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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12040

14 June 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 4 / 33
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Ukraine
European Parliament's green light to €1 billion in pluriannual macro-financial assistance
Brussels, 13/06/2018 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday 13 June, the European Parliament approved (with 527 votes in favour, 124 against and 29 abstentions) the granting of new macro-financial assistance to Ukraine, this time for a maximum of up to €1 billion.

The European Commission's initial proposal, approved by the EU Council(see EUROPE 12029), will help cover Ukraine's needs in external financing for 2018-2019.

The assistance will be distributed in two instalments in the form of loans in return for Kiev's active fight against...

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