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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11998

11 April 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 28
NEWS BRIEFS / Catalonia
Esteban González Pons surprised a regional court can decide to release Carles Puigdemont

10/04/2018 (Agence Europe) – In the face of the decision of the higher regional court of Schleswig-Holstein on 5 April to release the former separatist president of Catalonia, Carles Puigdemont, Esteban González Pons MEP (EPP, Spain) has expressed his dismay in a letter to the whole European Parliament.  "With all due respect, something is not working in our Union when a regional court can overrule, in only two days, the criterion of a national supreme court, elaborated during six...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: Violeta Bulc concerned that European road safety objectives for 2020 will not be reached
DIGITAL: Commission takes advantage of Digital Day to launch European budget appeal
DIGITAL: Declaration by EU28 and Norway to boost artificial intelligence
TERRORISM: State of play in Parliament-Council talks on tighter checks on cross-border movement of cash
JUSTICE: Eurocadres publishes recommendations for new whistleblower directive
AGRICULTURE: Food waste and unfair trade practices to be discussed at Council on Monday 16 April
FISHERIES: Petition against overfishing gathers 172,120 signatures
RESEARCH: Morocco joins Euro-Mediterranean PRIMA partnership
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: Pan-European venture capital fund-of-funds to keep start-ups in EU in full expansion
TAXATION: Consensus emerging on whether to tax online platforms, but not on solutions
TAXATION: Paul Tang says negotiations on post-2020 EU budget must also look at national tax regimes
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
TRANSPORT: Member state may prohibit and punish UberPop activities without providing prior notification to Commission
JHA: Court says Germany can extradite a non-German EU citizen to USA if state of origin does not demand him
CITIZENSHIP: Advocate General clarifies conditions for awarding residency rights to non-EU partner in member state of origin of a European citizen
TAXATION: Profit margin regime cannot be applied to resale of goods containing precious stones or metals for extraction
EXTERNAL ACTION
RUSSIA: Several experts say funds to Russia must be cut to limit country's influence
DEVELOPMENT: Fall in EU official assistance in 2017 due to drastic decrease in assistance to refugees in Europe
CHINA: Jyrki Katainen hails Xi Jinping's new promises of increased opening of Chinese market
USA: Jyrki Katainen says atmosphere now calmer to settle transatlantic dispute on US taxes on steel and aluminium
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Marking 20th anniversary of Good Friday Agreement, EU makes clear to UK that Ireland remains at centre of talks
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MIGRATION: Council of Europe's anti-torture commission calls for coordinated European approach to hosting of migrants present in Italy
NEWS BRIEFS
CATALONIA: Esteban González Pons surprised a regional court can decide to release Carles Puigdemont
TRADE: EU aluminium industry believes safeguard measures will probably be needed
TRADE: Guyana ambassador to WTO is new head of agricultural talks in Geneva
INDUSTRY: T&E claims manufacturers are slowing down fleet modernisation efforts in effort to maximise profits
JUSTICE: Commission to organise meeting of national electoral commissions on Cambridge Analytica case
MIGRATION: MEPs call on member states to step up efforts to evacuate migrants trapped in Libya
SLOVENIA/CROATIA: Hearing in early May of respective arguments on territorial conflict