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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12105

28 September 2018
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NEWS BRIEFS / Jha
European Parliament committee endorses minor changes to visa-free travel for several Caribbean and Indian Ocean islands

27/09/2018 (Agence Europe) – On Thursday 27 September, MEPs on the European Parliament’s civil liberties committee (LIBE) approved the amended agreements on visa-free travel offered to Barbados, Mauritius, St Kitts and Nevis, the Seychelles, Antigua-et-Barbuda and the Bahamas.  These amended visa-exemption agreements for short stays aim to ensure legal coherence and harmonisation between the member states by conforming to the new definition of short-stay trips via modification of the...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: European elections: the responsible press will have its work cut out
INSTITUTIONAL
EP2019: Jan Zahradil says support from three parties will be needed for next European Commission president
EP2019: European Left gets ready to decide whether it will present a Spitzenkandidat in May 2019
EP2019: Six political figures ally for a new Europe
TRANSPARENCY: European Parliament determined to pursue talks on transparency registers
FUTURE OF THE EU: exasperation over complexity of Europe expressed in citizens' consultations in France
SECTORAL POLICIES
COMPETITIVENESS: European ministers recognise importance of committing to artificial intelligence
COMPETITIVENESS: Bieńkowska believes that the 'European Semester' could help refine regional analysis of competitiveness
ENVIRONMENT: Authorisation of pesticides, draft special PEST committee report welcomed by big political groups
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament agriculture committee to vote on 1 October on unfair trading practices
AGRICULTURE: Draft European Parliament reports on post-2020 CAP to be unveiled on 19 October
FISHERIES: Measures adopted to protect Greenland sharks
CUSTOMS: MEPs want to beef up rules for importing cultural goods into EU
CUSTOMS: Number of counterfeit products intercepted in EU falls in 2017
JUSTICE: Following different auditions on Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal, European Parliament civil liberties committee takes action
JHA: Gérard Deprez promises to take account of concerns on identity card security
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EUROGROUP: Reform of ESM on agenda of finance ministers
STATE AID: Green light to Belgian support measure in favour of three offshore windfarm projects
COMPETITION: Consultation into exemption from competition rules for shipping consortia launched
EXTERNAL ACTION
HUMAN RIGHTS: Controversy over nomination of pro-life activist Mary Wagner for 2018 Sakharov Prize
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Johannes Hahn calls on EU to act more on international stage
MIDDLE EAST: Quartet supports UN's efforts to avoid escalation of tension
TRADE: Bernd Lange and Paul Rübig ask Commission for more ambition in WTO reform
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: 20 NGOs call for ambitious agreement between European Parliament and Council on Accessibility Act
NEWS BRIEFS
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU mobilises €100,000 to help Uganda and Rwanda to prevent the risk of Ebola
BANGLADESH: EU, Norway and Switzerland request review of law on digital security
CLIMATE: CETA – EU and Canada commit to work together to implement Paris Agreement
JHA: European Parliament committee endorses minor changes to visa-free travel for several Caribbean and Indian Ocean islands
JUSTICE: Judith Sargentini elected Third Vice President at European Parliament civil liberties committee
ENERGY: Nearly 35 million euros from EIB for energy efficiency project in Spain
YOUTH: Council's now taking its turn to endorse 2018-2020 solidarity corps agreement
INTERNAL MARKET: Council gives its final approval to single digital portal
FISHERIES: Council adopts regulation allowing catch of one seabass per day in recreational fishing
TRANSPORT: Civil society organisations call for more ambition in road infrastructure safety management