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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12058

10 July 2018
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NEWS BRIEFS / Western balkans
According to a survey, Western Balkans is increasingly in favour of European integration

09/07/2018 (Agence Europe) – According to a survey by the Regional Cooperation Council published on Friday 6 July, the attitude of the western Balkan population is increasingly in favour of European integration. This increased from 41% in favour in 2015 to 49% in 2017. With 84% in favour of European integration, Kosovo is the most “europhile” followed by Albania (83%), FYROM (59%) Montenegro (53%) and Bosnia-Herzegovina (45%). With just 29% in favour of integration, Serbia acts as a...

Contents

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