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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12113

10 October 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 29
SECTORAL POLICIES / Media
Focus on Council of Europe's work concerning misinformation
Brussels, 09/10/2018 (Agence Europe)

'Fake news' is now at the full centre of attention.  While the European Commission plans to present an action plan on misinformation on 5 December, the Council of Europe published a report, on Tuesday 9 October, on European law on the accuracy and fairness of news and current affairs reports broadcast by media organisations. 

Entitled ‘Media reporting: facts, nothing but facts’, this 170-page document prepared by the European Audiovisual Observatory underlines that the EU has...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: EU announces it might raise its ambitions by 2020 to send a positive signal to COP24
CLIMATE: Intense negotiations at Environment Council on CO2 emissions from cars and vans post-2021
FISHERIES: European Parliament fisheries committee reaches a compromise on management plan for stocks in western waters
FISHERIES: Commission proposes to reduce catch quotas for deep-sea fish
AGRICULTURE: MEPs oppose any reduction in CAP budget
TRANSPORT: Austrian Presidency's formalised draft compromises on first ‘mobility’ package confirm guidelines
TRANSPORT: MEPs adopt draft report on rail passengers' rights and obligations
TRANSPORT: MEPs adopt their position on port reception facilities for waste disposal
MIGRATION: Home affairs ministers called upon to break deadlock of 'asylum package' and reform of Dublin Regulation
MIGRATION: Paris and Rome prepare joint mission to Nigeria to facilitate returns of migrants
DIGITAL: Continuation of inter-institutional negotiations over draft 'SatCab' regulation
JUSTICE: Google security breach affecting 500,000 users over three years stirs controversy
MEDIA: Focus on Council of Europe's work concerning misinformation
COHESION: MEPs reject proposal to transfer cohesion policy funds to support structural reforms
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: MEPs eager to fight it out with Council over 2021-2027 MFF
UK: Northern Irish Unionists still reject solutions that would treat Northern Ireland differently from rest of United Kingdom
FUTURE OF EU: Committee of Regions president announces European summit of cities and regions in March 2019
EUROPEAN AGENCIES: EASO, exception to the rule of good budgetary management observed in 41 EU agencies
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Paul Tang defends ambitious vision of digital services tax at European Parliament
FINANCE: Crowdfunding regulation – three stumbling points emerge at European Parliament
EXTERNAL ACTION
HUMAN RIGHTS: Mediterranean rescue NGOs, Oleg Sentsov and Nasser Zefzafi included on Sakharov Prize shortlist for 2018
BOSNIA HERZEGOVINA: EU calls on leaders to assume responsibilities
ISRAEL: Israeli Avi Dichter offers his country's aid to fight terrorism in Europe
PALESTINE: Supported by EU, UNRWA has succeeded in filling large part of budget gap
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Council adopts inflexible position on directive on work-life balance
NEWS BRIEFS
COURT OF JUSTICE: Koen Lenaerts re-elected president of Court and Rosario Silva de Lapuerta elected vice-president
HUNGARY: Member states sounded out on how to follow up on European Parliament vote recommending opening of proceedings on respect of rule of law
EP2019: Call for women in key EU posts
VENEZUELA: EU demands independent investigation after death in custody of municipal councillor