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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11996
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EXTERNAL ACTION / South africa

EU pledges €62 million to support small business and governance

Two programmes, one for jobs and one for governance, are being financed by the EU in South Africa, to the tune of €62 million in total.  They were launched in Pretoria on Friday 6 April during an official visit by International Cooperation and Development Commissioner Neven Mimica.  South Africa signed a strategic partnership with the EU in 2007. 

The new EU programme 'Employment Promotion through small, micro and medium enterprises Support Programme for South Africa', worth €52...

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INSTITUTIONAL
HUNGARY: Viktor Orbán still in position of strength as Hungary called to renew its parliament
COMMISSION: EPP Group in Parliament supports 'natural choice' to appoint Selmayr as secretary general
SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: Negotiators in Parliament to discuss key aspects of lorry-driver work and rest times
TRANSPORT: Council's national experts to examine new revised a minima compromise on posting of lorry drivers
ENVIRONMENT: Innovation for air quality, better regulation and climate on agenda of EU28 informal ministerial meeting
AGRICULTURE: COPA-COGECA recommendations on “protein plan”
FOOD SAFETY: Japan expected to wait before selling pig meat in EU
JUSTICE: One in three Roma harassed in the EU says Fundamental Rights Agency
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: Court officially asked to rule on measures concerning Latvian governor
BANKS: Improvement of balance sheets of European banks continues, reports EBA
STATE AID: Green light to Italian aid to regions hit by earthquakes
STATE AID: Green light to Portuguese tonnage tax and seafarer schemes
STATE AID: Green light to tax allowance awarded to La Poste for its territorial presence
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: Caught in crossfire of US-China trade war, EU calls on China to reform and open up its economy
NORTH KOREA: EU strengthens measures against Pyongyang
LEBANON: EU announces up to €150 million at Paris conference
SOUTH AFRICA: EU pledges €62 million to support small business and governance
TUNISIA: EU deploys municipal election observation mission
VIETNAM: EU criticises sentencing of six human rights activists
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
HUMAN RIGHTS: Challenges remain despite record number of ECHR rulings implemented in 2017
NEWS BRIEFS
DEFENCE: French/German cooperation on fighter aircraft
GREECE: Details on 'French mechanism' indexing reimbursement of Greek debt to growth
JUSTICE: Up to 2.7 million people in Europe affected by Cambridge Analytica scandal
MALI: EU reiterates support for MINUSMA, which has been hit by another terrorist attack
SYRIA: EU imposes sanctions on Khatiba Imam Al-Bukhari terrorist organisation
SYRIA: 15 NGOs call on EU to make accountability for atrocities a topic to be discussed at 2nd conference in Brussels
TRANSPORT: Combined rail-road industry fears impact of French rail strikes
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: Ireland believes the backstop solution will apply
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European Institutions: 09/04 - 15/04
Other events: 09/04 - 22/04