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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11875
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Digital

European Parliament wants more resources to combat cyber attacks

On Tuesday 3 October, MEPs called on the EU to strengthen its defences against cyber-attacks and online child pornography networks.

In a report prepared by Elissavet Vozemberg-Vrionidi (EPP, Greece) and approved by 603 votes to 27, with 39 abstentions, MEPs highlighted a range of concrete measures such as those to step up information exchanges by way of Eurojust, Europol and ENISA and to transpose directive 2011/93/EU in every member state on the fight against sexual abuse, sexual...

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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
UNITED KINGDOM: Impossible, as things stand, to move on to second phase of Brexit talks, say MEPs
DIGITAL: European Parliament wants more resources to combat cyber attacks
ENVIRONMENT: Parliament approves inter-institutional agreement
SOUTH-EAST ASIA: Parliament urges stronger economic and political relations with ASEAN
DEVELOPMENT: Parliament says growing repression of civil society requires tougher EU response
FISHERIES: Parliament approves new Atlantic tuna conservation measures
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: Inter-institutional agreement in principle on EU's new anti-dumping methodology
INDIA: New Delhi summit to boost EU-India partnership and relaunch of free trade talks
SAKHAROV PRIZE: Six Sakharov Prize 2017 nominees presented at Parliament
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: On communications code issue, MEPs call for surcharges on intra-EU international calls to be abolished
CLIMATE: Political agreement on sharing of non-ETS effort hoped for at Environment Council
AGRICULTURE: AGRI committee gives conditional green light to Australia and New Zealand talks
JUSTICE: MEPs back idea of whistleblowers going directly to the press
JUSTICE: Irish High Court brings action over transfer of Facebook users' personal data
JUSTICE: With creation of European Public Prosecutor's Office, Commission considers revising OLAF legal framework
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: Commission's new awareness drive
SINGLE MARKET: Estonian Presidency's options for electronic 'services' card
TRANSPORT: European Court of Auditors criticises deployment of single railway signalling system
TRANSPORT: Rail freight sector formulates recommendations to avoid consequences of accidents like Rastatt occurring in the future
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: Commission supports extending ECB's competences in field of clearing
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MIGRATION: ECHR finds against Spain over collective expulsion
NEWS BRIEFS
CATALONIA: Mr Katainen says European Commission did not tackle question of Catalonia during College of Commissioners meeting
INDUSTRY: Maroš Šefčovič wants 'Airbus for batteries' to support electrification of automobile fleet
MIGRATION: Commemoration of lives lost in Lampedusa