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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12110

5 October 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 24 / 34
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Ecb
Quantitative easing does not constitute monetary financing of the States, says Advocate General
Brussels, 04/10/2018 (Agence Europe)

The operation for the mass buyback of mainly public securities (‘public sector asset purchase programme’ or ‘quantitative easing’) of the European Central Bank (ECB) does not constitute monetary financing of the member states as prohibited by the treaties (article 123 TFEU), Advocate General Melchior Wathelet stated in conclusions on Thursday 4 October (case C-493/17). 

Several groups of individuals brought various claims before the German constitutional court concerning the launch...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: Manuel Valls in Barcelona - a giant leap for Europe of the citizens?
INSTITUTIONAL
UK: Ireland and EU reiterate their unified viewpoint as Brexit negotiations enter final stretch
COURT OF AUDITORS: European auditors flag under-execution of EU budget
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CYBERDEFENCE: EU and NATO condemn Russia's cyber attacks
NATO: Within NATO, EU member states strengthen their defence cooperation
NATO: Russia to be observer at NATO 'Trident Juncture' exercise
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: Transatlantic relations, WTO reform and Mercosur on agenda for informal ministerial meeting in Innsbruck
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Hungary and Poland challenge the legality of the revised Posted Workers Directive before Court
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
YEMEN: European Parliament urges member states to refrain from selling weapons to Saudi Arabia
DEVELOPMENT: Human rights - European Parliament invites EU to support adoption of binding UN treaty for multinationals
MIGRATION: Renewed pressure on Member States to develop a real European response to the migration challenge
MONEY LAUNDERING: European Parliament calls for work on 'anti-money laundering' to speed up
ANIMAL HEALTH: MEPs are outraged by the conditions under which broilers are raised
DIGITAL: European Parliament gives green light to free movement of non-personal data
JUSTICE: European Parliament approves new rules on mutual recognition of decisions to freeze assets of criminal origin
JUSTICE: European Parliament approves reform of Eurojust model of governance
SECTORAL POLICIES
COHESION: Frédéric Vallier - 'Commission has not understood the force that the regions can give to the European project'
DIGITAL: Copyright, the right to remuneration discussed at the next inter-institutional negotiation meeting
DIGITAL: Commission's approach to online misinformation is disappointing
CONSUMERS: Directive on European system of collective redress - Mady Delvaux criticises delay in presenting 'Didier' report
FISHERIES: A draft inter-institutional compromise on electric fishing is already causing outrage
FISHERIES: NGO Our Fish criticises high rate of Baltic cod discards
AGRICULTURE: Commission counts on 5% drop in EU cereal production
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
ECB: Quantitative easing does not constitute monetary financing of the States, says Advocate General
CONSUMERS: An individual publishing several sales advertisements on a website does not automatically belong to a ‘professional’ group
ENERGY: EUCJ validates Italian regulation on obligation to present certificates of sustainability for bioliquids
NEWS BRIEFS
AFGHANISTAN: EU increases its emergency humanitarian assistance by €20 million
STATE AID: Green light to Slovakian investment aid for Jaguar Land Rover
INDONESIA: EU increases its help to earthquake victims through EU civil protection mechanism
EP2019: Pierre Moscovici will not run to be Spitzenkandidat of Party of European Socialists
EP2019: Benoit Hamon wants European Spring movement to put Spitzenkandidat forward for European elections
POLAND: Netherlands is third EU country to delay extradition to Poland
ANIMAL HEALTH: 65% of Europeans no longer want animals in circuses
UKRAINE: EU hails extension of validity of law on special status of certain parts of Donetsk and Luhansk regions