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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12039
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Manfred Weber encouraging Juncker to hold direct discussions with Washington on customs duties

12/06/2018 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday 12 June during a plenary session debate in Strasbourg, the President of the EPP group in the European Parliament, Manfred Weber, from Germany, said that he was in favour of going to Washington to hold direct discussions with the US administration regarding the question of access to the US market. Mr Weber explained that “Europe must give its entire support to the Commission. US customs duties on aluminium and steel have been introduced without any reason. This is why the EU countermeasures are the right track to follow. We expect the Council to fully support these measures. If Jean-Claude Juncker were given the task of going to Washington to discuss a customs tariff free world, then this would be the right approach”. (EH)

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TRANSPORT: Parliament approves inter-institutional agreement on reform of EASA statutes
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JHA: Inter-institutional agreement on reform of Schengen Information System that creates new alert categories
JUSTICE: MEPs call for Privacy Shield to be suspended unless US is fully compliant by 1 September 2018
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FISHERIES: European maritime and fisheries fund after 2020 reduced by 5%
FISHERIES: Commission proposal for EU to sign international agreement to prevent unregulated fishing in Arctic Ocean
AGRICULTURE: MEPs criticise proposals on CAP post-2020
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TRANSPORT: Major political families at the European Parliament disagree over negotiating mandate for first mobility package
ENERGY: EU welcomes inauguration of Turkish gas pipeline TANAP, which will eventually open door to gas from Caspian region
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