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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12058
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Emu

Public investments should be protected, says Committee of Regions

In an opinion adopted at its plenary session on Thursday 5 July, the Committee of the Regions called for the deepening of Economic and Monetary Union (EMU), currently being discussed by the Eurogroup (see EUROPE 12052), to be an opportunity to relaunch public investment and resolve its current democratic deficit.

“The financial contribution by local and regional authorities in public investments must be given more flexibility. Otherwise there is a serious risk that it will hold back the...

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EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: EU and Ukraine push for acceleration of reform efforts in fight against corruption
UKRAINE: Tusk and Poroshenko affirm opposition to Nord Stream 2 Russian gas pipeline project
UKRAINE: EU and Ukraine satisfied with initial promising results of their free trade agreement
JAPAN: Signature of EU-Japan free trade agreement postponed until summit moved to Tokyo on 17 July
BURMA/MYANMAR: EU calls for immediate release of two Reuters journalists
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Theresa May imposes her line on leaving EU and ends up losing hard Brexiteers
CITIZENS' INITIATIVE: Civil society wants greater role for European Parliament in following up ECIs
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: Commission to sound out member states on possible alternatives to disembarking migrants in Italian ports
TRANSPORT: MEPs expected to vote against exemptions to cabotage rules for international combined transport
TRANSPORT: Stakeholders divided on first mobility package votes in Parliament
HEALTH: MEPs examine health technologies assessments
ENVIRONMENT: Air pollution - six member states do not meet national emissions ceilings for at least one pollutant, says EEA
AGRICULTURE: Parliament agriculture committee debates unfair trading practice on Tuesday 10 July
AGRICULTURE: Parliament aims to reach agreement in March 2019 on Common Agricultural Policy beyond 2020
FISHERIES: Work under Austrian Presidency to focus on negotiating 2019 fishing quotas
COHESION: Mr van Nistelrooij and Ms Krehl call for proposal to transfer performance reserve to structural reforms to be rejected
REGIONS: Mediterranean regions call on Union to get to grips with migration issue
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: Reduction and sharing of banking risks will mutually reinforce each other, says Draghi
EMU: Public investments should be protected, says Committee of Regions
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Go-ahead for Dutch guarantee measure on new subordinated loans and equity
WESTERN BALKANS: According to a survey, Western Balkans is increasingly in favour of European integration
MONEY LAUNDERING: Fifth 'anti-money laundering' directive enters into force
UNITED STATES: Gordon Sondland presents credentials to Donald Tusk
JAPAN: EU in solidarity with grieving Japanese after deadly floods
SOCIAL: EU and Ukrainian trade unions call for violations to trade union rights in Ukraine to end