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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12040
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Justice

Another Parliament/Council compromise attempt on mutual recognition of decisions for freezing criminal assets

The Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the EU and representatives from the European Parliament are due to meet on Thursday 14 June. This meeting will provide an opportunity to again attempt to reach an agreement on the draft regulation for introducing a mutual recognition mechanism for decisions on the freezing and confiscation of criminal assets, taken by the member states.

It should be pointed out that source of the failure of the most recent trialogue negotiations on 30 May last (see...

Contents

BEACONS
Beacons: When the national capitals scupper the European Union...
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
FUTURE OF THE EU: 'Doing more with less' - Mark Rutte's vision to make EU 'a more perfect Union'
POLAND: Frans Timmermans says Warsaw's amendments to its most controversial legislation are still not enough to eliminate the risk of rule-of-law violation
UKRAINE: European Parliament's green light to €1 billion in pluriannual macro-financial assistance
EP2019: Number of MEPs will be reduced to 705 for 2019-2024 legislature
REGIONS: Parliament says Cohesion Policy should be used more effectively to help attain Circular economy objectives
JHA: Bulgaria and Romania given authorisation for full access to Schengen Information System
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Major changes brought by European Defence Fund in relation to EDIDP
SECURITY: Commission proposes €4.8 billion over 2021-2027 period to help states with internal security measures
EXTERNAL ACTION
CSDP: European Peace Facility is non-budget instrument for covering external EU military operations
USA: Jean-Claude Juncker plans on visiting Washington to ease trade tensions
MERCOSUR: No decisive breakthrough in EU-Mercosur free trade talks but goal maintained of agreement this summer
TRADE: EU criticises US decision to impose anti-dumping duties on Spanish olives
DEVELOPMENT: 'Ghost children' in sub-Saharan Africa, Thierry Cornillet and other MEPs want aid programme for civil status
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
GREECE: Athens determined to pursue reforms after completion of third bailout plan
COMPETITION: In-depth investigation launches into planned acquisition of Tele2 NL by T-Mobile NL
ECONOMY: Dementia affects 19 million people in OECD countries with health and social costs to exceed $1 trillion a year
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: Another Parliament/Council compromise attempt on mutual recognition of decisions for freezing criminal assets
CLIMATE: CORSIA system - Bulc and Cañete keep up pressure for ambitious outcome at ICAO
ENERGY: Commission proposes post-2020 budget of almost €1.2 billion for nuclear safety and decommissioning
ENERGY: Energy Charter Treaty criticised as obstacle to energy transition policies
FISHERIES: Europêche calls on legislators to adopt new EMFF by May 2019
FISHERIES: WWF disappointed over Maritime and Fisheries Fund post-2020 proposal
REGIONS: CPMR highlights failure to take into account peripheral regions in next CEF
INSTITUTIONAL
UK: UK parliament would not have right of veto on agreement negotiated with EU but would remain closely associated should negotiations fail
TRANSPARENCY: New transparency register, cross-compliance discussions
BETTER REGULATION: European Court of Auditors recommends reinforcing inter-institutional cooperation on reviews of legislation
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
MIGRATION: Advocate General holds that derogations to EU rules on deciding country in charge of processing asylum application are possible
NEWS BRIEFS
BANKS: Banco Popular resolution – process to evaluate treatment of former creditors and shareholders begins
EUROZONE: Bulgaria will join Exchange Rate Mechanism and Banking Union within a year, says Goranov
ANIMAL HEALTH: Member states confirm interinstitutional agreement on veterinary medicines
SRI LANKA: EU provides €160,000 in initial emergency aid for flood victims
ADDENDUM
DEVELOPMENT: Clarification of ONE NGO's position on draft post-2020 budget