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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11964

20 February 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 30
SECURITY - DEFENCE / Defence
Juncker stresses defence procurement must be improved
Brussels, 19/02/2018 (Agence Europe)

On several occasions on Saturday 17 February, European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker underlined the need to improve European defence procurement.

“We must simplify and improve the procurement system”, he explained during his speech at the Munich Security Conference.  “We must make European defence policy, and procurement in particular, more effective”, he added.  The Commission president reiterated that there were 178 different kinds of weapons, 20 types of aircraft and...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: Eurogroup appoints de Guindos to vice-presidency of ECB following Lane's withdrawal
GREECE: Payment of tranche of aid remains conditional on implementation of all priority actions
BANKS: ECB imposes payments freeze on Latvian bank ABLV hit by accusations of money laundering
TAXATION: Council of EU establishes guidelines to judge fiscal progress of countries that made commitments
ENTERPRISE: Council needs more time on country-by-country tax reporting
STATE AID: Czech measure on compensation for postal services approved
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: Member states quite favourable to detailed Commission proposals on greening
AGRICULTURE TWO: EU to pay €195.3 million back to sugar sector
AGRICULTURE: New record for European agri-food exports in 2017
ENVIRONMENT: EU Ecolabel - Commission explains to economic operators how to prepare for Brexit
MIGRATION: Ongoing differences of opinion between Parliament and Council over resettlement of refugees and hosting conditions for asylum seekers
JUSTICE: ECRIS-TCN system - March 7 interinstitutional negotiations could prove difficult
DIGITAL: National experts envisage self-assement system as part of cyber security act
DIGITAL: In Communications Code context, Council Presidency is shifting towards flexible solution for licensing periods
DIGITAL: Open letter from directors during Berlinale film festival
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Commission expected to present new European Employment Authority project on 13 March
SOCIAL: On posted workers, contents of informal agreements reached between Parliament and Council take shape
EXTERNAL ACTION
RUSSIA: Johannes Hahn wants to look at possible areas of economic cooperation
MIDDLE EAST: EU calls for calm following new incidents in Gaza
UNITED STATES: European steel and aluminium industry urges Washington not to declare trade war
INDONESIA: Big palm oil controversy in fourth round of EU-Indonesia free trade talks
COLOMBIA/PERU: Shortcomings on protection of workers' rights highlighted in European Parliament
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Juncker stresses defence procurement must be improved
DEFENCE: European Commission announced further support for four research projects
INSTITUTIONAL
UK: London wants to stay associated with European instruments to fight terrorism or large-scale crime
BUDGET: Council invites Commission to present realistic draft 2019 budget
NEWS BRIEFS
DEVELOPMENT: Informal and confidential meeting of European development ministers on 20 February
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: EU action plan discussed by all stakeholders
ETHIOPIA: State of emergency could undermine goal of exiting crisis peacefully, EU warns
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 1210