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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11764

8 April 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 31 / 32
CALENDAR / Major european events
10/04 - 16/04

 

Monday 10 April

  • Brussels. European Parliament. Committee work (also 12/04). – BUDG-ECON: meeting with general rapporteur for the EU’s budget for 2018, Siegfried Muresan.

Tuesday 11 April

  • Brussels. European Parliament. Committee work. – LIBE: hearing on legislative proposal on protection of personal information and privacy in electronic communications (ePrivacy). – EMPL: hearing on European Commission’s proposal on social security systems. – DROI-FEMM: international expert...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
GREECE: Eurogroup clears first hurdle related to reforms package
EUROGROUP: Dijsselbloem apologises to his peers and stays in place
STATE AID: Investigation into German capacity reserve measure
MONEY LAUNDERING: Inter-institutional negotiations on anti-money laundering directive get off to strong start
EXTERNAL ACTION
SYRIA: Europeans 'understand' US airstrikes against regime
RUSSIA: EU calls for investigations into allegations of gay rights violations
ALGERIA: Federica Mogherini to visit Algiers on 8 April to seal 'new impetus' for bilateral cooperation
MEXICO: Progress on discussions to upgrade comprehensive agreement with EU, and hopes of political agreement by end of 2017
AUSTRALIA: EU and Australia agree on scoping exercise for free-trade talks
SECTORAL POLICIES
JHA: Systematic controls on all travellers crossing Schengen borders now in force
AGRICULTURE: EU and Norway agreement will enhance trade in agricultural products
AGRICULTURE: Milk reduction scheme a great success
CONSUMERS: EU tackles 235 price comparison and flight websites displaying unreliable prices
COMPETITIVENESS: Ministers consider how to improve access to funding for startups and SMEs
COHESION: Corina Cretu lists three areas where Greece needs to improve
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Workshop on use of digital technology in agriculture
CANADA: Cecilia Malmström visits Warsaw and highlights benefits of CETA for Poland
COMPETITION: Twenty-First Century Fox's acquisition of Sky given go-ahead
ENERGY: Cañete to attend G7 energy ministers' meeting in Rome
PARLIAMENT: Marine Le Pen loses appeal to General Court of EU
PHILIPPINES: EU hails provisional ceasefire agreement
UNITED KINGDOM: European Parliament fine-tunes its Brexit team
SOCIAL AFFAIRS: GF mobilisation in Finland to help Nokia workers
SOCIAL: Commission repeats that it will evaluate implementation of Roma integration measures
TERRORISM: Stockholm hit by terrorist attack
TERRORISM: European Green party welcomes ETA's decision to disarm, but calls on it to disband
TRANSPORT: Commission issues call for applications for expert group on drones
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: Gibraltar, gangsters and guidelines: Brexit talks off to rocky start
ADDENDUM
REGIONS: Further explanation about 'special and differentiated' treatment in article on OR memorandum
CORRIGENDUM
BANKS: Clarification on AFME's recommendations for Brexit process
CALENDAR
Major European events: 10/04 - 16/04
Other events: 10/04 - 16/04