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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11774

26 April 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 30
COUNCIL OF EUROPE / Council of europe
PACE president Pedro Agramunt in hearing after his meeting with Bashar al-Assad
Brussels, 25/04/2017 (Agence Europe)

Demanded yesterday by all the political groups of the Council of Europe, the public hearing of Pedro Agramunt from Spain, the president of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), was held at 1pm in the hemicycle on Tuesday 25 April.

Accompanied by two other parliamentarians, Alain Destexhe from Belgium and Jordi Xuclà from Spain, Agramunt had to explain the circumstances of his visit to Syria, during which the three parliamentarians met President Bashar al-Assad on 20...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: MEPs  adopt position on audiovisual domain, while Council puts finishing touches to its position
DIGITAL: Geo-blocking - MEPs postpone question of audiovisual services
MIGRATION: Refugees should be able to join labour market within two months of asylum application, MEPs say
MIGRATION: New proposals for Council to define concept of 'effective solidarity' in asylum field
MIGRATION: Hotspots are useful but an insufficient means of responding to numbers of migrants still stranded in Greece and Italy
CLIMATE: EU ministers lay groundwork for adaptation strategies adjusted to Paris Agreement
COHESION: Corina Creţu presents actions to improve communication of cohesion policy
COHESION: MEPs put up safeguards between Juncker Plan and ESI Funds
FISHERIES: Parliament fisheries committee wants protection for Mediterranean small-scale fishing
FISHERIES: Parliament fisheries committee endorses ICCAT recommendations
ENERGY: Parliament energy committee paves way for adoption of revised energy labelling
ENERGY: Study highlights key role of energy savings targets in transport
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
MONEY LAUNDERING: Fight against money laundering in Europe by no means won, says TI
TAXATION: 'Interest and royalties' directive – member states invited to take position on a Maltese compromise proposal
EXTERNAL ACTION
DEVELOPMENT: MEPs support EFSD for boosting investment in Africa
USA: EU still awaiting position of Trump administration on TTIP talks
UKRAINE: EU helps Ukrainian police prepare to host Eurovision fans
TURKEY: Johannes Hahn calls for reflection on new cooperation format with EU
INSTITUTIONAL
HUNGARY: European Commission looks at Hungarian case once again
BUDGET: United Kingdom succeeds in getting Council's vote on mid-term revision of multi-annual financial framework postponed
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
TURKEY: PACE reopens monitoring procedure against Turkey
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: PACE president Pedro Agramunt in hearing after his meeting with Bashar al-Assad
NEWS BRIEFS
ENVIRONMENT: New EU regulation restricting use of mercury adopted
JHA: Directive on protection of EU's financial interest adopted
MALDIVES: EU calls for investigation into brutal murder of human rights defender
SINGLE MARKET: Ministers definitively adopt Firearms Directive
DIGITAL: Formal adoption of new rules reorganising spectrum
DIGITAL: Scrapping roaming mobile costs in EU from mid-June
YEMEN: EU increases humanitarian aid by €116 million
CORRIGENDUM
INDUSTRY: ACEA press conference on impact of Brexit on car sector