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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11926

15 December 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 12 / 33
EXTERNAL ACTION / Trade
WTO talks in Buenos Aires end in failure, no agreements of note reached
Buenos Aires, 14/12/2017 (Agence Europe)

As feared, against the backdrop of withdrawal by the United States from the multilateral system, the 11th WTO ministerial conference in Buenos Aires on 10 to 13 December, failed to reach any notable agreement, with member states simply agreeing on a minimal decision on fishing and a few countries committing to multilateral sectoral initiatives.

We failed, said Brazilian director-general of the WTO Robert Azevedo.  He said that despite the efforts, members did not manage to reach any...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
MIGRATION: Member states intent on making reform of Dublin asylum system a success, but continue to disagree over forms of solidarity
UNITED KINGDOM: Twenty-Seven pleased to move to next phase in Brexit talks, but remain vigilant
DEFENCE: European Defence dream becoming reality, says Donald Tusk
CLIMATE: Twenty-Eight firmly reiterate their commitment to apply entire Paris Agreement
MIDDLE EAST: Jerusalem is the capital of Israel and of future Palestinian State, European leaders stress
RUSSIA: EU economic sanctions against Moscow extended
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: Parliament and Council negotiators seal Lulucf agreement
DIGITAL: Interinstitutional agreement on cross-border parcel delivery
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: Monetary institute ramps up Eurozone growth forecasts
MONEY LAUNDERING: Negotiations on fifth anti-money laundering directive suspended to sound out member states
TAXATION: Insurance sector concerned at proposal on transparency of intermediaries
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: WTO talks in Buenos Aires end in failure, no agreements of note reached
TRADE: 70 countries, including EU member states, to work on e-commerce ahead of talks at WTO
MIGRATION: EU, AU and UN promise to speed up return of migrants blocked in Libya
CDSP: Mogherini suggests setting up a new peace fund
SAHEL/CHAD: EU pledges €274.2 million to tackle causes of illegal migration
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION
EDUCATION: Parliament and Council agree on Europass modernisation
SOCIAL: French social security institutions demand more ambition from co-legislators in fight against fraud
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
TRANSPORT: MEPs adopt initiative report for low emissions transport
JUSTICE: Parliament urges member states to do more to tackle child sexual abuse and child pornography
JUSTICE: EU-wide ban on Nazi and fascist symbols and slogans under debate in Parliament
SOCIAL: Heated debate and divisions in Parliament over European Pillar of Social Rights
MYANMAR: Parliament calls on EU to adopt sanctions against those responsible for violence
CAMBODIA: Parliament threatens to suspend tariff preferences
AFGHANISTAN: Parliament welcomes provisional entry into force of cooperation agreement on partnership and development
VIETNAM: MEPs call for Nguyen Van Hoa to be freed
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JHA: Advocate General clarifies conditions allowing freedom of movement of EU citizens to be restricted
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: A member state can define 'analogous' disciplines to medicine, pharmacy and toxicology when assessing cosmetics
NEWS BRIEFS
BANKING: Single Resolution Board and FDIC agree to cooperate
REGIONS: MEPs endorse inter-institutional agreement on review of rules governing structural and investment funds
SOCIAL: Trade unions urge member states to translate European Pillar of Social Rights into action
TRANSPORT: Member states give get-go for revision of rules on use of non-motorised balloons
CORRIGENDUM
HEALTH: Endocrine disruptors, clarification about the results of the vote of the committee of national experts