login
login

Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12011

28 April 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 40 / 41
CALENDAR / Main activities of the european institutions
30/04 - 06/05

 

Wednesday 2 May

  • Brussels. European Commission. Weekly meeting of the College of Commissioners. – ‘Post-2020 multiannual financial framework’ package (including a communication on the post-2020 MFF, a regulation on the MFF, instruments on own resources and a report on the results of the evaluations and/or added value (Juncker and Oettinger).
  • Brussels. Council of the EU. Coreper I and II.
  • Brussels. European Parliament. Plenary session (and 03/05). *Debates: - Commission statement -...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
GREECE: Eurogroup welcomes return to health of Greek economy, but will keep close eye on finalisation of aid plan
FINANCE: Ministers set three priorities to complete Capital Markets Union in 2019
EUROZONE: Pierre Moscovici advises against rushing Bulgaria's accession to Eurozone
STATE AID: Green light to Italian investment plan in favour of motorways
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: New talks needed at Council over reform of copyright
DIGITAL: Agreement on audiovisual services under scrutiny
DIGITAL: Commission suggests simplifying use of .eu domain name
TELECOMS: Commission publishes guidelines on substantial market power
BIODIVERSITY: Member states back almost complete ban on three bee-killing neonicotinoids
ENVIRONMENT: REACH: member states in agreement on reducing citizens' exposure to carcinogenic and reprotoxic substances
MIGRATION: Five countries from south of EU sceptical about directions taken on Dublin Regulation reform
INTERNAL MARKET: Notification procedure – inter-institutional negotiations stumbling over the consultation period
PATENTS: United Kingdom ratifies agreement on Unified Patent Court
JUSTICE: Co-legislators still divided over whether to include double nationality (EU-non-EU) individuals in ECRIS-TCN
AGRICULTURE: Copa-Cogeca against cut in post-2020 agriculture budget
AGRICULTURE: MEPs stress access to land for young farmers
AGRICULTURE: European code of conduct on agricultural data sharing
COHESION: Traditional methods of communication on cohesion policy are most effective, study shows
EXTERNAL ACTION
USA: With 1 May fast approaching, EU insists on permanent unconditional exemption from taxes on steel and aluminium
JAPAN: European and Japanese committed to swift conclusion of their talks on protecting bilateral investment
MERCOSUR: Still no breakthrough for agreement in principle in EU-Mercosur free trade negotiations
KOREAN PENINSULA: Mogherini announces EU ready to help denuclearisation of peninsula
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Tusk says EU ready to help with electoral reform
FYROM: Donald Tusk supports reconciliation with Greece
RUSSIA: 45 MEPs call for further sanctions against Moscow
DEVELOPMENT: MEPs want enhanced, updated and effective ACP-EU partnership after 2020
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Facing 'indisputable' corruption scandal, PACE aims for 'zero tolerance'
NEWS BRIEFS
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: EU and OIC agree to strengthen dialogue
AGRICULTURE: New cost options for rural development are better, says Court of Auditors
BIODIVERSITY: Court rules against Bulgaria for breach of birds directive
COHESION: Cohesion policy must lay emphasis on secondary cities, says World Bank
EUROZONE: ESM and Commission sign document on cooperation methods
TAXATION: Bruno Le Maire hoping for agreement on taxation of Internet giants by end of 2018
INDUSTRY: UEAPME calls for SMEs to be better taken into account in next European budget
MIGRATION: Treatment of asylum seekers in Hungary has worsened according to GRETA
SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Raft of organisations call for next EU budget to focus on tackling child poverty
FOOD SAFETY: Andriukaitis argues case for proposed reform on transparency and independence of scientific assessments
VENEZUELA: Federica Mogherini fully supports action of political opposition to Maduro regime
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
The B-Word: Customs disunion
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European Institutions: 30/04 - 06/05
Other events: 30/04 - 13/05