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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11901

10 November 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 25
NEWS BRIEFS / Humanitarian aid
EU signs contract for €105 million for Syrian refugees in Turkey

09/11/2017 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 8 November, the European Commission signed several new contracts to support Syrian refugees in Turkey, at the eighth meeting of the steering committee of the EU Facility. The Commission signed a contract for €50 million with the Bank of the Council of Europe, to provide a hospital in Kilis with 300 beds. Another contract, for €20 million, with the development bank KfW, aims to renew and modernise the existing workshops of the Technical and...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: Catalonia: Some Questions and a Number of Possible Responses…
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: European Commission optimistic about Eurozone's economic health
BANKS: In face of criticism, Danièle Nouy admits that addendum to ECB's guidelines on non-performing loans needs to be reworded
BANKS: MEPs differ over assessment of progress made towards Banking Union in 2017
COMPETITION: In-depth investigation into planned acquisition of Ilva by ArcelorMittal
SECTORAL POLICIES
ETS: Interinstitutional agreement on post-2020 reform of ETS
ENVIRONMENT: Insufficient backing from EU28 for renewing glyphosate licence means the decision is postponed again
COHESION: Commission envisages budget reduction of up to 30% for future regional and social policy
COHESION: Bulgaria presents European Parliament with its objectives for future cohesion policy
JUSTICE: Good start for interinstitutional talks on reform of Eurojust
EXTERNAL ACTION
CHILE: Council soon to give green light to launch of negotiations to update EU-Chile trade agreement
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND: EU not yet ready to adopt its trade agreement negotiation mandates
TRADE: WTO Buenos Aires conference and talks with Mercosur and Mexico at heart of EU ministerial
TRADE: European operators' relative underuse of arrangements in new EU trade agreements
ALBANIA: Johannes Hahn says next 20 months should be a good time for progress
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: European Parliament's S&D Group sets out its views on security and defence
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
EMPLOYMENT: Spanish law on calculation of unemployment benefit of certain part-term workers is against EU law
EMPLOYMENT: A worker can be obliged to work 12 consecutive days
SOCIAL AFFAIRS: In the case of fraud, host countries' courts may disapply seconded workers' social security certificates, says ECJ advocate general
EDUCATION
EDUCATION: EU may fail to achieve half its EU2020 targets
NEWS BRIEFS
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Gustav Lindstrom appointed director of European Institute of Security Studies
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU signs contract for €105 million for Syrian refugees in Turkey
PORTUGAL: European Commission announces €1.5 million in early aid payment for Portugal
TUNISIA: €120 million EIB loan to Banque de l’Habitat to strengthen financing of Tunisian companies
TRANSPORT: Trade unions oppose Commission's mobility package