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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11857

8 September 2017
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INSTITUTIONAL / Ep2019
Hübner and Pereira propose cutting MEP numbers to 700 from 2019
Brussels, 07/09/2017 (Agence Europe)

In the run-up to the European elections of 2019, Danuta Hübner (EPP, Poland) and Pedro Silva Pereira (S&D, Portugal) have put a suggestion to the constitutional affairs committee of the European Parliament of reducing the number of seats in the Parliament to 700, whilst at the same time carrying out a new “fair and objective” division of the number of seats for each member state.

According to the draft report of the two MEPs dated 7 September and of which EUROPE has had sight, the cut -...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: Can two countries be (a little) more equal than the others?
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: EU does not want London to use Irish question to start negotiations on post-Brexit relations
EP2019: Hübner and Pereira propose cutting MEP numbers to 700 from 2019
EXTERNAL ACTION
NORTH KOREA: EU to prepare new sanctions against Pyongyang
TURKEY: EU foreign ministers far from unanimous on suspending accession negotiations
BURMA: EU calls for tensions to be calmed in Rakhine State
TRADE: EU, Argentina and Mongolia to launch global campaign against trade in instruments of torture
TRADE: EU ready to lower taxes against Argentine biodiesel to comply with WTO ruling
TRADE: CEO speaks out against corporate lobbies discrediting movement for trade justice
INDONESIA: Warning of human rights threat from EU-Indonesia free trade agreement
SECTORAL POLICIES
INDUSTRY: Council and Parliament stick to their respective positions on fees and Commission role in vehicle type approval
INDUSTRY: European Parliament Greens call on Commission to take action in Dieselgate affair
CONSUMERS: National authorities and Commission urge Volkswagen to 'repair' all tampered vehicles in given deadline
TERRORISM: Commission reaffirms support to member states in fight against terror
DIGITAL: SatCab regulation, Parliament postpones legal affairs committee vote
CLIMATE: Environment committee wants higher EU energy efficiency target
AGRICULTURE: Council tweaks its position on omnibus regulation
AGRICULTURE: EEB wants end to CAP's two-pillar structure
FOOD SAFETY: MEPs veto relaxing of post-Fukushima food import checks
FOOD SAFETY: Serious deficiencies in Indonesian checks on tuna products for EU
TRANSPORT: Mobility package and rail passenger rights among Commission priorities
TRANSPORT: Sector actors argue that fleet automation requires legal and political framework
JHA: Proposed online privacy regulation a disaster, says MEP Axel Voss
REGIONS: St Martin eligible for solidarity funding after Hurricane Irma though not St Barthélemy
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Austria's ideas to tax web giants
ECB: Announcements possible by end of October on exiting 'quantitative easing' operation
ECONOMY: GDP up in Eurozone and EU in second quarter of 2017
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
TRANSPORT: Airline passenger compensation depends on radial distance between cities of departure and arrival
TAXATION: French legislation on tax exemption for dividends breaches 'parent/subsidiaries' directive
EDUCATION
EDUCATION: MEPs expected to call for more post-2020 Erasmus + programme funding
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Green light to German measure to support Memmingen airport
INSTITUTIONAL: First tripartite political meeting on compulsory transparency register