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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12168
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Taxation

Commission is working on gradual introduction of qualified majority voting in Council on tax issues

The European Commission will propose to Member States that the EU Council act by qualified majority in certain tax legislative matters in a Communication to be presented on Tuesday 15 January in Strasbourg. 

The objective is to "show that there is a way" towards the end of unanimity on tax issues "by stepping into the door", said Taxation Commissioner Pierre Moscovici. 

He justified this initiative, which will necessarily have to be deployed "step by step", by the need to work towards...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
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JUSTICE: whistleblowers, opinion of the EU Council's Legal Service divide Member States
MIGRATION: a solution finally found to distribute last migrants rescued by NGOs in EU
DIGITAL: Autonomous cars; European Parliament proposes initial approach to liability issues
FISHERIES: European Parliament committee votes on Thursday 10 January on Mediterranean stock management plan
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GMOs: Marc Tarabella and Éric Andrieu call on Commission on issue of Monsanto maize authorised at end of 2018
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: European Parliament soon to adopt its position on far-reaching reform of European financial supervision architecture
FINANCE: ESMA and EBA invite Commission to consider a European response to crypto-actives
TAXATION: Commission is working on gradual introduction of qualified majority voting in Council on tax issues
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: Commission wants to submit two trade negotiation mandates to Member States
UNITED STATES: Europeans dissatisfied with deterioration of diplomatic status of EU delegation in Washington
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: the Union as a strong global player, a priority for current trio of EU Council Presidencies
AFRICA: infrastructure investment and business development honoured at Conservative group in the European Parliament conference
SECURITY - DEFENCE
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SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: European Labour Authority, European Parliament and Council address thorny issue of subject matter and scope
NEWS BRIEFS
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GABON: EU calls for an open and inclusive dialogue in accordance with rule of law
WTO: EU, United States and Japan will continue their joint discussion on challenges facing world trade system in 2019
RESEARCH: European Parliament and EU Council consider extending negotiations on Horizon Europe Framework Programme
UNITED KINGDOM: British Parliament wants to keep control over a possible exit without an agreement with EU