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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12168

10 January 2019
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NEWS BRIEFS / Research
European Parliament and EU Council consider extending negotiations on Horizon Europe Framework Programme

09/01/2019 (Agence Europe) – The European Parliament and the Council of the EU would have considered, as early as the first interinstitutional meeting (trilogue) on the Horizon Europe framework programme on Wednesday 9 January, adding a new interinstitutional meeting to the four already planned. Thus, the next trilogue meeting scheduled would be on 29 January next, followed by another on 21 February and a fourth on 12 March. The European Parliament would have asked to bring forward the...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: Uncertainties in European Parliament ahead of MEPs' vote on first mobility package
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
ENERGY: retail electricity prices for households in EU fell in 2017
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
DEFENCE: EN translation: EU must do more to help African countries to strengthen peace and security, according to Mr Abani and Mr Kouamé Kouassi
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: European Labour Authority, European Parliament and Council address thorny issue of subject matter and scope
NEWS BRIEFS
EMPLOYMENT: Unemployment rate in European Union continues to decline
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