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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11757

30 March 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 33
EXTERNAL ACTION / Georgia
Europe and Georgia celebrate visa liberalisation
Brussels, 29/03/2017 (Agence Europe)

Georgia's Prime Minister Giorgi Kvirikashvili travelled to Brussels on Tuesday 28 March to celebrate the liberalisation of visas for citizens of his country.  Symbolically, he is the first Georgian citizen to have entered the Schengen Area without a visa – something all citizens of his country will now be able to do (from 28 March) for short stays in the EU.

"This is a historic day.  It is an important stage in building even closer EU-Georgia ties", European Council President Donald...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Theresa May wants to negotiate divorce settlement and free-trade deal at the same time
UNITED KINGDOM: Sad day for EU27, but they are ready to negotiate with the UK
COMMISSION: Commission conditionally agrees to post-mandate activities of former Commissioner Lord Hill
BUDGET: Oettinger concerned at level of budgetary under-implementation
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: Commission blocks merger between stock exchange operators LSE and Deutsche Börse
FINANCE: Greens/EFA group at European Parliament goes on offensive against unravelling of financial regulations
GREECE: Athens and its creditors moving closer to agreement on reforms to apply
SECTORAL POLICIES
FOOD SAFETY: EU demands assurances on thoroughness of Brazilian meat checks
AGRICULTURE: Brexit worries many MEPs and professional organisations
AGRICULTURE: Commission will not increase percentage required in EFA requirements
JUSTICE: First 'open' and 'frank' debate at Council about horizontal protection for whistle-blowers
TRANSPORT: Member states adopt declaration to improve road safety
CITIZENSHIP: ECI on cultural and linguistic diversity will finally be registered
DIGITAL: BEREC guidelines for terminating wholesale roaming costs
CLIMATE: EU regrets Trump executive order and confirms EU-China leadership
FISHERIES: Proposal on South Pacific RFMO measures 
EXTERNAL ACTION
GEORGIA: Europe and Georgia celebrate visa liberalisation
TRADE: Malmstrom argues case for EU-Canada trade deal that Croatia is due to ratify in the summer
TRADE: Emma McClarkin says corruption must be tackled to halt wildlife trafficking
TRADE: The United States and China accounted for a third of EU goods trade in 2016 
MEDITERRANEAN: Treaty of Rome celebrations, call for creation of 'Vertical Africa-Mediterranean-Europe'
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Protection for West Wales coracle-caught sewin
ECONOMY: Commission backs Croatia's bid to join OECD
ENVIRONMENT: No leaks from Commission debate on bee killing pesticides
FINANCE: Green light to draft 'Priips' technical standards on retail financial products
GABON: EU calls for inclusive political dialogue and respect for fundamental freedoms
MIGRATION: Austria seeking another exemption on refugee relocations
DRC: EU sympathies to families of two UN investigators killed in Kasai
UNITED KINGDOM: Road sector lies in wait on Brexit negotiations
UNITED KINGDOM: Cities want their voices heard in Brexit negotiations
WESTERN SAHARA: Polisario Front urges the EU to respect European Court of Justice ruling
SWITZERLAND: Berne expresses concern at future of its post-Brexit commercial relations with UK
TRANSPORT: Trade unions say airlines are main cause of delays