login
login

Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11911

24 November 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 25
EXTERNAL ACTION / Csdp
Head of Agadez regional council says EUCAP Sahel Niger must come closer to civilian population
Brussels, 23/11/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 23 November, the head of the Agadez regional council in Niger, Mohamed Anacko, called for the EUCAP Sahel Niger civilian mission to be closer to the civilians in the region – a platform for migration in Africa.  The CSDP mission, which was launched in 2012 and for which the mandate runs until July 2018, aims to advise and train the personnel of the Nigerien security forces.

"Openings towards civilians are needed.  We speak about a civilian mission, civilians need to be...

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