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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11708

21 January 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 9 / 38
SECTORAL POLICIES / Regions
CEMR says third of new European Parliament presidency held local/regional office
Brussels, 20/01/2017 (Agence Europe)

Five of the newly elected vice-presidents of the European Parliament – roughly 35% – have in the past held local or regional office, a brief study published on Thursday 19 January by the Council of European Municipalities and Regions (CEMR) has revealed.

The five are Boguslaw Liberadzki (S&D, Poland), Sylvie Guillaume (S&D, France), Ildiko Gall-Pelcz (EPP, Hungary), Alexander Graf Lambsdorff (ALDE, Germany) and Ramon Luis Valcarcel Siso (EPP, Spain). Valcarcel chaired the Committee of...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
PARLIAMENT: Five mid-term changes in Parliamentary committee presidencies expected
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: Brexit will cause significant gap in CAP financing
AGRICULTURE: Commission to open post-2020 CAP consultation on 2 February
AGRICULTURE: EU again refuses to return powdered milk to market
INTERNAL MARKET: Commission suggests three possible ways of improving Construction Products Regulation
DIGITAL: Possible infringement procedures for unjustified restrictions on free flow of data
MIGRATION: Commission defends its actions following Ombudsman's criticism of EU/Turkey agreement
SPACE: Commission plays down 'breakdowns' in Galileo programme
REGIONS: CEMR says third of new European Parliament presidency held local/regional office
ENVIRONMENT: Mixed review of national monitoring programmes for EU marine environments
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: Commission wonders if its proposed union of capital markets is sufficiently comprehensive
ECONOMY: More emphasis should be placed on product market reforms, say member states
COMPETITION: Commission reportedly sent statements of objections to Deutsche Boerse and London Stock Exchange
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: Post-Brexit negotiations for an EU/UK free-trade agreement will not take priority, Malmström warns
CANADA: Progressive Caucus in European Parliament votes against CETA before ratification recommendation vote
RUSSIA: Mogherini says decisions about EU sanctions are not taken in Washington
RUSSIA-UKRAINE: Sefcovic confident about smooth transit of Russian gas through Ukraine this winter
SERBIA-KOSOVO: New high-level dialogue to begin on Tuesday 24 January
GAMBIA: EU congratulates Adama Jarrow, legitimate new president of Gambia, and urges Jammeh to stand down
TUNISIA: Renewed commitment to common action against terrorism, radicalisation and extremism
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
SOCIAL: Jagland calls for European Social Charter to be included in European Pillar of Social Rights
RUSSIA: Muiznieks argues pre-eminence of ECHR over Russian Constitutional Court
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Commission gives protection to new Spanish PDO
BUDGET: 'Friends of the Presidency' group to discuss mid-term vision of MFF on 27 January
EDUCATION: First university joins Erasmus+ loans mechanism
ENVIRONMENT: Essen will be European Green Capital from 21 January
US: TABC calls for continued TTIP negotiations under Trump
INTERNAL MARKET: First anniversary of European Professional Card
DIGITAL: COREPER supports frequency reallocation (700 MHz)
RESEARCH: Commission recruits innovators for review of Horizon 2020
FOOD SAFETY: EFSA data on toxicity of chemicals only a click away
SYRIA: EU represented at Astana meeting
CORRIGENDUM
MONEY LAUNDERING: European Parliament rejects amendment to blacklist of at risk countries
CALENDAR
PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES OF THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS: from 23/01 to 29/01
OTHER EVENTS: 23 to 29 January
EUROPE / DOCUMENTS
EUROPE/DOCUMENTS No. 2597 - MALTESE PRESIDENCY: A Presidency to reunite the Europeans
MALTESE PRESIDENCY: Decisions must be implemented if we are to be credible in the eyes of the citizens, says Ian Borg
MALTESE PRESIDENCY: Institutional calendar for the first half of 2017