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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11891

26 October 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 19 / 36
EXTERNAL ACTION / Kosovo
Mixed assessment of local elections
Brussels, 25/10/2017 (Agence Europe)

The European Union Election Observation Mission (EU EOM) for the municipal and mayoral elections in Kosovo 22 October said in the evening of Tuesday 24 October:‘‘the election process differed considerably in Kosovo Albanian-majority municipalities in comparison to Kosovo Serb-majority municipalities". 

The chief observer, Alojz Peterle MEP (EPP, Slovenia) said at a press conference in Pristina: "elections were genuinely competitive in Albanian-majority municipalities and the campaign...

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
SEXUAL HARASSMENT: MEPs commit to #MeToo
BUDGET: European Parliament calls for proactive 2018 budget to tackle economic, social and migratory challenges
BUDGET: European Parliament warns EU cannot do more with less
GMO: Parliament puts veto on authorisation of MON1507 and other GMOs for food
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: European Parliament wants to ease market access for organic fertilisers low in cadmium
JHA: European Parliament calls for equal rights for Roma community and end to hate speech against it
SOCIAL: European Parliament calls for strengthened minimum income systems in member states
SOCIAL: European Parliament ready to negotiate with Council on reform of posted workers directive
EMPLOYMENT: European Parliament endorses inter-institutional agreement to strengthen directive on carcinogens and mutagens
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: Member state vote on renewal of glyphosate licence postponed
TRANSPORT: Karima Delli opposes à la carte social Europe
MIGRATION: Cecilia Wikström critical of sluggish pace of negotiations at Council for asylum system reform
ENERGY/HEALTH: Cross-party MEP coalition calls for end of twice yearly clock change
ENERGY: Households and businesses have benefitted from fall in energy prices in 2016, ACER reports
JHA: Despite Left's disapproval, entry/exit system for regulating entry flows of travellers into EU is adopted at European Parliament
JUSTICE: Věra Jourová invites citizens to obtain greater awareness about exercising their legal rights
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Commission sets three priority action areas for 2018
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Mogherini urges Sarajevo to continue with reform agenda
KOSOVO: Mixed assessment of local elections
MIDDLE EAST: EU and eight member states to call on Israel in next few days to return confiscated equipment
JAPAN: Commission confident of finalising free-trade agreement by end of year
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: Withdrawal of proposed reform of banking structure comes under fire
FINANCE: CCP resolution framework – no unanimity between member states on decision-making process
GREECE: Greece must continue its efforts on economic front, says Wolfgang Schäuble
STATE AID: Green light to prolongation of aid to Irish credit union restructuring scheme
STATE AID: Green light to Hungarian aid measure to MOL petrochemical plant
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
MIGRATION: A member state must examine a request for asylum if it has not transferred the asylum seeker within the deadline period to the EU state of first entry
ENTERPRISE: Member states must not require companies wishing to move headquarters to another member state to enter liquidation
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Prolongation of public support measure for combined transport in Italy approved
STATE AID: Green light to extension of Austrian measures to promote combined transport for freight
EDUCATION: Call for proposals as part of Erasmus + programme that will receive € 2.7 billion funding in 2018
INDUSTRY: European Parliament criticises withdrawal of proposal to simplify motor vehicle reregistration
NEPAL: European Parliament sends election observation mission, headed by Željana Zovko
DIGITAL: Forthcoming action plan on cyber-security strategy
REGIONS: Italy to receive €1.2 billion from EU Solidarity Fund
UNITED KINGDOM: EU27 begin to think about future relations with UK