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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12108

3 October 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 30
INSTITUTIONAL / Ep2019
Polyglot and good communicator Alexander Stubb joins Manfred Weber in race to be EPP Spitzenkandidat
Brussels, 02/10/2018 (Agence Europe)

During a press conference in Strasbourg on Tuesday 2 October, Finland's former prime minister and the current vice-president of the European Investment Bank, Alexander Stubb, put an end to the semi-suspense surrounding his candidacy to be the Spitzenkandidat of his political family, the EPP, officially announcing that he aspired to be the successor of European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker.

Stubb, who is a very good communicator, thus joins German national Manfred Weber, who is...

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
EUROPEAN COUNCIL: European Parliament expects real progress from EU28 on asylum policy and Brexit negotiations
MONTENEGRO: Milo Đukanović says FYROM referendum shows need for change in EU policy
BUDGET: European Parliament cuts pre-accession aid to Turkey by €70 million
DIGITAL: Parliament gives green light to audiovisual reform
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Political agreement at Council on three VAT directives
MONEY LAUNDERING: Finance ministers agree to discuss new short-term 'anti-money laundering' measures
EMU: Discussions on ESM reform making slow progress
FINANCE: Revision of financial supervisory architecture – European Parliament's co-rapporteurs call for 'intensive' negotiations
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: CO2 from new cars and vans after 2021 - clean mobility is put to vote under great tension at European Parliament
HEALTH: Parliamentary gears up for vote on binding joint assessments
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament agriculture committee expands list of unfair trading practices to be outlawed
CIVIL PROTECTION: European Parliament/Council negotiations on 8 October on enhanced European civil protection mechanism
INSTITUTIONAL
EP2019: Polyglot and good communicator Alexander Stubb joins Manfred Weber in race to be EPP Spitzenkandidat
EP2019: Udo Bullmann (S&D) says Emmanuel Macron 'at crossroads'
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
BUDGET: European Parliament may carry out some of its budgetary powers in Brussels, if the budgetary procedure so requires
DIGITAL: Criminal offences that are not particularly serious can justify access to communications metadata
SECURITY - DEFENCE
FYROM: Jens Stoltenberg hopes to conclude Skopje's accession process to NATO by January 2019
NATO: Stoltenberg urges Russia to respond to Alliance concerns regarding its new missile system
EXTERNAL ACTION
IRAQ: EU calls for respect of parliamentary election results
NEWS BRIEFS
MONEY LAUNDERING: Danske Bank scandal – whistleblower Howard Wilkinson invited to European Parliament on 21 November
TRADE: Finance Watch and Institut Veblen call for financial services to be kept out of trade negotiations
SPACE: Copernicus programme mobilised following earthquake and tsunami in Indonesia
TAXATION: Palau comes off European list of non-cooperative jurisdictions
JUSTICE: Facebook security breach - 5 million European user accounts affected
LIBYA: EU extends sanctions against Saleh, Ghweil and Abu Sahmein for further six months
NICARAGUA: Federica Mogherini wants return to country of UN human rights mission
EP2019: Gabi Zimmer denounces any Manichaean plan pitting Eurosceptics against Pro-Europeans
SOCIAL: European Parliament and Council negotiations examine accessibility to products and services again
SOMALIA: EU condemns new attack against its military mission in Mogadishu leaving civilian victims
TRANSPORT: Detailed compromises from Austrian Presidency of the Council for first mobility package expected to be made official on 11 October