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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12007

24 April 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 28
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT / European library
No. 1219

***   RENAUD DENUIT: Capitales européennes de la culture : un rêve de Melina. Académie royale de Belgique (1 rue Ducale, B-1000 Brussels. Tel: (32-2) 5502212 – fax: 5502205 – Email: info@academieroyale.be– Internet: www.academieroyale.be). « L’Académie en poche » series, No. 106. 2018, 105 pp. €7. ISBN 978-2-8031-0630-1.

This book is a letter, a long a letter Jack Lang addressed to Melina Mercouri. To be perfectly honest, the former Minister for Culture in the...

Contents

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