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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11768

14 April 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 12 / 22
EXTERNAL ACTION / Eastern partnership
V4 call on EU for measures to ensure partnership is high on European agenda
Brussels, 13/04/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday 12 April, the foreign affairs ministers of the V4 countries (Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia) called on the EU to take "appropriate measures to keep the Eastern Partnership high on the European agenda".

In their joint statement adopted at the end of a meeting in Warsaw, which was attended by European Commissioner for Neighbourhood Policy Johannes Hahn, the ministers reaffirm their "firm support of the Eastern Partnership".

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Contents

EASTER: Please note that our offices will be closed for Easter from 14 to 17 April. EUROPE 11769 will be dated 19 April 2017
BEACONS
BEACONS: Democratic Union, the prisoner of national democracies (III)
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: Last chance trialogue meetings on organic farming to be on 3 and 31 May
DIGITAL: French permanent representation seminar looks at notion of active role in context of rights holders
ENERGY: Sefcovic and Grabar-Kitarovic note key role of Southern Gas Corridor for the EU
ENVIRONMENT: MEP Seb Dance urges EU to make SDGs key principle of Europe of future
COHESION: Member states appear to be shifting towards differentiated ESI implementation
REGIONS: Council appears to be moving towards enhanced macro-regional strategies
TRANSPORT: Toll system for HGVs would boost rail and sea freight, according to T&E study
TRANSPORT: Road sector calls for controls to be strengthened but no upheaval of rules
EXTERNAL ACTION
ALBANIA: Mogherini and Hahn urge leaders to act responsibly
EASTERN PARTNERSHIP: V4 call on EU for measures to ensure partnership is high on European agenda
SRI LANKA: European Parliament's GUE/NGL Group wants concrete actions from Sri Lankan authorities before GSP+ is granted
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS:  ECB tackles regulatory options applicable to supervision of smaller banks
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: S&D wants action, not reflection for a social Europe
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Antonio Tajani to meet Theresa May in London on Thursday 20 April
BUDGET: 2016 budgetary surplus stands at €6.4 billion
NEWS BRIEFS
COURT OF AUDITORS: Budgetary control committee of European Parliament approves appointment of Hungary's Ildikó Gáll-Pelcz 
ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: EU calls for full respect of border delimitation decision
SYRIA: Hollande welcomes Franco-German rapprochement over Syrian conflict
CALENDAR
Major events at the European Institutions: 17/04-23/04
Other events: 17/04-23/04