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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11946
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Finance

Resolution framework for CCPs – MEPs adopt position of prudent risk management

On Wednesday 24 January, the MEPs of the committee on economic and monetary affairs (ECON) of the European Parliament adopted by a very large majority (49 votes to three and six abstentions) the draft joint report by Jakob von Weizsäcker (S&D, Germany) and Kay Swinburne (ECR, UK) on the resolution and recovery framework for central counterparties (CCP).

In a press release following the vote, von Weizsäcker welcomed the adoption of this report, which “gives the right incentives for...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: Only two countries ready for entry into force of 'data protection' regulation at the end of May
JUSTICE: Commission concerned by Romanian draft laws on corruption
JUSTICE: Greens/EFA in European Parliament concerned by corruption in Bulgaria
SECURITY: Avramopoulos says it is urgent to combat online terrorist propaganda
SPACE: Wörner would like to request ESA budget increase at 2019 Ministerial Council
DIGITAL: European Parliament committee on legal affairs fails on tangible goods
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament prepares report on CAP reform at top speed
TRANSPORT: Jens Nilsson's report on cabotage divides MEPs
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: Commission fines Qualcomm nearly €1 billion for abuse of dominant position
FINANCE: Resolution framework for CCPs – MEPs adopt position of prudent risk management
ECONOMY: Macro-economic imbalance procedure is largely political, say EU auditors
ECONOMY: Government deficit and debt in Eurozone represent 0.3% and 88.1% of GDP respectively in third quarter of 2017
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: European Parliament works on proposals to strengthen gender equality in trade agreements
TRADE: Malmström welcomes resurrection of Asia-Pacific free-trade agreement minus United States
MERCOSUR: Political arbitration necessary on market access and other key questions for EU/Mercosur trade deal
ISRAEL: Yousef Jabareen asks Parliament to send a fact-finding mission into minority rights
YEMEN: Iona Craig says link needs to be made between humanitarian crisis and arms sales
TURKEY: Commission confirms principle of EU-Turkey leaders meeting
CHINA: EU urges release of Swedish bookseller Gui Minhai
AFGHANISTAN: Europeans strongly condemn attack on NGO Save the Children
HUMANITARIAN AID: MEPs welcome emphasis laid by Bulgarian Presidency of Council of EU on 'forgotten crises'
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: European Parliament welcomes draft reports on post-2020 multiannual financial framework
BUDGET: Any losses due to Brexit should be compensated for, say MEPs of committee on development
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
MIGRATION: A state must not automatically suspend a return decision when plaintiff appeals against asylum refusal, says advocate general
AGRICULTURE: Italy must recover €1.343 billion from milk producers
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Dunja Mijatović from Bosnia and Herzegovina elected Commissioner for Human Rights 
NEWS BRIEFS
CATALONIA: CoR's European Alliance group criticises order to close Catalan bureau in Brussels
SPACE: Günther Oettinger trusts UK will remain within European 'space family', even after Brexit
UK: Member states adopt negotiating directives on post-Brexit transition period
TRANSPORT: MEPs approve inter-institutional agreement on qualifications and training for lorry drivers
TRANSPORT: European ports give warm welcome to Commission proposal on ship waste disposal
VIETNAM: Approval process of EU-Vietnam free trade agreement delayed by translation problems