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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11814

23 June 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 31 / 34
NEWS BRIEFS / Digital
Ten member states call for digital agenda to be top European priority

22/06/2017 (Agence Europe) – Ten member states (Belgium, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden) are requesting that the European Union be in a position to see the full potential of opportunities existing in the digital economy. They made this request in a letter addressed to the leaders of the institutional trio on Tuesday 20 June. According to the signatories, the EU...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
UK: Theresa May makes fair and serious offer on rights of Europeans living in UK after Brexit
DEFENCE: European leaders pick up speed on Defence Europe
TERRORISM: EU28 call on industry to create tools to remove violent online content
RUSSIA: European Council agrees to extend economic sanctions
CLIMATE: EU28 reaffirm commitment to respect Paris Agreement
SOCIAL: Posted workers - Macron says he is feeling 'slight change' in position of some member states
SECTORAL POLICIES
CONSUMERS: Council and Parliament agree to strong co-operation across EU to tackle online scams
ETS/ICAO: Council agrees negotiating position on inter-continental flight derogation
ENVIRONMENT: Parliament's ENVI committee stands firm on neonicotinoids
AGRICULTURE: Final Maltese organic compromise text submitted to Member states
FISHERIES: Brexit and fisheries do not make good bedfellows, especially in Parliament
DIGITAL: Sales contracts - Parliament assesses extension of scope to off-line contracts
DIGITAL: Private life online - first exchange of views in European Parliament on draft 'Lauristin' report
EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: Poroshenko says association agreement with EU will be fully in force on 1 September
MOLDOVA: EU links release of macro-financial aid to electoral legislation
BOSNIA: Hahn urges Sarajevo to focus on reform agenda in coming months
NAGORNO-KARABAKH: EU calls for tension to be calmed and for restraint
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: Extension of 'Juncker' investment plan stumbles over question of financing
EUROZONE: European Fiscal Board recommends a neutral aggregate budgetary stance for 2018
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
EMPLOYMENT: System for protecting workers can be maintained during conclusion of a pre-pack following company bankruptcy
GAMES OF CHANCE: Hungarian law on online games of chance discriminates against operators not established in Hungary
INSTITUTIONAL:  Advocate General clarifies criteria to determine notion of 'emanation of the State'
INSTITUTIONAL
EP2019: Political leaders on Left considering joint and transnational lists for European elections
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Commission registers Bulgarian traditional speciality
STATE AID: Croatian State aid to railway company HZ Cargo cleared
ECB: New instant payment settlement service in Eurozone announced for 2018
CLIMATE: Parliament ready to negotiate with Council on non-ETS emissions reductions
ENVIRONMENT: Maltese Presidency and Parliament reach agreement on RoHS 2 directive
INDUSTRY: Julien Guerrier appointed head of EASME
INTERNAL MARKET: Unions opposing 'services' e-card
DIGITAL: Ten member states call for digital agenda to be top European priority
UGANDA: €85 million in aid to help address massive arrival of refugees, especially from South Sudan
FISHERIES: Court of Auditors report on effectiveness of controls presented
REGIONS: GUE/NGL wants EU Solidarity Fund mobilised swiftly for natural disasters