON: Johannes Hahn congratulates Lebanon for welcoming Syrian refugees
AFGHANISTAN: EU and Afghanistan want to boost the sharing of migration information
DRC: EU and AU condemn violence in the Kasai and urge implementation of political agreement
DEVELOPMENT: EU launches guide to help stop young people signing up to violent extremism
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
TRANSPARENCY: Thorbjørn Jagland calls for committee of investigation into allegations of corruption within PACE
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Danish aid for offshore windfarm given go-ahead
SOUTH AFRICA: Commission invites EU companies to join circular economy mission in Pretoria
CLIMATE: Miguel Arias Cañete visits Peking to strengthen EU-China cooperation and leadership
ENVIRONMENT: Commission-organised conference on environmental noise in Europe to be held on 24 April
TAXATION: Apple – Luxembourg pledges support for Ireland in its appeal to CJEU
JHA: Vera Jourová makes official visit to the United States
DIGITAL: Public consultation on definition of appropriate markets
CFSP: CJEU confirms validity of EU restrictions on Rosneft and other Russian companies
CFSP: Being the daughter of an ousted dictator is not sufficient grounds for EU sanctions
UNITED KINGDOM: Commission promises maximum transparency during Brexit negotiations
UNITED KINGDOM: CPMR calls for regions to be represented in Brexit talks