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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12121
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Transport

Austrian Presidency of Council presents draft compromises with minimum changes on 'mobility' package

The second draft compromises of the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the EU relating to the market and social aspects of the first “mobility” package – which was forwarded to member states on Thursday 18 October and of which EUROPE has a copy – propose only minor changes to the first detailed texts of 8 October, earlier reported on in our bulletin(see EUROPE 12113).

They are therefore part of a continuing process in line with guidelines presented to the national delegations in...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
ASEM: Europeans and Asians defend multilateralism and forge closer links
SOUTH KOREA: Towards strengthening trade relations between EU and Seoul
SINGAPORE: Trade and investment agreements finally signed
VIETNAM: EU and Vietnam sign a voluntary partnership agreement to combat illegal logging
SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: Austrian Presidency of Council presents draft compromises with minimum changes on 'mobility' package
JUSTICE: only 44% of companies consider themselves in compliance with general data protection regulation, according to an IAPP study
JUSTICE: civil society warns Commission about a binding solution to online misinformation
ENVIRONMENT: limitation of single-use plastics, right will seek to slow down European Parliament's ambition on Wednesday 24 October
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament rapporteurs to present draft reports on CAP post-2020 on 21 November
AGRICULTURE: Latest report on farm economy shows rise in farmers' income
AGRICULTURE: Commission prepares complaint to WTO against US duties on Spanish olives
ENERGY: electricity, negotiators have made progress on regional cooperation
INSTITUTIONAL
POLAND: European Court of Justice calls on Poland to immediately suspend Supreme Court Act
HUNGARY: Budapest has referred matter to Court of Justice to protest European Parliament vote on rule of law
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY: disposable plastics, tap water, Cambridge Analytica and European Council results on agenda
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ITALY: draft budget for 2019, Mr Moscovici lists three questions to be answered by Rome
FINANCE: Pan-European framework for covered bonds – principal stumbling blocks taking shape at European Parliament
FINANCE: Businesses ask EU for more involvement in sustainable finance matters
ENTERPRISE: European rules on transparency of mining industries work but could be better, says TI
STATE AID: Green light to Greek financial support to build section of motorway
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: MEPs divided on thematic concentrations of European Social Fund+
SOCIAL: European Parliament committee vote on revision of 'written statement' directive pleases unions, but not employers
NEWS BRIEFS
CATALONIA: Ernest Maragall argues Catalan case in Brussels
COMPETITION: Green light to Microsoft's acquisition of GitHub
ENERGY: EIB loan of €60 million for floating wind farm in Portugal
EP2019: Gregor Gysi believes in a left-wing Commission provided that progressive forces are united
S&D: MM. Timmermans and Maroš Šefčovič are two candidates for appointment of Social Democratic Spitzenkandidat
SYRIA: Macron-Merkel-Erdoğan-Putin Summit on October 27
TRANSPORT: European pilots welcome conclusion of European Parliament/Council negotiations on leasing of aircraft with airline crew outside EU
CORRIGENDUM
UK: Clarification on Theresa May's statement at end of European summit
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: What’s in a backstop?
CALENDAR
Principal activities of the European institutions: 22/10 - 28/10/2018
Other events: 22/10 - 04/11/2018