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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11948
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SECURITY - DEFENCE / Defence

MEPs hope to strengthen SME role in European industrial development programme

In an opinion put forward by Anneleen Van Bossuyt (ECR, Belgium) and adopted on Tuesday 23 January by 28 votes to 8 and 0 abstentions, the European Parliament’s committee on the internal market and consumer protection (IMCO) has called for considerable strengthening of the role of SMEs in the European Defence Industrial Development Programme (EDIDP).

In her explanatory statement, the rapporteur explained she wanted to introduce incentive criteria to substantially increase SME participation...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: Dutch move a little closer to joining European Prosecutor's Office
JUSTICE: Ministers wish to abolish exequatur procedure, but have yet to agree on details
JUSTICE: Several MEPs reject extra-territorial application of US law in Microsoft Ireland case
JUSTICE: Freezing criminal assets, interinstitutional agreement likely under Bulgarian Presidency
CONSUMERS: European Commission says 2013 recommendation on collective appeal systems is of little effect
AGRICULTURE: CAP, markets and international trade on menu of first Council under Bulgarian presidency
FISHERIES: Management plan for small pelagic species in Adriatic is heckled in European Parliament
DIGITAL: Confidential communications, Bulgarian Presidency of Council addresses end-user rights
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: David Davis describes post-Brexit transition period as a bridge to the future
FUTURE OF THE EU: Visegrad group countries oppose any European constituency
FUTURE OF THE EU: László Trócsány supports idea of multi-speed Europe
FUTURE OF EU: CEMR proposes creation of European senate to go beyond nation state
ROMANIA: Klaus Iohannis to speak to European commissioners about rule of law situation
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
STATE AID: In-depth investigation into new Slovenian commitments concerning partial sale of Nova Ljubljanska Banka
PAYMENTS: EBA still not satisfied with technical security standards for payment services
BANKS: Danièle Nouy recommends taking advantage of favourable economic conditions to speed reduction of non-performing loans
EXTERNAL ACTION
VENEZUELA: Europeans call on Caracas to reverse its decision to expel Spanish ambassador
TURKEY: Ömer Çelik proposes summit between EU and Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
ACP: MEPs and Commission have converging view of more political post-Cotonou partnership
MERCOSUR: Trade negotiations ramped up, especially on beef imports
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: MEPs hope to strengthen SME role in European industrial development programme
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
HUMAN RIGHTS: Nils Muiznieks speaks out against 2017 as year Europe offloaded migration control onto Libya
NEWS BRIEFS
AFRICA: EU and Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to invest €100 million in health
ENERGY: Opening of European Observatory of Energy Poverty
LIBYA: EU calls for investigations into summary executions
INTERNAL MARKET: Commission takes Austria to task over its court appeals system for public tender
RESEARCH: Czech Republic - 13th country to join cooperation on high performance computing
SOCIAL AFFAIRS: European report sounds alarm bell over investment in social infrastructure
CORRIGENDUM
UK: Clarification on post-Brexit transition period
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: Back to the future (relationship)
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European institutions: 29/01 - 04/02/2018
Other events: 29/01 - 11/02/2018