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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11925

14 December 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 35
SECTORAL POLICIES / Cohesion
Commission says around 44% of ESIF investment planned for 2014-2020 committed
Brussels, 13/12/2017 (Agence Europe)

Implementation of the European structural and investment funds (ESI funds) has now“reached cruising speed” after a particularly difficult start, with a number of projects selected in October 2017 worth €278 billion, or 44% of the total investment plan for the period from 2014 to 2020 (ESU funds and co-financing). Some €198 billion of this comes from the EU budget, according to our information.

The European budget for the ESI funds amounts to €454 billion for the current period....

Contents

BEACONS
Beacons: From Father Christmas to Orchestrated Citizens’ Conventions?
EUROPEAN COUNCIL
MIGRATION: European leaders return again to highly controversial question of relocating asylum seekers
EMU: First post-crisis debate between 27 on future of Eurozone
UNITED KINGDOM: EU27 ready to launch second phase of Brexit talks, on their conditions
FOREIGN AFFAIRS/DEFENCE: European leaders celebrate establishment of permanent structured cooperation
SOCIAL/EDUCATION: European Council expected to confirm commitments made during Gothenburg summit
CLIMATE: France wants reference to climate action at European summit
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
SAKHAROV PRIZE: Venezuelan opposition calls on EU to remain 'firm' in opposing Maduro regime
MIDDLE EAST: MEPs call on the EU to act following Donald Trump's announcement about Jerusalem
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: European Parliament calls for creation of Directorate General for Defence within the European Commission
TAXATION: Parliament agrees on post-Panama Papers recommendations, less ambitious than previously
FOOD SAFETY: Parliament reluctantly agrees to Commission proposal authorising phosphate additives in kebabs
JHA: MEPs call for swift enlargement of Schengen area to include Romania and Bulgaria
HONG KONG: Parliament calls for stronger bilateral dialogue
SECTORAL POLICIES
FISHERIES: EU ministers agree 2018 quotas for Atlantic and North Sea
BIODIVERSITY: Further meeting in 2018 on proposal on neonicotinoid ban
HEALTH: Committee of national experts narrowly adopts criteria on endocrine disruptors in pesticides
HEALTH: Commission adopts 2018 work programme
COHESION: Commission says around 44% of ESIF investment planned for 2014-2020 committed
JUSTICE: MEPs want to introduce new criminal penalties throughout EU to tackle money-laundering
EXTERNAL ACTION
MERCOSUR: No agreement in principle on EU-MERCOSUR trade negotiations before early 2018
TRADE: 119 WTO countries set up a platform to remove obstacles to women becoming autonomous
HORN OF AFRICA: Aid of €174.4 million to tackle causes of illegal migration to Europe
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: EEAS should boost efforts to improve impact of EU election observation missions, says Court of Auditors
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
STATE AID: Green light to Polish measure in support of renewable energies
FINANCE: Commission recognises equivalence of several regulated share trading platforms in Australia, the US and Hong Kong
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
BANKS: Single supervision – Court rejects Crédit mutuel Arkéa's appeal
NEWS BRIEFS
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Emergency assessment of possible breaches of independence of judiciary and fight against corruption in Romania and Poland
SPACE: Successful launch of four new Galileo satellites
INDUSTRY: Small business welcomes adoption of Juncker plan 2.0
DEMOCRACY: ALDE group at the European Parliament publishes its positions on fake news and misinformation
NATO: Mogherini and Tusk welcome extended mandate for Stoltenberg as NATO Secretary-General
REGIONS: European Commission grants first financial aid to Saint-Martin and Guadeloupe following hurricanes Irma and Maria
SAHEL: Neven Mimica confirms EU support for joint G5 Sahel Force and regional development
PLANTS: New plant passport adopted