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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11787
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Ep plenary

MEPs to discuss preparations for Brexit and political situation in Hungary

The rights of citizens, and human rights in particular, will be the two big issues at the next European Parliament plenary session.  MEPs will draw up a balance sheet with the president of the European Council, Donald Tusk, in the morning of Wednesday 17 May of the Brexit guidelines adopted by the EU27 European Summit and will discuss the authoritarian slippages of the Hungarian government on the same day.

At the end of April (see EUROPE 11778), the heads of state unanimously laid down...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
INDUSTRY: Member states reach political agreement on regulation on approval and market monitoring of motor vehicles
TRANSPORT: Ministers contact US administration over ban on laptops on planes
TRANSPORT: IRU says income generated by road freight on main routes covers costs
COHESION: Very defensive Committee of Regions opinion on future of cohesion policy
ENERGY: Commission calls for investment in nuclear R&D and new power plants
ANIMAL HEALTH: EU Platform on Animal Welfare to hold first meeting
AGRICULTURE: Copa-Cogeca want Ukrainian restrictions on EU pork lifted
SEA: EU staff to clean Belgian beaches
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: Securitisation – several stumbling blocks point to tough compromise
ECONOMY: Maltese employers call for private investment in Europe to be facilitated
TAXATION: German authorities open investigation into 2000 alleged offshore companies in Malta
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: Definitive EU anti-dumping duties on Chinese iron and steel pipes and tubes
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: EU relations and Horn of Africa situation on Council agenda for 15 May
ALBANIA: Hahn says elections must be held despite opposition's boycott
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Member states fine-tune Barnier's Brexit negotiations mandate
PARLIAMENT: Tajani pledges to extend cooperation with Committee of the Regions
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
SINGLE MARKET: Court of Justice asks General Court to re-examine Dyson case on energy labelling for vacuum cleaners
YOUTH
YOUNG PEOPLE: European Youth Forum lodges complaint against unpaid internships in Belgium
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
EP PLENARY: MEPs to discuss preparations for Brexit and political situation in Hungary
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Registration of Slovak protected name
GREECE: IMF keeps up pressure on Europe over Greek debt relief
MEDITERRANEAN: Euro-Mediterranean Parliamentary Assembly plenary in Rome
DIGITAL: BEREC publishes report on the telecoms code
DIGITAL: European Parliament committee votes on report on 'Satellite and Cable' regulation
DIGITAL: MEPs discuss copyright
FISHERIES: Social partners call on EU to halt abuses of migrants on fishing vessels
FISHERIES: Council endorses delegated act on compliance with international rules on discarding fish
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: The Irish border - The last frontier in Brexit talks
CALENDAR
MAIN ACTIVITIES OF THE EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS: 15/05 - 21/05
Other events: 15/05 - 21/05