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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12136
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NEWS BRIEFS / Social

Work Life Balance Directive, Germany takes an inflexible position

13/11/2018 (Agence Europe) – According to several European sources consulted in recent days, interinstitutional negotiations (trilogue) on the Work Life Balance Directive have been slowed down (see EUROPE 12132) due in particular to Germany's attitude. The Member State would greatly reduce the margins for manoeuvre of the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the EU. Berlin asks to be as close as possible to the general orientation. Germany would not wish to introduce paid paternity leave or extend the period of non-transferability in parental leave. Parliament sent out signals of flexibility, particularly on caregiver leave, but not without compensation. (PH)

Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
FUTURE OF THE EU: Angela Merkel supports project of a European army, one of her last great wishes for EU
ROMANIA: European Parliament calls on Bucharest to respect principles of rule of law a few weeks before Romanian Presidency of Council of EU
BUDGET: European Parliament united in defending an ambitious multiannual financial framework 2021-2027 at 1.3% of EU GNI
ENERGY: European Parliament endorses legislative acts providing for 32.5% energy savings and 32% renewable energy by 2030
SOCIAL: Directive on transparent and predictable working conditions, EPP Group could request confirmation in plenary of European Parliament's position
FISHERIES: European Parliament ready to negotiate with Council on management of small pelagic stocks in Adriatic Sea
JUSTICE: European Parliament notes its request for a common EU framework for protection of minorities in EU
DEVELOPMENT: European Parliament calls on EU and its Member States to put education at centre of development policies
DEVELOPMENT: European Parliament asks EU to support digitisation of developing countries
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Commission shall set out contingency actions in absence of agreement
EP2019: pro-European, but anti-federalist, Jan Zahradil will be Spitzenkandidate of European Conservatives
EP2019: Marine Le Pen abandons rhetoric of leaving EU in favour of building a ‘European Alliance of Nations’
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ITALY: Rome should be exposed to possible opening of an excessive deficit procedure
TAXATION: ambiguous German position on a “two-step” solution for taxation of digital giants
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: Cooperation and verification mechanism, Bulgaria is progressing while Romania is regressing
DIGITAL: end of roaming, mobile virtual network operators heavily penalised in wholesale market
MIGRATION: European Court of Auditors gives a mixed assessment of Refugee Facility in Turkey
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: United States could take action against Nord Stream 2
ALGERIA: Ms Mogherini calls for greater cooperation on security
PAKISTAN: 89 MEPs call for Asia Bibi to be allowed to leave Pakistan
YEMEN: alarmed, EU calls for full humanitarian access to civilians and an urgent political solution
DEVELOPMENT: Council of EU has set Member States' estimated contributions to European Development Fund
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: EU has a key role to play in global fight against childhood pneumonia, according to Save the Children
WTO: British quota extraction system is dissatisfied with EU's trading partners
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: Council would reduce ambitions of recommendations on access to social protection
SOCIAL: Mrs Thyssen, Mr Juncker and Mr Visentini blow out first candle of Social Pillar
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
INTERNAL MARKET: The Court limits restrictions on free provision of services between Member States
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: flavour of a food product cannot be protected by copyright, confirms Court
NEWS BRIEFS
AUSTRALIA: EU and Australia are working to strengthen their cooperation
CONSUMERS: EU and Canada sign a cooperation agreement on product safety cooperation
JUSTICE: In early 2019, France and Facebook will develop proposals on combating online hate content
EP2019: La France insoumise presents its provisional programmatic text for European elections
MIDDLE EAST: EU urges an immediate end to violent actions in Gaza
UNITED KINGDOM: emergency meeting of May Government to analyse details of a draft British EU withdrawal agreement
HEALTH: nineteen Member States are committed to improving accessibility of genomic data
SOCIAL: Work Life Balance Directive, Germany takes an inflexible position
TERRORISM: European Special Committee on Terrorism is about to adopt its report