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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11163
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SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) women

Jourova and Thyssen should put maternity leave on agenda

Umea, 25/09/2014 (Agence Europe) - The draft directive on maternity leave, which the European Commission is threatening to withdraw, is expected to be a priority for future Commissioners Vera Jourova and Marianne Thyssen - in charge of equal opportunities and employment respectively. The European Women's Lobby (EWL) is calling on the two future commissioners to work on the issue as part of the Commission's REFIT programme for legislative simplification - although before the summer the...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: A defence minister at immigration - image to correct or project
(AE) JHA: Four psychoactive substances outlawed
(AE) JHA: Reasoned opinion for Greece on single permit
(AE) CLIMATE/ENERGY: Greens write to Juncker about Canete
(AE) CLIMATE: Commission carbon leak draft almost rejected by MEPs
(AE) INDUSTRY: Signposts for integrated approach for competitiveness
(AE) INDUSTRY: Reasoned opinion for Germany over air conditioning in cars
(AE) ENERGY: Five member states called upon to comply on oil stocks
(AE) COHESION: Revising methodology for structural funds allocation
(AE) TRANSPORT: Heated Council railway market debate expected
(AE) TRANSPORT: Spain in court over lack of port security
(AE) TRANSPORT: Commission acts on railway safety
(AE) INTERNAL MARKET: Final boost for eCall autumn negotiations
(AE) WOMEN: Jourova and Thyssen should put maternity leave on agenda
(AE) WOMEN: Women up by 1% on boards of directors
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - CULTURE
(AE) SOCIAL: Marianne Thyssen expects to be the new “social face” of the EU
(AE) SOCIAL: Belgium must accept posted workers' form A1
(AE) SOCIAL: France called on to respect police officers' hours
(AE) CULTURE: Culture's cross-cutting nature must be recognised
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) BANKS: Bulgaria under fire over deposit guarantee
(AE) LITHUANIA: Call to attention over rising prices and services sector
(AE) FINANCE: Warning on budgetary constraints for financial supervision
(AE) COMPETITION: Vienna threatens legal action over power station
(AE) TAXATION: Berlin before court over its VAT reimbursement rules
(AE) TAXATION: Netherlands before court over VAT on watersports
(AE) TAXATION: Estonia must change its law on cigarette sales
(AE) TAXATION: Greece under fire over its legislation on filling stations
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) BUDGET: Information meeting on payment appropriations situation
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) NORWAY: Possible increase in gas supplies to EU in the case of crisis
(AE) UKRAINE: Poroshenko says Kiev will request accession in 2020
(AE) ISLAMIC STATE: Security Council targets foreign jihadists
(AE) BAHRAIN: Activists call for double standards to stop
(AE) ALGERIA: EU condemns murder of Hervé Gourdel
(AE) MEDITERRANEAN: Agricultural research in Euro-Mediterranean area
(AE) MOROCCO: EBRD support for SMEs
(AE) DRC: EUSEC RD Congo extended
BUSINESS NEWS NO 118
(AE) Tourism: