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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12041

15 June 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 7 / 37
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Emu
Valdis Dombrovskis outlines future backstop of Single Resolution Fund
Brussels, 14/06/2018 (Agence Europe)

At a roundtable with the Greek government in Athens on Thursday 14 June, the Commissioner for the euro, Valdis Dombrovskis, expressed his hopes that the Eurozone summit at the end of June would agree on the creation of a common backstop for the Single Resolution Fund (SRF), the financial arm of Banking Union in the Eurozone (see EUROPE 12037).

Dombrovskis considers that the backstop would “reinforce confidence in the banking system”, which is why it is currently a priority.

Although the...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
EXTERNAL ACTION: Commission proposes a common 'neighbourhood and development' pot within a €123 billion budget for external action after 2020
ENLARGEMENT: Thematic allocation of post-2020 funds for pre-accession aid
SAHEL: EEAS asked to improve operational efficiency of EU civilian missions in Niger and Mali
TRADE: Council agrees its position on EU draft framework for screening foreign investments
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: Monetary institute makes careful change to accommodative monetary policy
TAXATION: No significant breakthrough on country-by-country reporting dossier at Council
EMU: Valdis Dombrovskis outlines future backstop of Single Resolution Fund
STATE AID: Green light to prolongation of motorway concession contract in Croatia
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
TRANSPORT: Parliament rejects negotiating mandates for social and market aspects of first mobility package
TRANSPORT: Parliament ratifies its position on hiring driverless vehicles
ACP: Parliament approves architecture proposed by post-Cotonou ACP/EU partnership and formulates its recommendations
MIGRATION: Antonio Tajani urges EU28 to stop squabbling as migration issue is increasingly difficult for governments
JUSTICE: MEPs urge Commission to resume publication of its anti-corruption reports
FISHERIES: Parliament refuses electric pulse-fishing in North Sea
FINANCE: Derivative products – Parliament ready to negotiate revision of 'EMIR' regulation with Council
SINGLE MARKET: Parliament gives green light to interinstitutional agreement on directive on proportionality test
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENERGY: Interinstitutional agreement on draft revised 'renewables' directive together with binding 32% target
ENERGY: Interinstitutional talks on revised 'energy efficiency' directive stumble over 32% target
JHA: Member states have their mandate on interoperability of European information systems
MIGRATION: Discussions at Council of EU on asylum procedures regulation not yet at fruition
MIGRATION: Parliament announces institutional agreements on conditions for hosting asylum seekers and on 'qualifications' for obtaining international protection
JUSTICE: Parliament/Council agreement on mutual recognition of decisions for freezing criminal assets
JUSTICE: In Malta, Commissioner Jourova asks difficult questions
AGRICULTURE: Common testing methodology to compare quality of food products
FOOD SAFETY: EU considers Moroccan system for controls on fishing products is satisfactory
COHESION: Regions fail to be won over by idea of aid fund for EU regions affected by Brexit
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Tensions between member states on regulation for coordinating social security systems
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
AGRICULTURE: Spanish regulation on use of 'iberico de cebo' denomination is in line with EU law
SYRIA: Court upholds freezing of Bashar al-Assad's cousins assets over the period 2016-2070
NEWS BRIEFS
FYROM: Tusk and Stoltenberg hail agreement between Athens and Skopje on North Macedonia
ECJ: Appointment of two judges - one Maltese and one Lithuanian
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Website to illustrate impact of European Court of Human Rights rulings
GREECE: Green light to disbursement of second sub-tranche of €1 billion in framework of third monitoring mission
INDUSTRY: European Commission welcomes Brunswick Prosecutor's Office decision in Volkswagen case
SEA: Commissioner Vella inaugurates world's first tidal energy plant in Cherbourg
POLAND: Several European Parliament group presidents call for opening of infringement procedure against Polish law on supreme court
TRANSPORT: Indonesian airline companies withdrawn from airline handler blacklist