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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11911
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Switzerland

EU and Switzerland continue normalisation of their relationship

In Bern, Switzerland, on Thursday 23 November, the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, met the President of the Swiss Confederation, Doris Leuthard, having announced his intentions to do so in April at a previous meeting in Brussels.

The two leaders confirmed the normalisation of relations already observed in April and announced new developments, the Commission President stating that a (favourable) decision would be made in December at the College on the equivalency...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
CIVIL PROTECTION: Towards creation of 'RescEU', European reserve of resources to tackle disasters
INDUSTRY: Dieselgate – European Parliament and Council still to reach agreement on number of vehicles to be tested
TRANSPORT: Road transport stakeholders divided on social provisions in first 'mobility' package
TRANSPORT: Opposition within civil society to possible road tolls
HEALTH: Western European systems in general offer best protection in EU
COHESION POLICY: Oettinger considers 10% cohesion policy budget cut possible after 2020
COHESION POLICY: European Court of Auditors recommendations to improve orientation of spending on results
JUSTICE: Progress in European Parliament/Council negotiations on distribution of competencies between Eurojust and future Prosecutor's Office
JUSTICE: No police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters for FRA for 2018-2022
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: European Parliament finalises its position on  new control regime for dual-use goods
TRADE: Clear Parliamentary support for FDI screening in line with subsidiarity
AFRICA: First AU-EU summit in Abidjan to ratchet up partnership between two closely linked continents
IRAQ: Kawat Hassan says EU has role to play in Iraq
SWITZERLAND: EU and Switzerland continue normalisation of their relationship
CSDP: Head of Agadez regional council says EUCAP Sahel Niger must come closer to civilian population
BAHRAIN: Europeans criticise rejection of Nabeel Rajab's appeal
INSTITUTIONAL
ITALY: +Europa wants to put Italy back at centre of Europe
EDUCATION
EDUCATION: Commission holds its first summit on partnership between business and education
NEWS BRIEFS
AZERBAIJAN: 37 NGOs urge EU to use Eastern Partnership summit to call for end of crackdown
ECONOMY: MEPs approve inter-institutional agreement on extending 'Juncker' plan
ENVIRONMENT: Parliament and Council agree on relaxing reporting requirements
SPACE: Pilot project launched to develop Space technologies for Europe
UNITED KINGDOM: Theresa May and Jean-Claude Juncker to meet on Friday 4 December
SOCIAL: Commissioner Thyssen supports social convergence criteria conditions for granting European funds
UKRAINE: €37 million EIB loan to help agricultural sector