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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10161

17 June 2010
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 32
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) ep/employment
Majority of MEPs reject Commission proposal on regulating working time of self-employed drivers

Brussels, 16/06/2010 (Agence Europe) - Henceforth, self-employed bus and lorry drivers must be brought under the same rules on working hours as drivers who work for companies. The same rules will apply to all. This was decided by the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Wednesday 16 June, rejecting the Commission proposal of October 2008 by 368 votes to 301 and 8 abstentions. The proposal in question provided for not including self-employed drivers in current working time legislation in the...

Contents

A LOOK BEHIND THE NEWS
A Look Behind The News, by Ferdinando Riccardi: Reflections launched on new treaty and future EU funding
THE DAY IN POLITICS
(EU) EU/EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Summit dominated by economic issues
(EU) EU-GCC: Joint meeting of Council in Luxembourg and adoption of “action plan”, including one for energy and nuclear power
(EU) EU/IRAN/CORRIGENDUM:
(EU) EP/GAZA: Parliament demands impartial international inquiry on attack on humanitarian aid flotilla by Israeli armed forces
GENERAL NEWS
(EU) EU/ECONOMY: Commission's 2010 report on public finance calls for stricter budget discipline and closer surveillance
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE: High-ranking dairy group unveils its recommendations
(EU) EP/AGRICULTURE: EP's agriculture committee adopts report on future of farming
(EU) EU/AGRICULTURE:
(EU) EU/ECONOMY:
(EU) EU/KYRGYZSTAN:
(EU) EP/CONSUMERS: Parliament votes for more informative labelling on all foodstuffs, but rejects traffic light system
(EU) EP/BUDGET: New special committee on next financial framework
(EU) EP/BUDGET 2010:
(EU) EP/EMPLOYMENT: Majority of MEPs reject Commission proposal on regulating working time of self-employed drivers
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Parliament doubts ability of rating agencies to rate sovereign debt risk
(EU) EP/FINANCIAL SERVICES: Inter-institutional political agreement on review of prospectus directive
(EU) EP/EURO: Parliament approves Estonia's joining euro
(EU) EP/ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE: Verhofstadt wants economic governance of EU and of euro area - Barroso says Commission is Europe's economic government
(EU) EP/JHA: European Parliament approves plans to introduce legal certainty in cross-border divorce cases
(EU) EP/JHA: Translation rights for EU nationals in criminal proceedings
(EU) EP/RESEARCH: EP approves “BONUS-169”' strategy to cut pollution in the Baltic
(EU) EP/RESEARCH:
(EU) EP/DEVELOPMENT: European Parliament calls on EU and its member states to keep their Millennium Development Goal promises
(EU) EP/INTERNET: European Parliament supports new internet technology but urges cautious approach to web governance
(EU) EU/EIB: Agreement on EIB office in Ukraine
(EU) EU/EIB: EIB to fund new projects in Moldova
(EU) EU/REGIONS/SUMMIT:
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main acts published in Official Journal of EU
(EU) EU/EMPLOYMENT:
(EU) EU/HEALTH:
€ VALUE IN DIFFERENT CURRENCIES ON 16/06/2010: