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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12159

14 December 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 45
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Taxation
European Parliament maintains pressure on Council by voting in favour of an ambitious Digital Services Tax
Brussels, 13/12/2018 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 13 December, MEPs approved, by a large majority (451 votes in favour, 69 against and 64 abstentions), a favourable opinion on the proposal to tax gross income from the activities of digital platforms by 3%  ('digital services tax' or DST). 

"Both the European Parliament and the European people want tech giants to pay their taxes. That is why we voted for a more ambitious digital services tax", said rapporteur, Paul Tang (S&D, The Netherlands). 

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Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
UNITED KINGDOM: The Twenty-Seven clarify some elements of the agreement on an orderly Brexit, but give nothing away on the essentials
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: tensions in Sea of Azov, EU stands ready to step up its support for Ukraine
BUDGET: Twenty-Eight commit themselves to reaching an agreement in autumn 2019 on EU budget for 2021-2027
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: European Parliament and Council agree to limit, but not remove, the geographical blockage of certain audiovisual programmes
TRANSPORT: European Parliament rapporteurs on mobility package I present new draft compromise amendments
TRANSPORT: European Parliament and European Council agreement on port reception facilities for delivery of waste from ships
JUSTICE: Council lawyers envisage a division of 'whistleblower' directive into five separate texts
JHA: EU Member States ready to negotiate with European Parliament on new rules tightening acquisition of explosive precursors
CIVIL PROTECTION:  European Parliament and Council agree on 'RescEU' for a more effective European response to disasters
FOOD SAFETY: risk assessments by EFSA, Council adopts its position on proposed reform for greater transparency
AGRICULTURE: unfair trading practices, Paolo De Castro convinced that a European Parliament/Council agreement in January 2019 is possible
CLIMATE: COP24, Commission and 11 EU countries pledge to raise ambition by 2020
ENERGY: electricity infrastructure, public consultation on projects of common interest
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: Inflation and economy are robust enough to stop quantitative easing, says monetary institute
ECONOMY: MEPs want to increase firepower of InvestEU fund
PAYMENTS: European Parliament/Council agreement confirmed on alignment of costs of cross-border payments in euros in the EU
FINANCE: Home stretch for pan-European personal pension products
FINANCE: MEPs give green light to the creation of benchmarks aligned with the Paris Agreement
FINANCE: Commission completes Regulation on transparency of Securities Financing Transactions
INSTITUTIONAL
CITIZENSHIP: Inter-institutional agreement on reform of European Citizens' Initiative
BUDGET: MEPs strengthen proposal on budget protection in event of a general failure of rule of law
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
BUDGET: European Parliament calls for action against conflict of interest involving Czech Prime Minister Babiš
JUSTICE: parliament calls for establishment of an European Expedited Civil Procedure for cross-border disputes between businesses
JUSTICE: European Parliament gives conditional green light on data protection adequacy decision with Japan
TAXATION: European Parliament maintains pressure on Council by voting in favour of an ambitious Digital Services Tax
DIGITAL: European Parliament confirms its position on future Digital Europe programme
SPACE: European Parliament is ready to negotiate with Council of EU on space programme
IRAN: European Parliament calls for immediate and unconditional release of Sakharov Prize winner Nasrin Sotoudeh
EGYPT: European Parliament calls on Member States to make their cooperation conditional on respect for human rights
TRANSPORT: European Parliament gives green light to strengthening US-EU cooperation in civil aviation safety
EXTERNAL ACTION
OSCE: EU and OSCE strengthen their cooperation
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: directive on Work-Life Balance, Austrian Presidency of Council of EU obtains a negotiating mandate on parental leave
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
ENVIRONMENT: Court finds that Commission had no power to amend emission limits for RDE tests
SOCIAL: European Court of Justice considers whether a worker who is partially unemployed is entitled to normal pay during their minimum annual leave
JHA: Court confirms a bus company is not obliged to check passenger tickets when crossing an internal border within Schengen area
STATE AIDS: German audiovisual contribution is compatible with EU law, Court confirms
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Commission approves four new geographical indications for German wines
ADLE: Liberal family’s Spitzenmannschaft will be announced on 9 February 2019
CLIMATE: COP24, cities and regions request an official role in Paris Agreement
HUNGARY: Hungarian government adopts two new controversial laws
DIGITAL: no European Parliament/Council agreement on copyright reform
FISHERIES: NGO Oceana criticises three countries for wanting to postpone overfishing deadline in Mediterranean to 2025
THAILAND: Authorisation of political campaigns in preparation for February elections is welcomed by EU
TRANSPORT: Green light from Member States to Interinstitutional Agreement on Competition in Aviation
UKRAINE: EU allocates €4 million in new humanitarian aid