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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11984

20 March 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 36 / 38
NEWS BRIEFS / Social
ETUC says wages still below pre-crisis level in nine member states

19/03/2018 (Agence Europe) – In 2017, workers in Italy (- 4.3%), United Kingdom (-2.4%), Spain (- 4.4%), Belgium (-1.1%), Greece (- 19.1%), Portugal (- 8.3%), Finland (-1%), Croatia (-7.9%) and Cyprus (-10.2%) had wage levels below the level for 2010, according to a press release from the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) on Monday 19 March. Even worse, Italy, United Kingdom, Spain, Belgium, Greece and Finland experienced real falls in wages, (taking into account the cost of...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: London and EU reach agreement on post-Brexit transition period, in stage towards orderly withdrawal of UK
FUTURE OF EU: Wide-ranging Franco-German proposals between now and June Council
EXTERNAL ACTION
RUSSIA: Ministers call on Moscow to collaborate on investigation into Skripal's poisoning
KOREAN PENINSULA: Federica Mogherini reiterates EU's readiness to help in discussions on denuclearisation of North Korea
SYRIA: Council sanctions four more people over chemical weapons
IRAN: No sanctions being prepared over Tehran's regional role and ballistic missile programme
USA: Cecilia Malmström in Washington on 20 and 21 March to ascertain EU's exemption from US taxes on steel and aluminium
MEDITERRANEAN: Despite differences, UfM countries come to agreement to release region's trade potential
TRADE: ifo Institute warns of danger of American protectionism spreading to other countries and sectors other than steel
HUMANITARIAN AID: Christos Stylianides announces €31 million for Latin America and Caribbean
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: EU ministers fail to adopt common approach on new CAP
AGRICULTURE: ECA says broader application of subsidiarity principle in CAP should go hand in hand with greater member state responsibility
FISHERIES: France and Italy quick to express concern at Western Mediterranean management plan
ENVIRONMENT: Commission seeks mandate to negotiate global environmental pact on behalf of EU
TRANSPORT: European Parliament agreement on competition in aviation domain
TRANSPORT: European Parliament disagreements about railway passenger rights
JUSTICE: Facebook summoned before EU to explain itself about data transmitted to Cambridge Analytica
INDUSTRY: Bulgarian Presidency of Council appeals to European leaders for long-term industrial strategy
ENERGY: Synchronisation of Baltic electricity network to be discussed at meeting of Juncker and Baltic and Polish leaders
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: EU seeks to reassure United States over taxation of digital economy
FINANCE: European platforms scrutinise proposed regulation on crowdfunding
COMPETITION: Investigation launches into actions of TenneT that may have sought to limit cross-border electricity capacity with Denmark
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Final agreement insight for “posted workers” directive but not without last-minute clarifications
NEWS BRIEFS
COHESION: French and German regions appeal to Juncker for ambitious cohesion policy
TRADE: Trade deficit of €20.3 billion for EU in January 2018
CÔTE D'IVOIRE: Europe gives green light to game rules of Economic Partnership Agreement monitoring committee
CUBA: New sectoral dialogues to be launched in May
INDUSTRY: European automobile manufacturers identify three priority questions for Brexit negotiations
JUSTICE: Insurance industry develops reporting template for personal data breaches
MIGRATION: Another boat sinks in Aegean Sea leaving at least 16 people dead
DIGITAL: 6th Parliament/Council meeting on communications code
DIGITAL: 4th version of draft Parliament compromise amendment on value gap on track
PARLIAMENT: MEPs call for action against Marcel de Graaff for hate speech
UK: Emma McClarkin suggests EU and Commonwealth should move closer together
SERBIA/KOSOVO: Dialogue with EU at highest level on Friday 23 March
SOCIAL: ETUC says wages still below pre-crisis level in nine member states
TRANSPORT: Commission invites stakeholders to share observations on drone regulation roadmap
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 1214