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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12065

19 July 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 29
EXTERNAL ACTION / Albania
Johannes Hahn in Tirana to launch official assessment of EU acquis
Brussels, 18/07/2018 (Agence Europe)

In Tirana on Tuesday 17 July, European Commissioner for Enlargement Negotiations Johannes Hahn officially launched the screening process of the EU acquis in Albania (see EUROPE 12062).  A few hours earlier, he had officially launched the same process in the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FYROM) (see EUROPE 12064).

"Our cooperation has entered a new phase today (17 July)", Albania's Prime Minister Edi Rama stated, saying that ordinarily the screening was carried out after the...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: Google hit by new record fine of €4.34 billion for abuse of dominant position in mobile Internet
EIB: EU Bank concerned that Commission will play a banking role in management of InvestEU fund post-2020
FINANCE: Eight countries call for extra efforts to bring about Capital Markets Union by 2019
FINANCE: Financial Stability Board announces supervisory framework for virtual currencies
ECONOMY: Annual inflation rate in Eurozone up to 2% in June
EXTERNAL ACTION
USA: Jean-Claude Juncker intends to reaffirm EU's indivisibility on trade when he meets Donald Trump on 25 July
TRADE: EU institutes provisional safeguard measures on imports of steel products
TRADE: EU imposes provisional anti-dumping duties on e-bikes from China
IRAN: Werner Hoyer says EIB cannot play active role on Iranian territory
ALBANIA: Johannes Hahn in Tirana to launch official assessment of EU acquis
SERBIA/KOSOVO: Presidents and Mogherini want to continue work on normalisation of relations
MONTENEGRO: Members of European and Montenegrin parliaments call for return of opposition to Skupština
SOMALIA: EU and other partners strengthen their political and financial support for stability and development
AFRICA: European and African economic and social partners emphasise that youth is vector for economic development
THAILAND: Pier Antonio Panzeri calls for free and fair elections
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: Member states agree to relocate Atalanta operational headquarters to Rota and Brest
SECTORAL POLICIES
JHA: Kosovo fulfils final criteria to benefit from visa liberalisation regime
DIGITAL: Council shifting towards scrapping of privacy setting provisions in ePrivacy
RESEARCH: Regional Cooperation Council says Horizon Europe must also support Western Balkans
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Social challenges of digitalisation and robotisation on agenda of informal ministerial meeting in Vienna
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: May squeezes through again in UK parliament
CITIZENS' INITIATIVE: Commission registers two new ECIs
NEWS BRIEFS
INSURANCE: EIOPA seeking to enhance consumer protection in travel insurance domain
CLIMATE: EU and Japan reaffirm commitment to ambitious action to implement Paris Agreement
CLIMATE: Public consultation until 9 October on future EU long-term strategy
COHESION: Member states give green light to increased funding for structural reform support programme
MIGRATION: Agreement on Frontex deployment in former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
RESEARCH: Petition calling for €160 billion budget for Horizon Europe gains ground
MIDDLE EAST: Mogherini urges Israel to reconsider decision to demolish Bedouin village of Khan al-Ahmar