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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11942

19 January 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 28
NEWS BRIEFS / Fyrom
Johannes Hahn encourages Athens and Skopje to find a solution for the name 'Macedonia'

18/01/2018 (Agence Europe) – During the evening of 17 January, European Commissioner for Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn encouraged Greece and the Former Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) to find a solution for the name 'Macedonia', a few hours after a meeting between the two parties in New York.  "Twenty-five years is too long!  I hope that politicians in government and opposition in both countries engage constructively to find a mutually acceptable solution.  It will be for good...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Moscovici wishes to launch debate on EU's fiscal black holes
TAXATION: VAT – Commission hopes to make life easier for SMEs
BANKS: Commission's first positive stock-take on reduction of non-performing bank loans
EIB: EU bank hopes to stimulate EU development aid by creating subsidiary
EUROGROUP: Towards end of third monitoring mission of third Greek bailout plan
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
JUSTICE: MEPs support Brussels II recast and highlight child hearings
INTERNAL MARKET: European Parliament wants greater transparency in Europe for regulated professions
SOCIAL: European Parliament says youth employment initiative should not be used to substitute national funding
CHINA: European Parliament urges authorities to release imprisoned human rights campaigners
DIGITAL: The European Parliament supports ratifying Marrakesh Treaty by the EU
PARLIAMENT: Ryszard Czarnecki's fate still undecided
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: Parliament to set up special committee on EU pesticide authorisation procedure
HEALTH: Commission suggests mandatory joint clinical assessments from 2025
SPACE: GNSS Committee selects Spain to host Galileo Security Monitoring Centre
MIGRATION: London and Paris sign new treaty to manage Calais border
CLIMATE: Car makers will have to step up efforts to achieve 2020-2021 targets on CO2 from cars and vans, EEA confirms
ENERGY/TRANSPORT: Connectivity of Baltic region with rest of Europe remains a priority of Juncker Commission
EXTERNAL ACTION
NORTH KOREA: EU to take autonomous measures against 17 North Koreans
VENEZUELA: Political agreement at Council to sanction seven Venezuelan leaders
TRADE: Malaysia denounces European Parliament vote for ban on biofuels from palm oil
TRADE: EU Council to abandon appeal to CJEU in anti-dumping duties case against Argentine and Indonesian biodiesel
INSTITUTIONAL
EP2019: Number of seats at European Parliament could be reduced to 705 for 2019-2024 period
FUTURE OF THE EU: Mr Juncker reveals six members of subsidiarity and proportionality workgroup
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
GMO: Organisms obtained by mutagenesis are not, in principle, governed by GMO regulation, Advocate General says
TAXATION: French expatriates affiliated to social security system of third countries outside EU/EEA and Switzerland still liable for French social contributions
NEWS BRIEFS
FYROM: Johannes Hahn encourages Athens and Skopje to find a solution for the name 'Macedonia'
ETHIOPIA: EU hails release of political prisoners including opponent Merera Gudina
TOURISM: Launch of EU-China Tourism Year