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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11775

27 April 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 20 / 23
COUNCIL OF EUROPE / Council of europe
External investigative group tasked with examining allegations of corruption has its mandate
Brussels, 26/04/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday 25 April, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE) approved the mandate of an independent external investigation body to look into allegations of corruption and promotion of interests levelled at various current and former members (see EUROPE 11714 and 11712).

The body will look into the Luca Volontè case. This former head of the European People's Party (PPP) at PACE allegedly received large sums of money from Azerbaijan to influence the vote on a report on...

Contents

SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Commission presents points of reflection to relaunch social Europe
SOCIAL: European Commission presents initiative to modernise parental leave
INSTITUTIONAL
HUNGARY: Commission opens infringement procedures over law on foreign universities
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
HUNGARY: Viktor Orbán defends his action and reiterates his desire to belong to EU
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: Ministers determined to take action on marine litter
ENVIRONMENT: NGOs urge EU28 not to water down draft on new standards for coal plants
AGRICULTURE: Italy has yet to recover most of levy due from producers
AGRICULTURE: Criticised measures on sugar will not be put to vote by EU experts
FISHERIES: Council expected to reach political agreement in principle on technical measures on 11 May
TRANSPORT: Unions only partially reassured by interview with Commissioner Bulc on social dumping
EXTERNAL ACTION
SYRIA: France accuses Syrian regime of carrying out chemical attack on Khan Sheikhoun
IRAN: Implementation of nuclear programme agreement making progress
TUNISIA: OTE says European support for Tunisian olive oil is not tangible
DEVELOPMENT: Commission presents strategy for more sustainable garment value chain
TRADE: Phil Hogan says Theresa May's British trade Empire 2.0 is fanciful
HONG KONG: EU welcomes upholding of rule of law despite 2016 being a politically sensitive year
ECONOMY - FINANCE
TAXATION: VAT on e-books dossier makes progress
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
DIGITAL: Sale and use of filmspelers can constitute copyright violation
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
HUMAN RIGHTS: Beginning of the end for European human rights protection system?
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: External investigative group tasked with examining allegations of corruption has its mandate
NEWS BRIEFS
MIGRATION: EU grants asylum to more than 700,000 people in 2016
PARLIAMENT: Start of procedure aiming to examine possible lifting of Marine Le Pen's immunity
RESEARCH: 11 EU states and 8 non-EU Mediterranean countries launch PRIMA partnership