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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11805

10 June 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 33
NEWS BRIEFS / Digital
Belgium joins bid to build European high-performance calculators

09/06/2017 (Agence Europe) – An eighth member state has joined the European Declaration on High-performance Calculation.  On 9 June, Belgium joined France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal and Spain to build the next generation of supercalculators in Europe.  The European Declaration on High-performance Calculation was launched and signed in Rome in March 2017 (see EUROPE 11752). European Digital Internal Market Commissioner Andrus Ansip said that supercalculators...

Contents

The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: UK elections cast doubt on Brexit timetable
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: In view of stalemate on Dublin Regulation, several member states call for dossier to be put on ice temporarily
JHA: Political agreement at Council on ETIAS system for authorising third country nationals to enter EU
ENERGY: Commission seeks Council mandate to negotiate Nord Stream 2 agreement with Russia
DIGITAL: Council still on defensive over telecoms code
TRADE: Council agreement on cross-border parcel delivery
DIGITAL: Ministers discuss personal data, connectivity, cybersecurity and circulation of data
COHESION: Member states increasingly favour differentiation after 2020
TRANSPORT: Commission aviation proposals quite well received
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: WTO again speaks out against illegal aid to Boeing
TRADE: Commission measures against excessive Chinese public subsidies in steel industry
DEFENCE: Juncker says Defence Europe is not a loss of member state sovereignty
DEFENCE: Establishment of military planning and conduct capability
SERBIA: Hahn announces upcoming opening of two new negotiation chapters
NORTH KOREA: EU adopts further sanctions against Pyongyang
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ENTERPRISE: European Parliament's S&D group calls on ALDE to withdraw its compromise on country-by-country reporting
TAXATION: MEPs approve idea of tax dispute resolution mechanism
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: 'Post UK election' plenary session dominated by preparations for European summit
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: No new Maltese compromise text on posted workers ahead of next ministerial meeting
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
EMPLOYMENT: Requiring a worker to take leave before he knows whether he will be paid for that leave is incompatible with EU law
NEWS BRIEFS
BUSINESS: Single platform to access information on EU companies
JUSTICE: European Parliament committee on culture adopts restrictive opinion on whistleblowers
KENYA: EU to observe general elections on 8 August
MONTENEGRO: Hahn announces opening of two new negotiation chapters
DIGITAL: Belgium joins bid to build European high-performance calculators
PARLIAMENT: Four UK MEPs heading for Westminster
PARLIAMENT: Accusations of false MEP assistants' jobs against French party MoDem
REGIONS: Catalonia plans self-determination referendum for 1 October 2017
SOCIAL: CoR stresses role of regions in social security coordination
TRANSPORT: Shipowners welcome Council conclusions on maritime transport
TRANSPORT: ESTC welcomes Council road safety conclusions
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European institutions: 12/06 - 18/06
Other events: 12/06 - 18/06