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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12123
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Taxation

Bruno Le Maire asks MEPs for their help to win over those opposed to taxing digital giants

“It is time to decide, this is my message for the MEPs today”, the French finance minister, Bruno Le Maire, said in Strasbourg on Tuesday 23 October. He spent one hour delivering a heartfelt plea in favour of the Commission's proposal for a 3% tax on the gross earnings of the activities of digital platforms ('digital services tax' or DST) before the 'ECON and 'TAX 3' parliamentary committees of the European Parliament.

“Some states are still hesitating, you will help me to convince...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ITALY: Commission asks Rome to review its budgetary copy for 2019
TAXATION: Bruno Le Maire asks MEPs for their help to win over those opposed to taxing digital giants
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
ENVIRONMENT: narrow majority in European Parliament to promote access to safe tap water for all European citizens
FUTURE OF THE EU: Klaus Iohannis pledges to do all in his power to defend a united Europe and a Romania that is irreproachable on rule of law matters
BUDGET: European Parliament prepares to adopt an ambitious but realistic position on the draft 2019 budget, says Daniele Viotti
TAXATION: In wake of CumEx Files scandal, European Parliament calls for extended EU-wide automatic exchange of information
JUSTICE: European Parliament refines its position before vote on resolution on Facebook/Cambridge Analytica scandal
JUSTICE: joint draft resolution emerges in European Parliament on rise of neo-fascist violence
JHA: Amending agreements adopted at European Parliament on visa-free regimes of several Indian Ocean and Caribbean islands
SOCIAL: European Parliament gives green light for financial support for young job-seekers and redundant workers in Portugal
ECONOMY: European Parliament approves renewal of Wilhelm Molterer and Iliyana Tsanova at head of EFSI investment committee
SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: ‘mobility’ package I, European Parliament negotiators still at odds
CLIMATE: Court of Auditors denounces lack of funding for EU carbon capture and storage projects
JUSTICE: MEPs believe that other Treaty articles can strengthen legal basis for ‘Whistleblowers Directive’
JHA: MEPs from civil liberties committee want to toughen conditions for re-establishing internal Schengen border controls
ENERGY: Technical update on Crude Oil Inventories Directive
AGRICULTURE: France confirms that it is a candidate for FAO General Directorate
DIGITAL: Economic and Social Committee calls for more resources for e-skills after 2020
INSTITUTIONAL
COMMISSION: Commission to make fewer proposals in 2019 due to number of dossiers still to be negotiated
INSTITUTIONAL: Commission puts forward a series of measures to improve subsidiarity in European legislation
EP2019: Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe Party gets going for European elections
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: African Union asks for EU's support over financing for its Peace Fund
EXTERNAL ACTION
AFGHANISTAN: EU hails good turnout for parliamentary elections despite incidents and attempts of intimidation
TRADE: WTO concerns about Chinese restrictions on waste imports
EDUCATION
EDUCATION: European Parliament rapporteur proposes to triple Erasmus+ budget after 2020
NEWS BRIEFS
ACP: Second ACP-EU negotiation meeting on 5 November regarding post-Cotonou partnership
RULE OF LAW: Manfred Weber says it is European leaders' turn to discuss Orbán case
RO2019EU: Mr Tajani expects Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU of first Semester 2019 to make progress on Dublin reform and MFF
DIGITAL: end of geoblocking for online sales effective from 3 December
CORRIGENDUM
COHESION: clarification on article relating to CPMR General Assembly