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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11767
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SECTORAL POLICIES / migration

Commission reduces European relocation target to 33,000 refugees instead of 160,000 laid down in 2015

The European Commissioner for Migration, Dimitris Avramopoulos, who is "far more optimistic than two months ago", voiced his confidence, on Wednesday 12 April, that the member states will meet their obligations by September to relocate migrants from Greece and Italy, although the European mechanism will ultimately cover just 33,000 migrants of the 160,000 individuals envisaged in September 2015.

In a complete departure from his speech just a month ago (see EUROPE 11737), Avramopoulos even...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
HUNGARY: Commission concludes that there is no systematic risk to the rule of law
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: Commission reduces European relocation target to 33,000 refugees instead of 160,000 laid down in 2015
MIGRATION: Commission wants to strengthen legal protection for unaccompanied minors
HEALTH: Denmark proposes compromise for intentional endocrine disruptors
JUSTICE: Virginie Rozière will head up European Parliament's report on protection of whistleblowers on her own
JHA: Fight against cyber-attacks is absolute priority for Commission
AGRICULTURE: Fertilisers - rapporteur suggests amending nitrates directive
AGRICULTURE: Commission publishes overview of protein crops
AGRICULTURE: Smart villages for better life in rural areas
FISHERIES: Confirmation of improvement in state of stocks, except in Mediterranean
FOOD SAFETY: Greenpeace criticises EFSA for ignoring pesticide cocktail in food
EXTERNAL ACTION
LIBYA: EU adopts €90 million programme on migration
MOLDOVA: Member States sign agreement on macro-financial assistance in Chişinău
HUMAN RIGHTS: Stavros Lambrinidis says that fighting terrorism does not mean stifling human rights
US: EU concerned by impending executions and calls for sentences to be commuted
DEVELOPMENT: By including aid to refugees in Europe in its calculation, EU public aid rises by 11% in 2016
JAPAN: Cecilia Malmström extols the advantages of a free trade agreement, her priority objective in 2017
ECONOMY - FINANCE
FRANCE: Paris trumpets return of government deficit below 3% of GDP in 2017
ITALY: Italian government counting on increased fiscal revenue to comply with Stability Pact
YOUTH
YOUTH: European Solidarity Corps to benefit from its own budgetary line after 2020
NEWS BRIEFS
SPACE: GSA sign 18-year contract for new EGNOS generation
REGIONS: European Commission allocates €50 million for renovation of Pompei archaeological site
GREECE: Lagarde says Greek debt restructuring terms should be worked out before end of aid plan