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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11700

11 January 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 9 / 27
INSTITUTIONAL / Parliament
EPP calls on S&D and ALDE to come to their senses on presidency-sharing agreement
Brussels, 10/01/2017 (Agence Europe)

The day after the unsuccessful attempt by MEPs from the Five Star Movement (M5S) to join the European Parliament's ALDE Group, and facing numerous warnings from the S&D candidate for the European Parliament presidency, Gianni Pittella from Italy (according to whom the Grand Coalition between the EPP and S&D Groups no longer exists), the head of the European Parliament's EPP Group, Manfred Weber from Germany, tried to re-establish calm on Tuesday 10 January, calling on all pro-European forces...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: Commission seeks balance between protection and use of personal data
JHA: Commission updates data protection rules applied in European institutions
JHA: Commission seeking to increase number of personal data transfer agreements with third countries
INTERNAL MARKET: Commission seeks to dispel services e-card fears
CLIMATE: Improvements made to Commission non-ETS effort sharing proposal, say NGOs
ENVIRONMENT: ECI seeking to ban glyphosate soon to be registered
ENERGY: Gazprom announces record gas exports to EU and Turkey in 2016
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: New workplace exposure value limits for chemical products
INSTITUTIONAL
PARLIAMENT: EPP calls on S&D and ALDE to come to their senses on presidency-sharing agreement
PARLIAMENT: Gianni Pittella wants to strengthen European Parliament's democratic functioning
PARLIAMENT: Eleonora Forenza advocates radical change in European policies
PARLIAMENT: Lamberts says Greens/EFA Group can do at least as well as others
COMMISSION: S&D group does not want Oettinger to be given 'human resources' portfolio
BUDGET: MEPs want to protect whistleblowers defending EU's financial interests
EXTERNAL ACTION
NEW ZEALAND: Europe and New Zealand confirm intention to launch free trade negotiations in 2017
AFRICA: Youth to be focus of preparations for fifth EU-Africa summit in Abidjan
EGYPT: EU condemns attack in Sinai
ECONOMY - FINANCE
TAXATION: How anti-tax avoidance work is shaping up for Maltese Presidency
ENTERPRISE: Transparency International criticises Council's changes to country-by-country reporting rules
STATE AID: Areva's restructuring plan gets go-ahead
STATE AID: Spain brought before Court for failing to recover legal aid
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JUSTICE: General Court sets out for first time criteria deciding what constitutes excessive duration in a procedure
TAXATION: Relevance of a fiscal information request may be subjected to summary examination by national judge
NEWS BRIEFS
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC: Herman Ruys from Belgium to provide EUTM CAR command
CONSUMERS: Mandatory labelling of origin for ingredients in ready-made meals in force in France
MIGRATION: Intervention teams for return of irregular migrants launched
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: 'Five Star Movement' MEPs to remain in ELDD