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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11941

18 January 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 28
NEWS BRIEFS / Bahrain
EU calls for release of Nabeel Rajab after confirmation of his sentence

17/01/2018 (Agence Europe) – On Wednesday 17 January, the EU reiterated its call to the government of Bahrain to release human rights activist Nabeel Rajab "on humanitarian grounds", especially due to his poor state of health.  The EU added that it was following Rajab's case closely.  The Bahraini Court of Cassation decided to uphold Rajab's two-year prison sentence for "the propagation of false news" during media interviews in 2015 and 2016.  "The government of Bahrain should...

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
FUTURE OF EU: Leo Varadkar wants EU to maintain key budgets such as CAP and cohesion
EU2018BG: Juncker calls on Bulgarian Presidency of EU Council to be constructive on Polish case
ENERGY: Parliament takes position on key clean energy package texts consistent with EU climate commitments
TRADE: European Parliament adopts requirements for new dual use goods control regime
RUSSIA: MEPs calls again for fight against propaganda to be strengthened
UNITED KINGDOM: Juncker hopes UK will come back to EU
PARLIAMENT: Tatjana Ždanoka leaves European Parliament for Latvian electoral campaign
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EMU: 14 French and German economists take a position in favour of more risk-sharing and budgetary flexibility
ECONOMY: Inflation rate down to 1.4% in Eurozone in December 2017
ECB: European Ombudsman advises Mario Draghi to suspend membership of Group of Thirty
EDUCATION
EDUCATION: New raft of measures to improve skills in Europe
SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: Cláudia Monteiro de Aguiar would like member states to be able to decide rules for vehicle hires without drivers
DIGITAL: Sofia directly tackles neighbouring law and value gap in copyright context
JUSTICE: Personal data processing by EU bodies and regulation's scope at crux of current negotiations stalemate
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: European industry welcomes EU's first strategy on plastics
EXTERNAL ACTION
MERCOSUR: Meeting at technical and ministerial levels on 30 January to finalise EU-Mercosur trade agreement
INSTITUTIONAL
EP2019: France clarifies its vision of a European electoral constituency
BUDGET: French Socialist MEPs slam French proposals on post-2020 financial framework
BETTER REGULATION: Juncker calls on Parliament to participate in 'Better Regulation' working group
NEWS BRIEFS
FUTURE OF EU: European leaders to address Parliament plenary session
BAHRAIN: EU calls for release of Nabeel Rajab after confirmation of his sentence
CATALONIA: Roger Torrent elected president of Catalan Parliament
COLOMBIA: Statement from European Parliament's S&D, GUE/NGL and Greens/EFA Groups in support of peace process
CLIMATE: Member state ambassadors approve inter-institutional agreement on non-ETS effort sharing
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: Indicators and Eurostat tool to monitor progress in EU
MIGRATION: New anti-immigration measures brought forward by Hungarian government
PALESTINE: EU to continue its support of UNRWA
ROMANIA: MEP Viorica Dăncilă appointed Prime Minister