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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12060

12 July 2018
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SECURITY - DEFENCE / Nato
Donald Trump once more urges Allies to stick to 2% GDP rule for military spending
Brussels, 11/07/2018 (Agence Europe)

US President Donald Trump has once again made compliance with the 2% of GDP rule for military spending his trumpeted cause for the NATO summit which opened in Brussels on Wednesday 11 July.

During the summit in Wales in 2014, the members of the transatlantic Alliance had agreed to step up their military spending to 2% of GDP by 2024.

In a public declaration after the first day of the summit, the heads of state and government of the Atlantic Alliance nations “reaffirmed their steadfast...

Contents

SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: Donald Trump once more urges Allies to stick to 2% GDP rule for military spending
EXTERNAL ACTION
AFRICA/NEIGHBOURHOOD: Green light to initial financial guarantee programmes of EU external investment plan
WESTERN BALKANS: Western Balkans commit not to block each other in their process of EU accession
AZERBAIJAN: EU and Baku agree on priorities of their partnership
CHINA: EU deplores worsening of civil and political rights in China
BURMA/MYANMAR: EU calls for halt to fighting and for arrival of humanitarian assistance to be facilitated
TRADE: Strong commitment of EU institutions to conclude FDI filtering agreement before May 2019
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: On question of communications privacy, Austrian Presidency of Council reintroduces subsequent processing of metadata
TRANSPORT: MEPs acknowledge complexity of liberalising coach transport
TRANSPORT: Ms Meissner would like EU to take action at IMO level for strengthening bans on disposing ship waste at sea
ENVIRONMENT: Climate protection and circular economy among Austrian Presidency of Council priorities
JUSTICE: 'Cambridge Analytica' – Facebook risks £500,000 fine
FISHERIES: Parliament Rapporteur Alain Cadec calls for flexibility in reaching maximum sustainable yield
AGRICULTURE: MEPs support Paolo De Castro's draft report on unfair trading practice
ANIMAL HEALTH: Parliament wants measures to prevent trafficking of pets
HEALTH: Question raised in Parliament on future of programme within ESF+
COHESION: Austrian Presidency of Council severely criticised by MEPs for lack of consideration shown to Parliament
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EUROGROUP: Deepening of EMU and Bulgaria's accession to 'ERM II' mechanism on agenda
FINANCE: MEPs call for clear framework for equivalence decisions with third countries that closely involves Parliament
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
SOCIAL: Court considers that Belgian legislation infringes EU rules on posted workers
TRANSPORT: Court confirms that a member state can require authorisation for commercial carriage of goods from Turkey passing through its territory
UKRAINE: General Court overturns freezing of assets against Andriy Klyuyev for March 2017-March 2018
TAXATION: VAT – goods containing precious metals are not second-hand goods if they lose their initial purpose, Court confirms
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: On work/life balance, MEPs establish paternity leave at 80% of gross salary
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET 2019: Council to adopt its official position in September
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Measures for speeding up disposal of skimmed milk powder stocks
STATE AID: Go-ahead to Austrian risk capital premium scheme
STATE AID: Green light for prolongation of Polish bank guarantee scheme
AUSTRALIA: Technical level talks on track for EU-Australia free trade agreement
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: EU pays tribute to Srebrenica victims
BREXIT: Relocations of EMA and EBA suspended amid Parliament's ambition of more weight in decision-making process in future
COMPETITION: MEPs give green light to inter-institutional agreement to increase resources for national competition authorities
ENERGY: Ministerial scrutiny of EU/USA energy cooperation, in Brussels on 12 July
ENERGY: Russia/Ukraine/EU ministerial talks to resume on gas, in Berlin on 17 July
ENVIRONMENT: Commission proposes limit content value for four phthalates in plastic articles
FINANCE: ECON committee's vote on PEPPs postponed until September
FISHERIES: Commissioner Vella is invited to make site visit to verify adverse impact of electric pulse fishing