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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11742
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Internal market

ALDE does not accept current agreement on firearms

The liberals at the European Parliament have announced that on Wednesday 8 March they submitted a number of amendments to the inter-institutional agreement on the directive for controlling, acquiring and owning weapons, in view of the forthcoming plenary vote.

In a press release, the shadow rapporteur on the text, Dita Charanzová (ALDE, Czech Republic), exclaimed that, “The European Parliament has abandoned its position too easily: the directive is now missing it main objective, that of...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
EUROPEAN COUNCIL: Donald Tusk renewed for a second mandate with 27 votes in favour and a furious Polish government
FUTURE OF EU: Multi-speed Europe is not a way of selecting countries among themselves
UNITED KINGDOM: Theresa May says it's time to leave European Union
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: Highly accommodative monetary policy to be maintained as long as inflationary pressure seems temporary
FINANCE: Equivalence of third-country rules – European supervision authorities ask about resources
TAXATION: Legal imbroglio over reverse-charge mechanism for VAT
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: European Parliament to approve mid-term revision of EU multi-annual financial framework in April
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs call for measures to stem deforestation for palm oil
ENVIRONMENT: ECHA denies any glyphosate conflict of interest
DIGITAL: Question of neighbouring law for press publishers in hot seat
AGRICULTURE: Organic farming talks treading water
MIGRATION: Mouzalas says situation of migrants and asylum seekers in Greece much improved
INTERNAL MARKET: ALDE does not accept current agreement on firearms
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JHA: No right to forget in cases involving personal data contained in company registers
EXTERNAL ACTION
SINGAPORE: EU and South-East Asia's city-state affirm commitment to free trade
CHINA: EU industry wants forceful measures to tackle unfair Chinese trade
PHILIPPINES: European Chamber of Commerce in country wants to attract more EU investment
KOSOVO: EU criticises Kosovan Parliament's call to suspend dialogue with Serbia
MALI: EU and AU urge all parties to complete the establishment of interim authorities in north
AFGHANISTAN: EU criticises attack on hospital in Kabul
NEWS BRIEFS
COHESION: Regions oppose project to link structural funds to taking in refugees and respecting rule of law
COMPETITION: Court upholds fines handed down to Samsung over cathode ray tubes cartel
JHA: Frontex signs agreement with Poland for new European Border Guard Agency headquarters
INTERNAL MARKET: European Commission launches roadmap to assess 'strawberries' directive
PARLIAMENT: Tajani commits to sanctioning MEP Janusz Korwin-Mikke
RESEARCH: 2017 EU Prize for Women Innovators