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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12118
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Digital

Platforms publish their individual road maps on misinformation

The European Commission is not missing an opportunity to communicate on the new code of good practice to combat online misinformation. After the presentation of the draft code in July and the final document in September, came the presentation of the online platform road maps on Tuesday 16 October. Strangely, it seems that Twitter has chosen to exclude certain commitments. 

What's new? Individual commitments

As a reminder, the code of good practice was drafted by a multi-stakeholder group...

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