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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11991
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INSTITUTIONAL / Commission

MEPs say rules were bent to a maximum to appoint Martin Selmayr as secretary general

The two-step nomination of Martin Selmayr, the former head of cabinet of European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, to the post of secretary general constitutes"a coup-like action which stretched and possibly overstretched the limits of the law", a draft resolution from the European Parliament's budgetary control committee states on Wednesday 28 March.  EUROPE has seen a copy of this draft.

But the draft text steered by Ingeborg Grässle (EPP, Germany), which is expected to be...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: EU should make sure that it does not punish London to much, says Charles Grant
COMMISSION: MEPs say rules were bent to a maximum to appoint Martin Selmayr as secretary general
BUDGET: Commissioners discuss ways of making multiannual financial framework more effective
BUDGET/COHESION: Definitive European Parliament/Council agreement on simplification of rules governing structural and investment funds
SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: Cabotage forms background to Council discussions on combined transport
JUSTICE: Commission does not appear convinced by idea of European body for whistleblowers
JUSTICE: Kaufmann highlights victim support in flight against fraud by non-cash means
ENERGY: Germany authorises construction of section of Nord Stream-2 in its territorial waters
ENERGY: Clear decoupling of electricity consumption and economic growth in EU since 2010
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs impatiently awaiting impact study for permanent post-2020 LIFE programme
COHESION: Cretu insists that future conditionalities around rule of law apply to all EU policies
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
PAYMENTS: Commission takes step of aligning cross-border payment costs in euro throughout EU
SECURITY - DEFENCE
SECURITY: EU presents its first operational measures to facilitate military mobility
EXTERNAL ACTION
USA: Germany and France in search of appeasement in tension with Donald Trump on trade front
AFGHANISTAN: Federica Mogherini proposes EU support should there be peace negotiations
NEWS BRIEFS
DEFENCE: 42 partners from 15 states sign grant agreement as part of European Defence Fund
SPACE: Member states give green light to extend EGNOS to Ukraine
FINANCE: ESMA prohibits marketing of binary options and restricts supply of contracts for differences
REGIONS: MEPs highlight cohesion policy role in transport development
SERBIA: Mogherini and Vučić agree to develop new working methods
UKRAINE: Hahn calls on Verkhovna Rada to remove asset declarations requirement for civil society activists