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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11869

26 September 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 30
NEWS BRIEFS / Employment
Marianne Thyssen says European Employment Authority will have a price

25/09/2017 (Agence Europe) – Questioned by EUROPE regarding the potential cost of the European Employment Authority, European Commissioner for Employment and Social Affairs Marianne Thyssen confirmed on Monday 25 September that the project would not be budget neutral. The commissioner acknowledged that “if we begin a new initiative, that always has a cost… there will be a price to having an authority”.  Thyssen stated that the Commission was going to see how it could reduce its...

Contents

Passing: Farewell to Ferdinando Riccardi
INSTITUTIONAL
POLAND: Member states say now is the time for dialogue, rather than sanctions, on the rule of law
UNITED KINGDOM: EU still awaiting clarity and specific commitments from London
GERMANY: Europeans hope that Germany will remain committed to in-depth EU reform
BUDGET: Oettinger stresses added value of European spending and warns at delays in adoption of post-2020 MFF
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Social partners encountering difficulties on revision of Written Statement Directive
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: Unlawful online content and data protection, Vera Jourova reports on recent trip to USA
JUSTICE: Experts and MEPs call for rethink of EU anti-drugs strategy
MIGRATION: Commission considers asylum seeker relocation mechanism a success
DIGITAL: Andrus Ansip does not intend to regulate cost of intra-EU international calls
TRANSPORT: MEPs welcome positive legislative revision on unfair competition by third country operators
ENERGY: Electricity industry fears massive extra costs resulting from CO2 emissions cap for capacity mechanisms
FOOD SAFETY: Five EU countries to propose joint approach to improve flow of information following Fipronil crisis
FISHERIES: Ocean values healthy fish stocks at €5 billion per year for EU
PLANTS: EU experts critical of French Xylella fastidiosa eradication measures
ENVIRONMENT: France wants EU plan to end professional use of glyphosate before end of 2017
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: WWF points out that SDGs are two years old but EU still does not have strategy for attaining them
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: Nearly €113 billion in private bonds acquired under CSPP
EXTERNAL ACTION
RUSSIA: EU criticises sentencing of journalist who criticised annexation of Crimea
TRADE: Copa-Cogeca calls for countervailing duties on Argentinian biodiesel
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Green light to French measure to support Tarbes airport
ALGERIA: EU and member states welcome Algeria's destruction of anti-personnel mines
ARMENIA: Council adopts EU partnership priorities
DEVELOPMENT: Adoption of regulation establishing EFSD to boost investment in Africa
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: Commission to host 'Reinventing Plastics' conference on 26 September
EMPLOYMENT: Marianne Thyssen says European Employment Authority will have a price
GREECE: Greece officially leaves excessive deficit procedure
MIGRATION: Human Rights Watch criticises asylum seekers being returned to Turkey
TRANSPORT: European pilots call for structural changes and social dialogue at Ryanair
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: N. 1192