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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12001
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Justice

Mady Delvaux says European Parliament does not want to give robots human rights

MEP Mady Delvaux (S&D, Luxembourg) pointed out in a press release on Friday 13 April that the European Parliament never intended to give human rights to robots, and had simply asked the European Commission to analyse the consequences of such rights and to explore the related legal issues. 

The MEP was responding to an open letter to the Commission signed by 162 experts, which was very critical of an own initiative report by Delvaux adopted in 2017, which formulated a raft of recommendations...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
RUSSIA: Nobody can talk seriously about creating European security without Russia and much less against Russia, according to Russia's ambassador to EU Vladimir Chizhov
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Foreign Affairs Ministers to discuss responses to attack on Douma at their Council meeting
AZERBAIJAN: EU calls on Baku to remedy numerous shortcomings observed during elections
KYRGYZSTAN: Good progress in negotiations for new EU-Kyrgyzstan partnership and cooperation agreement
DRC: EU pledges €77 million in emergency aid at Geneva donors' conference
USA: EU remains uncertain about compensation Washington wants for EU's request for exemption from steel taxes
INSTITUTIONAL
EP2019: Member states advocate slight reform of EU electoral law
POLAND: Polish parliament amends controversial laws on judges
PARLIAMENT: Debate on future of Europe with Emmanuel Macron, Facebook scandal, Syria and Russia on plenary agenda
SECTORAL POLICIES
FISHERIES: Seven countries, including Spain, to call for landing obligation rules to be relaxed
ANIMAL HEALTH: No European Parliament committee of inquiry into transport of live animals
ENERGY: Finland approves construction of section of Nord Stream 2 in its territorial waters
JUSTICE: Mady Delvaux says European Parliament does not want to give robots human rights
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: European financial supervisory authorities express concern at cyber-risks
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
COMPETITION: Advocate General proposes to cancel EGC's judgment against Infineon Technologies
NEWS BRIEFS
URBAN AGENDA: Cities prepare to launch a move to introduce a raft of European social rights
ENERGY: EIB lends €100 million to support energy efficiency efforts in Portugal
HUNGARY: Council of Europe's Venice Commission to decide in June on the 'Stop Soros' legislation
CULTURE: Council endorses special funding for the European Youth Orchestra until 2020
DIGITAL: Formal adoption of European rules for cross-border parcel delivery
EP2019: New European radical left-wing movement launched ahead of elections of May 2019
SLOVAKIA: Still firmly opposed to refugee relocation, Bratislava promises to adopt a constructive attitude
TRANSPORT: European Environment Agency recommends wider deployment of alternative fuel infrastructure
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: Backstop to the future?
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European institutions: 16/04 - 22/04
Other events: 16/04 - 29/04