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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11947
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EDUCATION / Education

Future of Erasmus + programme will form core of ministerial meeting on 15 February

Education ministers are expected to debate the future of the Erasmus + programme during their meeting in Brussels on 15 February.  A paper prepared by the Bulgarian Presidency presents several areas of reflection but it does not tackle the sensitive issue of the future budget.

The Erasmus+ programme provides financial support to a wide range of activities and action in the education, training, youth and sport fields. It will enjoy a budget of €14.7 billion until 2020. The European...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: European ministers want European asylum system to succeed but still do not know how
JUSTICE: Contrary to member states, MEPs rule out dual nationals from ECRIS-TCN' system
ENERGY: EU allocates €873 million to 17 infrastructure projects, including €578 million for Spain/France interconnection
ENERGY: Several EU countries want clarifications over amendment to 'gas' directive concerning third-country gas pipelines
CLIMATE: CO2 of new heavy vehicles - MEPs hail MRV system proposed by Commission
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs call on Bulgarian Council Presidency for more climate commitment
INTERNAL MARKET: MEPs give positive welcome to Commission's 'products' package
REGIONS: Commission produces guide for improving use of European funds and migrant integration
EDUCATION
EDUCATION: No summit conclusions at all on financial future of Erasmus +
EDUCATION: Future of Erasmus + programme will form core of ministerial meeting on 15 February
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: Draghi concerned at euro's rise against dollar
TAXATION: Progress report on negotiations on transparency of tax intermediaries
MONEY LAUNDERING: EU following questions of corruption in Malta closely
FINANCE: European Parliament's revision of European financial supervisory architecture to focus on division of competences
EU2018BG: Goranov may achieve compromise at Council on reducing bank risks
STATE AID: Irish asset management agency did not break state aid rules
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
CONSUMERS: Court rejects collective action triggered by Schrems against Facebook
MIGRATION: Asylum seeker cannot be subject to psychological test to determine sexual orientation
BREACHES OF EU LAW
ENVIRONMENT: Ireland is threatened with high fines for failure to implement Court ruling on Derrybrien wind farm
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: Denmark, Italy, Netherlands, Poland and Portugal receive letters of formal notice regarding defence procurement markets
BIODIVERSITY: Portugal taken before Court for continued breach of Habitats directive
DIGITAL: Poland taken to European Court of Justice over copyright question
DIGITAL: Bulgaria and Netherlands in court over broadband directive
TRANSPORT: Malta and Romania in the dock for failure to provide notification on provision of alternative fuel infrastructure
ENERGY: Romania referred to CJEU over breach of obligations stemming from 'oil stocks' directive
ENERGY: Bulgaria ordered to comply in full with 'electricity' and 'gas' directives of 2009
ENERGY: Final warning to Slovenia over transposition of energy performance of buildings directive
FINANCE: Twelve member states ordered to transpose MiFID II Directive in full
EXTERNAL ACTION
LIBYA: Libyan actors should rally together for sustainable solution to crisis
UKRAINE: Mikhail Kostarakos regrets that there is no EU military mission
DEFENCE: Atanas Zapryanov says EU will not be international actor without military capability
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Leo Varadkar hopes that London will seek 'Norway +' cooperation model with EU after Brexit
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
HUMAN RIGHTS: Nearly 30,000 requests from Turkey lodged with ECHR in 2017
NEWS BRIEFS
CLIMATE: Effort sharing in sectors outside ETS - MEPs endorse interinstitutional agreement
CLIMATE: MEPs validate interinstitutional agreement on 'Lulucf' regulation
SPACE: New Spanish site for Galileo backup centre will soon be operational
MEXICO: Publication of progress report for eighth round of talks on revised comprehensive EU/Mexico agreement
REGIONS: European Commission launches project for supporting economically backward region of Slovakia
TRANSPORT: European shipowners welcome Commission proposal on port reception facilities
TRANSPORT: European airports concerned by Brexit negotiations outcome
TURKEY: EEAS confirms EU still committed to discussions with Turkey