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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12007

24 April 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 28
COUNCIL OF EUROPE / Council of europe
Independent experts attest to 'strong suspicion' of corruption within PACE to benefit of Azerbaijan
Strasbourg, 23/04/2018 (Agence Europe)

Created in June 2017 to shed light on the allegations of corruption within the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe (PACE), an independent investigation body has established that there is "a strong suspicion that certain current and former members of PACE had engaged in activity of a corruptive nature" in favour of Azerbaijan (see EUROPE 11798, 11775).

The earlier "allegations" have thus now become "strong suspicions".  Such semantic development is not spectacular but it is...

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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: EU must not be fazed if digital sector tax leads to trade dispute with US, says Moscovici
GREECE: Moscovici calls for 'semi-automatic' mechanism to relieve Greek debt on basis of growth
GREECE: Greek primary budgetary surplus was 4.2% of GDP in 2017
G20: G20 powerless in face of international commercial tension
EMU: Spain wants two-pronged eurozone budget capacity
EMU: EESC calls for proper common strategic vision for deepening of EMU
STATE AID: In-depth investigation opens into loan of €900 million awarded to Alitalia by Italian State
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: the draft directive to protect whistleblowers at European level is ambitious but doesn't calm all concerns
DIGITAL: Political agreement within reach at Council on copyright reform
BUSINESS: Commission finally ready to present company law legislative package
HEALTH: Ministers discuss healthy nutrition for children and effective medicines
AGRICULTURE: Hogan admits CAP is target for budget cuts
FISHERIES: Parliament likely to call on Commission to settle snow crab dispute with Norway
EXTERNAL ACTION
MEXICO: Agreement in principle on trade section of revised EU-Mexico global agreement
SYRIA: International conference will attempt to relaunch peace process
NORTH KOREA: Mogherini welcomes announcement from Pyongyang to stop nuclear tests and ballistic missile launches
ARMENIA: EU calls for calm and dialogue to confront political crisis
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Commission recommendation to encourage cross-border access for SMEs to public sector supply chains
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: Central European countries could lose billions of euro in cohesion credits after 2020
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
CITIZENS' INITIATIVE: General Court finds in favour of Commission, which decided not to take further action with 'One of us' initiative
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Commission proposes to use EGF to help former Air France workers back into employment
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Independent experts attest to 'strong suspicion' of corruption within PACE to benefit of Azerbaijan
NEWS BRIEFS
AFGHANISTAN: EU condemns attacks at voter registration centres
COHESION: Deputy Bulgarian environment minister wants better treatment of small and medium-sized cities
INDUSTRY: Visegrad group issues common statement on future economic cooperation
SINGLE MARKET: Several European associations call for EU action to facilitate access to internal vehicle data
MIDDLE EAST: EU calls for investigation into new loss of lives in Gaza
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 1219