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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11773
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Fisheries

Council has mandate to open North Sea management plan talks with Parliament

The Council of Ministers of the EU is expected to vote by qualified majority on Tuesday 25 April to adopt a general approach on the proposal for a regulation establishing a multi-annual plan for demersal stocks in the North Sea (see EUROPE 11667). This will allow the Council to begin negotiations on this issue with the European Parliament delegation.

Denmark will vote against the text, noting its concerns on a number of points (socio-economic consequences and call for greater flexibility in...

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