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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11683
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Trade

Paul Magnette proposes new method for negotiating free trade deals

Herald of the resistance to Belgium's approval of signing the EU-Canada free trade agreement (CETA) without certain guarantees on the protection of social, environmental, health and public services standards, and on the protection of the right of states to rule in the public interest when resolving investment disputes, the minister-president for the Region of Wallonia, Paul Magnette, presented a series of proposals on Monday 5 December for a new method of negotiating free trade agreements...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: EU is ready to negotiate Brexit, but the calendar will be tight, says Michel Barnier
BUDGET: Time for new 'green' own resource, say Greens at European Parliament
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Revision of 'anti-tax avoidance' directive not yet on track
TAXATION: Enhanced cooperation not the ideal instrument for FTT, says Berlin
MONEY LAUNDERING: Little political support for increased transparency on beneficial owners of trusts and shell companies
BANKS: Ministers' mixed reactions to revision of banking prudential rules
ECONOMY: Council approves extension of 'Juncker' investment plan
SECTORAL POLICIES
INTERNAL MARKET: All or nothing for Commission in firearms directive talks
AGRICULTURE: Slovak Presidency has to give up on organic agreement
AGRICULTURE: Juncker confirms communication on CAP future next year 
AGRICULTURE: Council decision on unfair trading practices on Monday 12 December
BIODIVERSITY: Fate of habitats and birds directives about to be sealed
DEFENCE: EU and NATO set out joint raft of proposals to increase their cooperation
JHA: Inter-institutional agreement on systematic external border controls in Schengen area
JHA: First mixed results for European code of conduct to tackle violent and radical online content
TRANSPORT: Procedural complications delay European Parliament vote on aviation strategy report
CONSUMERS: BEUC complaint on connected toys that infringe children's right to privacy
EXTERNAL ACTION
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU and UNICEF says children's education in emergency situations is a fundamental right
SYRIA: White Helmets denounce Aleppo as a butcher's city in the eyes of the world
UZBEKISTAN: EU urges country to continue reforms
RUSSIA/UKRAINE: Trilateral meeting with EU on gas scheduled for 9 December
TRADE: Paul Magnette proposes new method for negotiating free trade deals
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Council will pursue debate on posted workers and begin work on social rights pillars
EDUCATION
EDUCATION: Only two member states display progress in basic skills
NEWS BRIEFS
CUBA: Cooperation agreement with EU to be signed on 12 December
ENERGY: EIB loan of €190 million for combined-heat-and-power sector in Lithuania
ETS: EP committee vote on ETS reform postponed until 15 December
MERCOSUR: Bieńkowska on economic diplomacy mission to Argentina
TAXATION: Tax administrations will have access to information on beneficial owners of trusts
TURKEY: Mogherini and Çavuşoğlu reaffirm commitment to talks
SERBIA: €80 million to reform administration
TRANSPORT: Commission asked to come back with proposal for vehicle market monitoring agency by 2018