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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11712
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Internal market

MEPs ratify inter-institutional agreement on 'firearms' directive

On Thursday morning 26 January, MEPs adopted (25 votes in favour, 9 against, 2 abstentions) the inter-institutional agreement of last December on the “firearms” directive. This vote thereby puts an end to the long months of heated debates. Even during today’s vote, there was a clear divide between the delegations from the west of Europe, and those from Eastern and Northern Europe.

The overwhelming majority of MEPs in the EPP, S&D and ECR groups supported the text, as did the...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: Disturbing variations on the theme of information (III)  
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: Ministers closer to compromise on the reform of the European asylum system
JHA: Berlin already asking to extend controls on the internal borders of the Schengen zone beyond May
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: Commission and EIB want to stimulate investment in innovative projects
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: Guidelines for recovering energy from waste - one step away from new proposals
DIGITAL: European Parliament Internal Market Committee divided over issue of scope on geo-blocking
DIGITAL: Broad European Parliament consensus at public hearing on telecommunications code
INDUSTRY: Commission guidelines on vehicle emissions to help fight fraudulent practices by manufacturers
TRANSPORT: MEPs propose introduction of 'connectivity index' for aviation sector
INTERNAL MARKET: MEPs ratify inter-institutional agreement on 'firearms' directive
AGRICULTURE: Maltese Presidency to re-open organic talks on 22 March
AGRICULTURE: Council debate on CAP reform on 6 March
AGRICULTURE: MEPs want cut in transport time for horses for slaughter
ENERGY: S&D Group to launch manifesto on tackling energy poverty in Ghent
ENERGY: New IGA transparency mechanism to come into effect shortly
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
GREECE: Meeting in February to try to finalise a second monitoring mission
EMU: Without a social dimension, Economic and Monetary Union would be paralysed
TAXATION: Ministers' meeting to discuss FTT postponed
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
EDUCATION: Erasmus+ programme could become victim of its own success
EXTERNAL ACTION
MONTENEGRO: Prime minister confirms Podgorica's European ambitions
FYROM: Hahn and European Parliament mediators call for formation of government
BRAZIL: EU concerned at Brazil's barriers to beef imports
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
COMPETITION: Court rejects majority of appeals by producers of sanitary installations
JHA: A prisoner resisting transfer does not justify failure to execute a European arrest warrant
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
ECHR: Massive increase in requests, particularly from Hungary, Romania and Turkey, according to 2016 activity report
LOBBYING: External investigation group to be set up following suspicions of corruption regarding members of Parliamentary Assembly
NEWS BRIEFS
TRADE: WTO Trade Facilitation Agreement to enter into force soon
CONSUMERS: Ségolène Royal approaches Commission about toxic chemical residues in nappies
FINANCE: MEPs approve extension of financial support to Finance Watch and Better Finance until 2020
KUWAIT: EU says Kuwait should return to its previous de facto moratorium on death penalty
FISHERIES: European Parliament's fisheries committee approves EU-Cook Islands protocol
UNITED KINGDOM: London publishes its draft Brexit law
TRANSPORT: ETSC to tackle the death rates of young people on the roads