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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11760

4 April 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 33 / 35
NEWS BRIEFS / Russia
MEPs shoulder to shoulder with Russian people, following possible attack in Saint Petersburg

03/04/2017 (Agence Europe) – During their Council meeting on Monday 3 April, Ministers for Foreign Affairs, followed the news from Saint Petersburg, where there has been an explosion in a metro carriage killing at least 10 people and leaving around 20 injured. As we go to press, suspicions regarding a terrorist attack have not been confirmed. During her press conference, the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, offered her condolences to the...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
SYRIA: Europeans say Bashar al-Assad has no political future
YEMEN: Europeans call for urgent agreement on cessation of hostilities
SOMALIA: EU asks authorities to focus on enormity of security and humanitarian challenges
MIDDLE EAST: EU speaks out against creation of new settlement
MOLDOVA: Pavel Filip says 2017 will be year of delivering reforms
HUMAN RIGHTS: The EU confirms its commitment to promoting children's rights globally
UNITED STATES: Fresh protectionist move by Trump takes aim at Germany, France and Italy
MERCOSUR: France provides assurances that it is no obstacle to free-trade negotiations with EU
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: Council struggles to make progress on omnibus regulation
AGRICULTURE: Hogan welcomes ideas on simplifying post-2020 CAP
FOOD SAFETY: Brazilian meat fraud – Vytenis Andriukaitis provides ministers with assurances
ENVIRONMENT: EU adopts its position for next Convention in Rotterdam COP
TRANSPORT: Austria announces European Court of Justice appeal against German road toll project
TRANSPORT: Ministers set out three main maritime transport priorities up to 2020
REGIONS: First conclusive European Commission study on effectiveness of ex ante conditionalities
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: European Finance ministers to discuss issue of non-performing bank loans
CYPRUS: Level of non-performing loans still high in Cypriot banks
TAXATION: Maltese Presidency of Council of EU wants to give certainty back to businesses
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: London wishes to avoid Madrid obtaining new powers over Gibraltar in the framework of Brexit
BUDGET: Council adopts its position on €70 million under EU Solidarity Fund
EMPLOYMENT - YOUTH
EMPLOYMENT: Unemployment continues to fall and now stands at 9.5% in euro area
YOUTH: Secondary school delegation's recipe for relaunching Europe
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
POLAND: Human rights commissioner concerned about independence of judiciary
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Report on ecological focus areas presented at Agriculture Council
FUTURE OF THE EU: Discussion at the College of Commissioners on social dimension and EMU
TRADE: Council adopts regulation to stem trade in conflict minerals
TRADE: China's case against EU poultry quotas partly upheld by WTO
ENERGY: EIB loan of €350 million to finance electricity interconnection between Germany and Norway
ENTERPRISE: Member states adopt shareholders' rights directive
JUSTICE: 16 countries notify their intention of launching European Public Prosecutor's Office
LIBYA: EU extends sanctions by six months against Saleh, al-Ghweil and Abu Sahmein
MIGRATION: Commission plans to help Austria to meet its relocation obligations
RUSSIA: MEPs shoulder to shoulder with Russian people, following possible attack in Saint Petersburg
SERBIA: EU congratulates Aleksandar Vučić on his election as president
EUROPEAN LIBRARY
European Library 1176: N. 1176