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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11824

7 July 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 37
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Development
Green light for setting up EFSD to stimulate private investment in Africa
Brussels, 06/07/2017 (Agence Europe)

The official creation of a European Fund for Sustainable Development (EFSD) is within reach. This fund should help to leverage up to €44 billion in investments for Africa and the EU’s neighbouring countries over the next three years and will have an initial budget of €3.35 billion.

On Thursday 6 July in Strasbourg, the European Parliament ratified the provisional inter-institutional agreements reached on 17 June on this development instrument that aims to tackle the underlying causes...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
JAPAN: Confirmation at highest political level of agreement in principle sealing EU-Japan free trade talks
JAPAN: Reactions of both relief and distrust to agreement in principle sealing JEFTA deal
JAPAN: 85% of EU agricultural exports to Japan to be gradually liberalised
NORTH KOREA: EU and Japan call for further sanctions against Pyongyang
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Barnier sees no justification for 'no deal' scenario with British
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: Ministers back code of conduct for NGOs and pledge to help Italy
JHA: Ministers for the Interior want to speed up work on European information systems interoperability
JHA: France wants to head Europol in 2018
DIGITAL: Commission makes slow progress on electronic evidence
SINGLE MARKET: European legislation still improperly applied, according to Commission report
TRANSPORT: EESC votes on opinion targeting digitalisation and robotisation in transport field
TRANSPORT: European Parliament rapporteurs for 'mobility package' appointed
CLIMATE: MEPs call on IMO to present concrete measures for reducing ship emissions
AGRICULTURE: Milk production reduction scheme proves successful
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: Three companies suspected of breaching procedural rules on merger operations
EUROGROUP: Eurogroup to revisit recent bank rescues in Italy
TAXATION:  Envisaged transparency for tax advisers will not be enough, says GUE/NGL group in European Parliament
TAXATION: EESC welcomes package aiming to modernise VAT on e-commerce
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
PARLIAMENT: Stormy debate in Parliament on single seat
TERRORISM: Special committee on terrorism approved by MEPs
DEVELOPMENT: Green light for setting up EFSD to stimulate private investment in Africa
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: European Parliament calls on Commission to put forward ambitious strategy for translating 17 sustainable development goals into EU policies
COHESION: European Parliament sends strong message to Commission to protect and strengthen derogated status of outermost regions
TURKEY: MEPs threaten Ankara with suspending accession negotiations if its constitutional amendments are implemented
CHINA: European Parliament calls for release of Liu Xiaobo and Lee Ming-che
BUDGET: European Parliament approved draft directive on fighting fraud against EU budget
DIGITAL: Marrakesh treaty modalities adopted by Parliament
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
CONSUMERS: Airlines' cancellation charges can be assessed according to their terms
COMPETITION: €61.44 million fine imposed on Toshiba for participation in GIS cartel is final
STATE AID: EU General Court rejects French appeal over granting of €220 million in public aid to SNCM
CULTURE
CULTURE: Europe's most cultural and creative cities examined
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Agreement in principle on EU-Japan free-trade deal welcomed
CANADA: French socialists at European Parliament criticise establishment of a CETA committee in France
COMPETITION: Peugeot's acquisition of Opel approved
ENVIRONMENT: Complaint lodged with Commission on already authorised French offshore wind power project
GUINEA BISSAU: EU concerned at repression of media
DRC: EU says holding of democratic elections as soon as possible is key to overcoming the crisis