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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11872
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Justice

European Parliament's green light to creation of European Public Prosecutor

On Thursday 28 September, the European Parliament's civil liberties (LIBE) committee approved by a large majority (40 votes in favour, 5 against and 2 abstentions) the creation of a European Public Prosecutor to fight against the fraud of European funds and value added tax (VAT) when this is cross-border.

During their examination of Barbera Matera's (EPP, Italy) draft recommendations, which the European Parliament approved at the beginning of the week, many MEPs regretted the fact that...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: There will be no more ‘favourable winds’ unless they come from citizens! (Part II)
INSTITUTIONAL
UK: Barnier says Brexit negotiations making progress but not enough to discuss future partnership
UNITED KINGDOM: MEPs say acquis communautaire and ECJ jurisdiction must continue in any post-Brexit transition period
EUROPEAN AGENCIES: Jealously fought battle to host future post-Brexit European Medicines Agency 
BUDGET: Court of Auditors warns against scale of latest payment backlog
SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: Commission presents proposal to strengthen railway passenger rights
JHA: Commission provides digital giants until May 2018 to improve withdrawal of illegal content
JUSTICE: European Parliament's green light to creation of European Public Prosecutor
FOOD SAFETY: MEPs veto proposed acrylamide rules as overly bureaucratic for SMEs
GMO: Parliament environment committee objects to import of soy bean resistant to herbicide mixtures
GMO: Parliament environment committee objects to authorisation of soybean resistant to glyphosate and 2,4D
HEALTH: European Parliament environment committee objects to criteria helping to define endocrine disruptors
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: Fresh round of inter-institutional talks on revision of waste framework directive on 25 October
INDUSTRY: Automobile industry thinks review of CO2 emission targets is necessary in 2025
ENERGY: gas cooperation in Central and South-Eastern Europe to be extended to other sectors
ENERGY: Romania, doing well on renewables, stays committed to EU targets
COHESION: Ms Cretu sums up ideas mooted during Commission reflection for future cohesion policy
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: Banking industry calls for action so that EU is no longer 'sick man' of financial technologies
TAXATION: VAT gap still equal to EU budget
COMPETITION: Agreement reached between France and Italy on STX
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: MEPs call for all member states to adopt minimum income
EXTERNAL ACTION
SERBIA: Education projects signed for €27.4 million
UKRAINE: EU calls for sentence of Crimean Tatar chief to be reversed
RUSSIA: EU hails completion of full destruction of chemical weapons
MIDDLE EAST: Quartet calls for concrete measures for control of Gaza and West Bank by a legitimate Palestinian authority
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Satisfactory first trilogue meeting on Instrument contributing to Stability and Peace
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU allocates €25,000 in emergency aid to Dominica after devastation by Hurricane Maria
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: Subject to conditions, companies may use designs protected by Nintendo to advertise products compatible with Wii video games console
NEWS BRIEFS
LIBYA: EU again extends by six months sanctions against Saleh, Ghweil and Abu Sahmein
LOBBYING: Monsanto denied access to European Parliament until further notice
PALESTINE: Kauko Aaltomaa appointed as head of EUPOL COPPS police mission