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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11773

25 April 2017
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NEWS BRIEFS / Usa
EU criticises execution of Ledell Lee

24/04/2017 (Agence Europe) – On Friday 21 April, the spokesperson for the European External Action Service spoke out against the execution of Ledell Lee in the USA the previous day. This "has broken a de facto moratorium on the death penalty in the State of Arkansas, in place since 2005", the spokesperson said in a press release, reiterating that the death penalty can never be justified.  The spokesperson added that there are internationally-recognised minimum standards that States...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
FRANCE:  EU welcomes Emmanuel Macron's showing and calls for a barrage against Far Right
UNITED KINGDOM: Second productive discussion at technical level on Council's position in Brexit talks
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FRANCE: What the Commission will say about French public finances if Macron is elected
GREECE: Commission hopes to propose abrogation of excessive deficit procedure
ECONOMY: Ten member states record a budgetary surplus in 2016
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: 'Audiovisual services' directive is likely to get European Parliament culture committee's approval
AGRICULTURE: Over 200 proposals on 2017 EU promotion schemes
FISHERIES: Council has mandate to open North Sea management plan talks with Parliament
FISHERIES: Commission report says control regulation could be improved
TRANSPORT: European Commission claims that 'Rail Baltica' project's economic impact would be six times more than budget invested in it
ENERGY: EU invests €22.1 million to boost synergies between transport and energy sectors
HEALTH: Pharmaceutical industry concerned by Medicines Agency's move
ENVIRONMENT: Commission to help EU28 combat noise from transport
EXTERNAL ACTION
RUSSIA: EU and Russia want to improve their relationship
UKRAINE: EU calls for in-depth investigation after killing of OSCE mission member
INDIA: EU and India want to strengthen their cooperation
TUNISIA: Emphasis on resolve to deepen relationship with EU, exports and debt limitation
TRADE: Schäuble assured of broad consensus at Finance G20 of Washington on the plague of protectionism
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: PACE president in great difficulty after his meeting with Bashar al-Assad
NEWS BRIEFS
AFGHANISTAN: EU reiterates its solidarity in fight against terrorism following murderous attack
AGRICULTURE: Revised Council mandate on organic farming not yet assured
AGRICULTURE: Report on aid to northern regions of Finland and Sweden
STATE AID: Green light to Latvian support for renewables
SPACE: Delay in Ariane launch will not impact on flagship European programmes
USA: EU criticises execution of Ledell Lee
TAXATION: FTT – Slovakia gets behind compromise
FISHERIES: Council to adopt legislative act on collection of fisheries data
RUSSIA: EU criticises measures against  Jehovah's Witnesses
HEALTH: WHO-Commission plea on behalf of vaccination
EUROPEAN LIBRARY
European Library: No. 1179