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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12084

30 August 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 17
INSTITUTIONAL / Ep2019
Matteo Salvini and Viktor Orbán plan to join forces against migrants… and Macron
Brussels, 29/08/2018 (Agence Europe)

Opposed over the content of the reform of the Dublin regulation on asylum, but united over anti-immigration ideas, the two strongmen of Italy and Hungary, the Italian Minister of the Interior, Matteo Salvini, and the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, jointly announced in Milan on the evening of Tuesday 28 August that they were to set up a European anti-migration alliance ahead of the elections of May 2019. Orbán, who described Salvini as his “hero” before the meeting, also...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
FYROM: Nikola Dimitrov says 'we will win the referendum' on country's name
DEVELOPMENT: European Parliament's development committee wants increased effectiveness of Trust Fund for Africa
ACP: Post-Cotonou agreement, postponement until late September/early October of start of negotiations to clarify Africa's position
TRADE:  European Parliament reflection on WTO reform begins
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: European Parliament starts its painstaking scrutiny of proposals on digital taxation
FINANCE: Ashley Fox's proposal to include initial coin offerings in crowdfunding regulation receives mixed welcome
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL AFFAIRS: MEPs disagree on role and work of future European Labour Authority
EMPLOYMENT: Directive on working conditions, MEPs deeply divided on notion of 'worker'
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: MEPs again protest against cuts in agricultural funding for 2021-2027 period
TRANSPORT: MEPs seek appropriate framework for developing autonomous and connected mobility
INDUSTRY: 'Dieselgate' - T&E claims automobile manufacturers have cost consumers nearly €150 billion
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: Stalemate over post-2020 financial framework is in no country's interests, Oettinger stresses
EP2019: Matteo Salvini and Viktor Orbán plan to join forces against migrants… and Macron
NEWS BRIEFS
BUDGET: MEPs approve aid of €34 million following natural disasters in four member states
BURMA/MYANMAR: European Parliament's ALDE Group calls for Aung San Suu Kyi to be stripped of Sakharov Prize
TRADE: Filtering of third-country investment in the EU – next inter-institutional negotiations to take place on Thursday 27 September
SOCIAL AFFAIRS: ESIP says future European Labour Authority could amend governance in European coordination of social security