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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11592
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INSTITUTIONAL / (ae) commission

Ombudsman calls for ethics rules for former Commissioners to be tightened up

Brussels, 12/07/2016 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday 12 July, the European Ombudsman, Emily O'Reilly, called on the European Commission to tighten up the rules on positions that presidents of the Commission and former Commissioners may occupy once they have left the institution, after the controversy provoked by the appointment of José Manuel Barroso as non-executive chairman of Goldman Sachs International (EUROPE 11591).

The Ombudsman asks whether the rules are “sufficient to protect the...

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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
(AE) ECONOMY: Spain and Portugal likely to be handed symbolic sanctions
(AE) MONEY LAUNDERING: Ministers challenge transposition deadline for new proposal
(AE) MONEY LAUNDERING: MEPs respond with irony to new version of anti-money laundering directive
(AE) TAXATION: Monaco hopes to be removed from European national blacklists
(AE) BANKS: Italian banks - EU stresses need for banking union rules to be followed
INSTITUTIONAL
(AE) BUDGET: Mario Monti says 'income' aspect of the EU budget can help to achieve political objectives
(AE) BUDGET: 23% cut in payments for cohesion policy comes under fire from European Parliament
(AE) COMMISSION: Cañete denies any conflict of interest over Panama Papers
(AE) COMMISSION: Ombudsman calls for ethics rules for former Commissioners to be tightened up
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
(AE) SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Commission to announce on 20 July that it is not changing draft legislation on secondment of workers
SECTORAL POLICIES
(AE) JHA: Privacy Shield adopted but far from reassuring
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Agreement on revision of air quality directive approved
(AE) ENVIRONMENT: Committee does not want Parliament veto on extended glyphosate licence
(AE) ENERGY: Parliament preparing demands for heating-cooling strategy
(AE) ENERGY: EU ever more dependent on oil imports from non-EU companies
(AE) TRANSPORT: MEPs approve inter-institutional agreement of 4th rail package
(AE) TRANSPORT: Extent of EASA competence debated in Parliament
(AE) INTERNAL MARKET: MEPs critical of implementation of postal services directive
(AE) DIGITAL: Transfer of value, Andrus Ansip unveils his vision
(AE) FISHERIES: Slovak Presidency to focus on quotas, external fleet and stock management plans
(AE) FISHERIES: European Parliament committee approves deepwater fishing compromise
EXTERNAL ACTION
(AE) CHINA: Donald Tusk asks Beijing to respect international rules
(AE) UKRAINE: EU continues support to Ukraine
(AE) BELARUS: Alena Kupchyna supports normalisation of relations with EU
(AE) ISRAEL: EU criticises new legislation on NGOs
NEWS BRIEFS
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