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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12033

5 June 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 20 / 31
INSTITUTIONAL / Ep2019
With a year to go until European elections, Parliament promotes youth participation
Brussels, 04/06/2018 (Agence Europe)

Ahead of the European elections of May 2019, 8,000 young Europeans were at the headquarters of the European Parliament in Strasbourg on Friday 1 and Saturday 2 June to discuss the future of the EU with 50 MEPs.

“You have been a breath of fresh air to this Parliament!”, Ramón Valcárcel (EPP, Spain) enthusiastically declared in his closing speech.

Attempting to sum up the debates, the Vice-President of the Parliament referred to the refugee crisis, admitting that the European political...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: Ministers take another step towards comprehensive agreement on 'insolvency' directive
JUSTICE: Progress at Council in discussions about recasting Brussels II (a) regulation
JUSTICE: Electronic evidence – EU ministers torn between speed and quality
DIGITAL: Council negotiations on sales contracts still have long way to go before completion
DIGITAL: MEPs prepared to negotiate free movement of data
MIGRATION: Merkel wants consensus on European asylum reform even if it takes time to achieve
ENERGY: Study says that G7 countries are still spending more than $100 billion a year on subsidising fossil fuels
REGIONS: Mr Joulaud wants to create specific support fund for regions affected by Brexit
AGRICULTURE: Committee of Regions wonders about effectiveness of proposals on capping of aid
AGRICULTURE: Spectre of repatriation haunts new CAP
EXTERNAL ACTION
KOREA: Federica Mogherini says positive momentum must be maintained around North Korea
ACP: ACP-EU Council of Ministers wants strengthened post-Cotonou partnership, including global governance
CLIMATE: EU and ACP Group show solidarity on COP24 and also want to strengthen their voice in other UN fora
DEVELOPMENT: Putting women and girls at heart of sustainable development is central EDD theme
TRADE: Expiry review of anti-dumping duties on imports of Chinese bicycles
TRADE: China defends its intellectual property policy against EU at WTO
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EMU: Favourable but cautious welcome for Angela Merkel's comments on future of EU and Eurozone
COMPETITION: Green light to ABB's acquisition of General Electric Industrial Solutions
INSTITUTIONAL
SLOVENIA: Janez Janša's nationalist party victorious in elections of 3 June
EP2019: With a year to go until European elections, Parliament promotes youth participation
NEWS BRIEFS
BUDGET: Angela Merkel hopes for agreement on 2021-2027 MFF before European elections of May 2019
TRADE: Review of EU anti-dumping duties on imports of tungsten electrodes originating in China
JUSTICE: Language question raised in ministerial discussions on setting up European Public Prosecutor's office
JUSTICE: European ministers discuss Facebook/Cambridge Analytica affair behind close doors
IRAN: EU prolongs its sanctions linked to non-proliferation
MONTENEGRO: Federica Mogherini hails country's commitment to regional stability
FISHERIES: Commission able to negotiate new EU-Cape Verde fisheries agreement
FISHERIES: Council gives go-ahead for negotiation of new fisheries agreement with Madagascar
EP2019: Leinen hopes that German members of Parliament's EPP group will review their position on transnational lists in future
TRANSPORT: Liberal approach wins out at Parliament committee on social aspects of first mobility package
EUROPEAN LIBRARY
European Library: No. 1224