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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12048

26 June 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 24 / 40
INSTITUTIONAL / Hungary
Parliament's civil liberties committee calls on Council of EU to act against 'violations' of rule of law
Brussels, 25/06/2018 (Agence Europe)

On Monday 25 June, the committee on civil liberties of the European Parliament adopted, by 37 votes to 19 with 0 abstentions, the report by Judith Sargentini (Greens/EFA, Netherlands) on the rule of law in Hungary, in which the MEP calls on the Council of the EU to note the existence of a serious violation of European values in the country led by Viktor Orbán.

The report adopted follows a resolution of the European Parliament of May 2017, which triggered, at its level, the infamous...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
YEMEN: EU to step up diplomatic work to enable a de-escalation and a negotiated settlement of the conflict
BURMA/MYANMAR: EU sanctions seven senior army, border guard and police officials
VENEZUELA: EU sanctions another 11 Venezuelan officials
HORN OF AFRICA: European Union steps up cooperation with Red Sea countries
SAHEL: Foreign Affairs Council insists on implementing the peace agreement in Mali
CHINA: Towards exchange of offers on market access for investments at next EU-China summit
MERCOSUR: EU/Mercosur free trade talks still struggling over GIs, maritime services and public procurement
TRADE: Investors from US, Canada, India and Japan call for progress in Brexit talks
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Council invites member states to act by end 2019 to improve military mobility within  EU
PESCO: Council adopts rules of governance for PESCO projects
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: EU28 invited to provide comments on areas of work to defuse migrant dossier as suggested by 16 member states
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: Council of EU calls for framework for integrated products policy that includes recycling and reuse from conceptualisation phase
ENVIRONMENT: Drinking water directive - public health must prevail over internal market, European ministers say
CLIMATE: CO2 from new cars and vans, differences over level of ambition, but willingness to move forward in Council
CLIMATE: 14 European ministers recommend 2030 objective that is more ambitious for the EU at COP24 and a 'zero emission' strategy by 2050
DIGITAL: Digital Assembly officially launches Western Balkans strategy
DIGITAL: In context of supercomputers, Council adopts proposal to develop EuroHPC joint undertaking
CONSUMERS: European Commission and four online platforms sign up to pledge on withdrawing dangerous products
AGRICULTURE: GUE/NGL group in Parliament launches manifesto for 'fair and democratic' Common Agricultural Policy
AGRICULTURE: COPA-COGECA sounds alarm regarding tough situation of sheep sector
TRANSPORT: Roberts Zīle would like framework for liberalising bus and coach passenger transport rules
COHESION: MEPs stress that reinforcing structural support reform programme should not come at expensive cohesion policy
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: Oettinger calls on European Council to make post-2020 MFF a priority for rapid agreement
HUNGARY: Parliament's civil liberties committee calls on Council of EU to act against 'violations' of rule of law
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: European Banking Authority urges financial institutions to take account of possibility of hard Brexit
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
HUNGARY: Council of Europe's Venice Commission calls for 'Stop Soros' law, which criminalises assistance to migrants, to be repealed
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Green light to Slovenian restructuring measure in favour of Semenarna Ljubljana
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Council extends mandates of six EU Special Representatives
CLIMATE: Council of EU adopts regulation establishing MRV system for CO2 from heavy goods vehicles
COHESION: Final names of Parliament rapporteurs for future Cohesion Policy published
AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND: EU Council publishes negotiation mandates for free trade agreements
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Liliane Maury Pasquier takes over from Michele Nicoletti as Chair of PACE
DEFENCE: Nine member states launch European intervention initiative
INTERNAL MARKET: Commission says EU 'must do better' in innovation domain
FISHERIES: EU wants to join convention on management of resources in North Pacific
CSDP: Spain's Rota naval base is to be new Atalanta operations headquarters
UNITED KINGDOM: Tens of thousands of demonstrators call for another vote on results of negotiations with the EU
SERBIA/KOSOVO: Work on normalisation of relations to intensify in coming weeks
SOCIAL: European Parliament hails Council's inclusion of its recommendations on employment policy
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
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