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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11789

17 May 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 5 / 36
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Africa
Faki Mahamat says EU and Africa must find joint sustainable solutions to their common challenges
Brussels, 16/05/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday 16 May, Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chad’s former foreign affairs minister and newly elected head of the African Union Commission, argued strongly before the European Parliament in Strasbourg for an enhanced EU-Africa partnership that is based on mutual respect, that fosters economic development and that guarantees a better future for the youth and people of Africa and Europe.

“Africa has an ambitious 50-year agenda for an integrated Africa that is prosperous and peaceful, that the...

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
FUTURE OF EU: Opposing uncontrolled globalisation, MEPs target tax, social and environmental dumping
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: European Parliament remedy for reducing food waste by 30% by 2020 and by 50% by 2030
DIGITAL: European Parliament supports European online administration action plan
BUDGET: MEPs concerned at rise in number of irregularities in 2015
AFRICA: Faki Mahamat says EU and Africa must find joint sustainable solutions to their common challenges
SYRIA: European Parliament asks EU to do more to stop war
INSTITUTIONAL
POLAND: European Commission encouraged to continue its dialogue on rule of law with Warsaw
HUNGARY: European Parliament's Christian Democrats remain reluctant to single out Hungary
COMMISSION: President Juncker allocates digital portfolio to Bulgarian Commission candidate, Mariya Gabriel
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
TRADE: Court says that, as it stands, EU-Singapore free-trade agreement must be concluded jointly by EU and its member states
TAXATION: Member state jurisdictions may check relevance of requests for information sent by another member state
BANKS: ECB's direct supervision of regional bank of Baden-Württemberg is legitimate
JUSTICE: Existence of right to drive acquired in another member state cannot be subjected to criminal sanctions
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: MEPs want scale-up of 'Juncker' investment plan to be accompanied by increased risk-taking
BANKS: ECB lays down criteria to determine quality of banks' top management
TAXATION: G7 Finance discusses taxation of digital economy
ECONOMY: Commission wants to make most of regional dimension in framework of 'European Semester'
SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: Road package crystallises tension between business and union representatives
TRANSPORT: Commission withdraws Benin and Mozambique airlines from its blacklist
MIGRATION: Commission ready to take legal action against countries refusing to relocate asylum seekers
BIODIVERSITY: EU guidelines to ban re-export of ivory from 1 July
AGRICULTURE: Hogan remains vague on MEPs' concerns
AGRICULTURE: Haüsling still believes organic farming agreement possible
HEALTH: Further cooperation between Southern Mediterranean countries on access to medicines
EXTERNAL ACTION
ECONOMY: EIB confirms its support for Chinese 'new Silk Road' initiative
MEDITERRANEAN: Effective implementation of Water Agenda that was decided by ministerial meeting in Malta
NEWS BRIEFS
CULTURE: Plenary vote on audiovisual media services on 18 May
ENLARGEMENT: Adoption of European Parliament's reports on FYROM, Kosovo and Serbia postponed
FINANCE: New rules on prospectuses adopted
CITIZENS' INITIATIVE: Commission registers ECI on tackling wage inequality
INTERNAL MARKET: Draft 'services' card pilloried
MOROCCO: First session of civil society committee overseeing trade negotiations with EU
MEDITERRANEAN: 2016 UfM annual report
BURMA/MYANMAR: EU mobilises €12 million in emergency aid for vulnerable people
FISHERIES: Council approves text on characteristics for fishing vessels
DRC: EU ready to help country fight Ebola if necessary