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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12118

17 October 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 12 / 30
SECTORAL POLICIES / Justice
Deputies of TAX 3 committee are looking into the opacity of golden visas
Brussels, 16/10/2018 (Agence Europe)

MEPs from the TAX 3 Commission sought answers to the lack of transparency of golden visas at a public hearing of representatives of the NGO Global Witness and the OECD on Monday 15 October. 

Golden visas are common programmes in the EU, which allow the third-country national to quickly obtain a residence permit, or even the nationality of a Member State, in return for a substantial personal investment in the host country. 

At least twelve Member States - Austria, Bulgaria, Cyprus,...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
UNITED KINGDOM: in absence of an imminent agreement, the Twenty-Seven are invited to set guidelines for the further negotiations leading to Brexit
INSTITUTIONAL
HUNGARY: Member states approve method chosen by Vienna to assess rule of law situation
POLAND: situation of the rule of law in Poland is still worrying, according to the Commission
BUDGET: We have made good progress on 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework, says Austrian Presidency of Council
COURT OF AUDITORS: opinions on the relocation of migrants and State aid in favour of banks to be published in 2019
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: Jean-Claude Juncker stresses that Commission cannot be too lenient over draft Italian 2019 budget
BANKS: Pessimism around completion of Banking Union
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: social partners intend to present a joint work programme to implement European Social Rights Base
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: platforms publish their individual road maps on misinformation
JHA: MEPs ready to negotiate with Council for increased interoperability of EU databases used by law enforcement authorities
JUSTICE: use of financial information, MEPs want to preserve independence of financial intelligence units
JUSTICE: deputies of TAX 3 committee are looking into the opacity of golden visas
JUSTICE: one year after murder of Maltese journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia, EU calls for justice to be done
COHESION: Andrea Cozzolino wants to regionalise thematic concentrations of the ERDF and the Cohesion Fund after 2020
ENVIRONMENT: Dangerous chemical substances in recycled plastics - HEAL sounds alarm
ANIMAL HEALTH: informal meeting of EU ministers on African swine fever on 19 December
AGRICULTURE: €172 million to promote EU agri-food products
FISHERIES: Council increases 2019 cod catches in Baltic Sea and reduces herring catches
TRANSPORT: Austrian Presidency of the Council will present on 22 October new draft compromises on the first ‘mobility’ package
EXTERNAL ACTION
ACP: Post-Cotonou negotiations - ACP countries and EU to compare respective mandates on 18 October
EASTERN PARTNERSHIP: EU satisfied with progress in implementation of 20 deliverables for 2020
IRAN: Brian Hook says no demand for EU special purpose vehicle
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
WOMEN: harassment and sexual violence are commonplace in national parliaments, according to a Council of Europe study
NEWS BRIEFS
BANKS: Resolution of Banco Popular – former creditors and shareholders to be heard starting on 6 November
DEVELOPMENT: World Food Day - Neven Mimica sounds rallying cry to eradicate hunger by 2030
EP2019: 18 October is end date to apply for Socialist Spitzenkandidat position
FRANCE: Ministerial reshuffle, Christophe Castaner new minister of interior
CIVIL PROTECTION: EU supplies satellite maps to France during deadly floods
REGIONS: Syndicate of overseas cinema operators alerts European Parliament to impact of French fiscal reform that runs counter to European treaties
RUSSIA: Moscow announces meeting between Medvedev and Juncker