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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11981

15 March 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 20 / 31
EXTERNAL ACTION / Turkey
Court of Auditors says pre-accession financial aid to Ankara has had only a limited effect
Brussels, 14/03/2018 (Agence Europe)

In a report published on Wednesday 14 March, the European Court of Auditors says that the EU's financial aid for Turkey to get it to align itself with EU legislation and boost its administrative capabilities had had "limited effect". 

The financial aid earmarked for 2007-2020 through the Instrument for Pre-accession Assistance (IPA) amounts to over €9 billion, although this amount has been reduced because of the situation in Turkey.   The auditors focused on 15 projects, totalling...

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
FUTURE OF THE EU: Costa identifies deepening EMU and increasing budgetary resources as priorities for EU
UNITED KINGDOM: European Parliament wants post-Brexit trade relations with London in full respect of EU standards and integrity of single market
UNITED STATES: Wide European Parliament support for EU's firm and proportionate approach to US protectionism over steel
BUDGET: European Parliament agrees on its vision of post-2020 multiannual financial framework to tackle challenges facing EU
ENERGY: European Parliament rejects objection raised by ecologists against new list of common interest infrastructure projects
DIGITAL: MEPs united against cybercrime
SYRIA: Disillusioned MEPs denounce Assad's Russian and Iranian allies
KOREAN PENINSULA: Mogherini says unity of international community will be factor in success or failure
ECB: MEPs support de Guindos' appointment to vice-presidency by a narrow margin
TAXATION: European Parliament approves composition of TAXE 3 special committee
ECONOMY: European Parliament approves Bayet report on 2018 exercise of European semester budgetary process
GEORGIA: European Parliament green light for third EU macrofinancial assistance programme, worth €45 billion
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: Commission unveils its plans to better protect banks from non-performing loans
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: Commission wants to make visas more complicated to obtain for third countries not cooperating enough in readmission of their nationals
MIGRATION: Commission proposes new €3 billion facility for refugees in Turkey
AGRICULTURE: Last discussion before adopting Council conclusions on future CAP
ENVIRONMENT: EEA analyses the colossal challenges of Europe transitioning to sustainable low-carbon future
BIODIVERSITY: WWF warns up to 50% of European species could die out by 2050 under impact of climate change
EXTERNAL ACTION
NORTH KOREA: MEPs announce conducting talks with regime
TURKEY: Court of Auditors says pre-accession financial aid to Ankara has had only a limited effect
RUSSIA: Tusk wants European summit to discuss crisis between London and Moscow
UNITED STATES: Christian Ehler very concerned about sacking of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson
TRADE: Opening of investigation into EU anti-dumping measures on rolls of aluminium foil from China
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION
EDUCATION: Commission may recommend lowering compulsory age of attending pre-school education
SOCIAL: Green light from Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU to continue inter-institutional negotiations on posted workers
SOCIAL: Ministers to hold orientation debate on future of social Europe
SOCIAL: European Labour Authority receives positive welcome from European Parliament and civil society
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
GMOs: General Court holds that GMO impact on human and animal health can be covered by environmental law
NEWS BRIEFS
ENVIRONMENT: Glyphosate – Brussels government refers matter to EU Court of Justice
PHILIPPINES: EU urges Manila to reverse its decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court
TRANSPORT: Unions give Commission's European Labour Authority proposal mixed welcome