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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11901

10 November 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 12 / 25
EXTERNAL ACTION / Australia/new zealand
EU not yet ready to adopt its trade agreement negotiation mandates
Brussels, 09/11/2017 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 9 November, a diplomatic source close to the issue told EUROPE that the EU Council's adoption of the mandates proposed by the European Commission in September to negotiate free trade agreements with Australia and New Zealand will await the internal debate within the EU (at the technical and then political level) on the new architecture of the trade agreements.

The discussions on these negotiation mandates hang on the broader debate on the Commission's recent proposal for a new...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: Catalonia: Some Questions and a Number of Possible Responses…
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: European Commission optimistic about Eurozone's economic health
BANKS: In face of criticism, Danièle Nouy admits that addendum to ECB's guidelines on non-performing loans needs to be reworded
BANKS: MEPs differ over assessment of progress made towards Banking Union in 2017
COMPETITION: In-depth investigation into planned acquisition of Ilva by ArcelorMittal
SECTORAL POLICIES
ETS: Interinstitutional agreement on post-2020 reform of ETS
ENVIRONMENT: Insufficient backing from EU28 for renewing glyphosate licence means the decision is postponed again
COHESION: Commission envisages budget reduction of up to 30% for future regional and social policy
COHESION: Bulgaria presents European Parliament with its objectives for future cohesion policy
JUSTICE: Good start for interinstitutional talks on reform of Eurojust
EXTERNAL ACTION
CHILE: Council soon to give green light to launch of negotiations to update EU-Chile trade agreement
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND: EU not yet ready to adopt its trade agreement negotiation mandates
TRADE: WTO Buenos Aires conference and talks with Mercosur and Mexico at heart of EU ministerial
TRADE: European operators' relative underuse of arrangements in new EU trade agreements
ALBANIA: Johannes Hahn says next 20 months should be a good time for progress
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: European Parliament's S&D Group sets out its views on security and defence
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
EMPLOYMENT: Spanish law on calculation of unemployment benefit of certain part-term workers is against EU law
EMPLOYMENT: A worker can be obliged to work 12 consecutive days
SOCIAL AFFAIRS: In the case of fraud, host countries' courts may disapply seconded workers' social security certificates, says ECJ advocate general
EDUCATION
EDUCATION: EU may fail to achieve half its EU2020 targets
NEWS BRIEFS
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Gustav Lindstrom appointed director of European Institute of Security Studies
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU signs contract for €105 million for Syrian refugees in Turkey
PORTUGAL: European Commission announces €1.5 million in early aid payment for Portugal
TUNISIA: €120 million EIB loan to Banque de l’Habitat to strengthen financing of Tunisian companies
TRANSPORT: Trade unions oppose Commission's mobility package