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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12046

22 June 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 40
EXTERNAL ACTION / Albania
Etilda Gjonaj says Council decision on whether to open EU accession negotiations will not be linked to her country's progress
Brussels, 21/06/2018 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 21 June, Albania's Justice Minister Etilda Gjonaj said the decision of the EU member states on whether or not to open accession negotiations with her country was political and did not really depend on Albania's progress.  The European foreign affairs ministers will focus on this issue when they meet in Luxembourg on 26 June.

"Next week's decision is not something that depends on what we have achieved", Gjonaj told a small group of journalists, including from EUROPE.  "The...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE
GREECE: Eurogroup agrees on terms for exit from third Greek aid plan
EUROZONE: ESM has lent Athens €45.9 billion since mid-2015
COMPETITION: Investigation launches into possible restrictions of free movement of gas sold by Qatar Petroleum in Europe
TAXATION: Parliament's 'TAX 3' committee sets sights on non-cooperative businesses in tax transparency matters
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Member states set non-transferable paid duration of parental leave at one and a half months
EMPLOYMENT: Working conditions directive - member states opt for very flexible definition of 'workers'
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: Commission asks member states to stop quarrelling and find a European solution to management of migrants
JUSTICE: Eurojust takes favourable view of interinstitutional agreement on reform of its governance
JUSTICE: Parliament committee vote on insolvency directive postponed again
DIGITAL: Digital content: Parliament wants guarantees on 'smart goods'
MCOHESION: Reduction in budget and cofinancing rates for Cohesion Fund 2021-2027 is a return to 'normality' according to the European Commission
ENTERPRISE: Stakeholders not short of ideas to improve 'company law' legislative package
TRANSPORT: MEPs invite Commission and member states to take advantage of new technology for transport
CLIMATE: For ICAO CORSIA, EU demands sustainability of alternative fuels
FISHERIES: MEPs divided over ICES study on pulse fishing
AGRICULTURE: MEPs call for fair and balanced trade agreements
AGRICULTURE: MEPs want faster approval of safe new pesticides
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Juncker and Varadkar call for major efforts from London to resolve Ireland/Northern Ireland issue
BUDGET: MEPs call for better customs controls to tackle fraud
CITIZENS' INITIATIVE: ECI organisers disappointed with Parliament's constitutional affairs committee
HUNGARY: New law criminalises NGO aid to migrants
EXTERNAL ACTION
ACP: MEPs and ACP parliamentarians call for counter-terrorism strategy and strong parliamentary dimension for future ACP-EU partnership
ALBANIA: Etilda Gjonaj says Council decision on whether to open EU accession negotiations will not be linked to her country's progress
ARMENIA: Yerevan wants to move on with visa liberalisation
EGYPT: Leader of Egyptian parliament invites European Parliament's sub-committee on human rights to visit his country
NEW ZEALAND: Official launch of EU-New Zealand free trade negotiations
TUNISIA: Exchange of asymmetric agricultural offers expected by end of 2018 in EU/Tunisia free-trade negotiations
TRADE: EU fears USA wants non-binding WTO dispute settlement system without Appellate Body
TRADE: MEPs stress sustainable development dimension of agreements with countries in Latin America
CHINA: European companies in China still suffering from hostile business environment
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
MIGRATION: Directive allowing member states to revoke refugee status does not infringe Geneva Convention, says Advocate General
BIODIVERSITY: Court rules against Malta on illegal trapping of wild finches
NEWS BRIEFS
ACP: EU prepared to adopt negotiating mandate for EU-ACP partnership post-2020
COHESION: Names of Parliament rapporteurs on future Cohesion Policy emerging
IRAN: Kazem Sadjadpour says Iran has no desire to dominate in region
QATAR: EU and Qatar to set up informal dialogue on human rights
SOCIAL: Member states adopt interinstitutional agreement on ‘posted workers’ directive
SOCIAL: Luxembourg granted specific transitory period for implementation of regulation on the coordination of social security systems
SOUTH SUDAN: MEPs and ACP call for immediate halt to hostilities
NEIGHBOURHOOD: Trust Fund for Syria approves new projects in Lebanon and Jordan for total of €167 million