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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11712
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / taxation

Ministers' meeting to discuss FTT postponed

The ministerial meeting of the ten countries participating in the enhanced cooperation to bring in a financial transaction tax (FTT), which was due to be held on Thursday 26 January following the Eurogroup meeting, did not end up taking place. The reason given is that the Austrian finance minister, Hans Joerg Schelling, who is chairing the ministerial discussions, was unable to attend as the new Austrian president, Alexander Van der Bellen, was being sworn in on the same day.

The ministers...

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