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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11756

29 March 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 2 / 35
INSTITUTIONAL / Budget
European Parliament budgets committee gives green light to revision of MFF 2014-2020
Brussels, 28/03/2017 (Agence Europe)

As announced (see EUROPE 11749), the European Parliament's budgets committee decided on Monday 27 March to approve the Council's text on the mid-term revision of the multi-annual financial framework (MFF) of the EU for 2014-2020. This will make an extra €6 billion available to finance EU priorities such as migration flows and youth unemployment.

This recommendation by Jan Olbrycht (EPP, Poland) and Isabelle Thomas (S&D, France) was adopted by 21 votes in favour, three against and two...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: European Parliament sharpens it weapons before kick-off of negotiations leading to Brexit
BUDGET: European Parliament budgets committee gives green light to revision of MFF 2014-2020
SECTORAL POLICIES
TERRORISM: Commission to present legislative options on electronic evidence this June
TERRORISM: Ministers debate question of how foreign fighters should be treated
TERRORISM: Some countries worry that Court of Justice rulings restrict personal data retention
LEGAL AFFAIRS: New stage in procedure for launching enhanced cooperation on European Public Prosecutor
ENERGY: Partnership between EU and World Alliance for Clean Technologies
ENERGY: EU was global leader in wind energy capacity connected to the grid and offshore wind energy in 2015
ENERGY: JRC says EU was global leader in tidal stream and wave energy technologies in 2016
TRANSPORT: Commission welcomes slight drop in road deaths in 2016
CLIMATE: Only three countries ambitious on non-ETS effort sharing
AGRICULTURE: Inter-institutional talks on organic farming to resume on 3 May
FISHERIES: Fishing restrictions to protect reefs in Danish Natura 2000 sites
SEA: Marine spatial planning roadmap
COHESION: Katainen lays out his vision of future cohesion policy
COHESION: Jan Olbrycht says one solution for the post-2020 period would be to extend the current setup
DEMOCRACY: Critical appreciation strengthened at a time of 'fake news'
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Strong majority at European Parliament in favour of resolving hybrid mismatch issue
TAXATION: European Parliament holds initial consensual debate on reduced VAT rates on e-books
EXTERNAL ACTION
LEBANON: Johannes Hahn congratulates Lebanon for welcoming Syrian refugees
AFGHANISTAN: EU and Afghanistan want to boost the sharing of migration information
DRC: EU and AU condemn violence in the Kasai and urge implementation of political agreement
DEVELOPMENT: EU launches guide to help stop young people signing up to violent extremism
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
TRANSPARENCY: Thorbjørn Jagland calls for committee of investigation into allegations of corruption within PACE
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Danish aid for offshore windfarm given go-ahead
SOUTH AFRICA: Commission invites EU companies to join circular economy mission in Pretoria
CLIMATE: Miguel Arias Cañete visits Peking to strengthen EU-China cooperation and leadership
ENVIRONMENT: Commission-organised conference on environmental noise in Europe to be held on 24 April
TAXATION: Apple – Luxembourg pledges support for Ireland in its appeal to CJEU
JHA: Vera Jourová makes official visit to the United States
DIGITAL: Public consultation on definition of appropriate markets
CFSP: CJEU confirms validity of EU restrictions on Rosneft and other Russian companies
CFSP: Being the daughter of an ousted dictator is not sufficient grounds for EU sanctions
UNITED KINGDOM: Commission promises maximum transparency during Brexit negotiations
UNITED KINGDOM: CPMR calls for regions to be represented in Brexit talks