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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12031

1 June 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 36
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Parliament
EGC cancels unprecedented sanctions decided upon by Parliament bureau against Janusz Korwin-Mikke
Brussels, 31/05/2018 (Agence Europe)

In a judgement returned on Thursday 31 May (case T-770/16), the General Court of the EU (EGC) ruled that the hefty fines handed down by the bureau of the European Parliament to MEP Janusz Korwin-Mikke (unattached, Poland) were unlawful due to the absence of hindrance or disturbance to the work of the Parliament.

Korwin-Mikke made particularly shocking comments at two Parliament plenary sessions in June 2016 and March 2017. He compared the mass arrival of migrants in Europe to “excrement”...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: When Europe is resolutely blind to the fact that it is digging its own grave... (II)
EXTERNAL ACTION
USA: Donald Trump imposes his taxes on European steel and aluminium and chooses trade confrontation with EU
TRADE: EU, USA and Japan want to discuss stricter new rules on industrial subsidies
OECD: OECD countries and 12 emerging countries commit to more responsible conduct for companies
MERCOSUR: EESC wants balanced EU-Mercosur trade agreement with a strong social dimension
ACP: ACP-EU ministerial meeting in Lomé on current partnership and perspectives on post-Cotonou agreement
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: Commission defines outlines of stabilisation and reform support mechanisms
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: Member states requested to closely monitor migration route to Greece via Turkey and Western Balkans again
JUSTICE: Bulgarian Presidency of Council increases its attempts to include dual nationals in 'ECRIS-TCN' System
JUSTICE: Fight against money laundering through criminal law – co-legislators reach agreement in principle
JUSTICE: Commission proposes strengthening issue of emergency travel papers for Europeans abroad without consular protection 
JUSTICE: Commission proposes new rules to improve judicial cooperation in civil cases in digital age
JUSTICE: Clarifications in Parliament/Council on disagreement over mutual recognition of decisions to freeze criminal assets
COHESION: MEPs express concern about reduction and breakdown of financial envelopes after 2020
COHESION: Cohesion Alliance expresses concern at budgetary cuts anticipated for future cohesion policy
SPACE: 2021-2027 European Space programme budget lines begin to take shape
FISHERIES: Electric pulse trawls have less impact on environment than traditional beam trawls, says ICES
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
TRANSPORT: Parliament calls on Commission to upwardly revise transport section goals in CEF
CIVIL PROTECTION: Parliament is ready to negotiate with Council on strengthened civil protection mechanism
JHA: Parliament concerned at proliferation of 'golden visa' systems in member states
TURKEY: Hahn says there is no inappropriate use of armoured vehicles paid for from EU funds
IRAN: European Parliament calls for release of dual nationality Europeans unjustly imprisoned
SAUDI ARABIA: European Parliament warns harassment of those defending human rights and women's rights must stop
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
ENVIRONMENT: Italy to pay €25 million fine and €30 million penalty in waste water case
PARLIAMENT: EGC cancels unprecedented sanctions decided upon by Parliament bureau against Janusz Korwin-Mikke
MIGRATION: Court specifies conditions for taking charge of asylum seekers in state where request has been made
JUSTICE: Court holds that notion of 'rights of access' includes grandparents' rights of access to their grandchildren
EMPLOYMENT: Advocate General holds that Catholic chief medical officer at a Catholic hospital cannot be dismissed on grounds of his divorce and remarriage
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Polish EPP members call for fresh vote on 'posted workers' directive
NEWS BRIEFS
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU releases €40 million for Rohingyas in Bangladesh and Burma
ECONOMY: Annual inflation rate in Eurozone up to 1.9% in May
JUSTICE: Parliament approves nomination of Prosecutor Mura to sit on European Prosecutors Office members selection committee
JUSTICE: US Trade Secretary claims GDPR could undermine transatlantic cooperation
TRANSPORT: Parliament adopts legislative initiative to tackle odometer tampering
UKRAINE: Johannes Hahn questions need to have staged journalist Arkady Babtchenko's death
CORRIGENDUM
TRADE: Clarification regarding aspect of Brexit regarding Parliament proposals for EU trade policy (Saïfi Report)