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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12172

16 January 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 28
ECONOMY - FINANCE / Taxation
Commission relaunches debate on a gradual lifting of unanimity lock on tax issues
Brussels, 15/01/2019 (Agence Europe)

On Tuesday, 15 September, the European Commission presented its famous communication on the gradual transition from unanimity to qualified majority voting in the EU Council on tax matters (see EUROPE 12168). Announced several times by President Jean-Claude Juncker and long promised by the European Commissioner for Taxation, Pierre Moscovici, the initiative has little chance of success, but at least has the merit of relaunching the debate. 

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Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: British MEPs strongly reject agreement negotiated by Mrs May on orderly exit of United Kingdom from EU
UNITED KINGDOM: European Parliament's main political forces do not, on conditions, oppose extension of Brexit negotiations
EP2019: Party of European Socialists to adopt its election manifesto on 23 February in Madrid
POLAND: European regions and cities in mourning after assassination of Paweł Adamowicz
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
RO2019EU: MEPs are concerned about situation of rule of law in Romania
MIGRATION: European Parliament and Commission once again urge EU Council to make progress on reform of asylum system
TRADE: broad parliamentary support for interinstitutional agreement on safeguard measures
TRANSPORT: MEPs adopt their position on use of vehicles hired without drivers at first reading
EMU: Monetary union a 'policy of peace by other means', says Mr Juncker
TAXATION: MEPs strongly oppose gender bias in EU tax policies
CUSTOMS: European Parliament gives green light to Customs programme for 2021-2027
EIB: European Parliament approves UK withdrawal from EU Bank capital
DIGITAL: artificial intelligence – European Parliament calls for a ‘strategy’ on data
KYRGYZSTAN: European Parliament supports conclusion of ambitious bilateral agreement
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: European parliament calls for more to be done to protect freedom of religion or belief
ENERGY: European Parliament validates continuation of funding from 2021 to 2027 for ITER
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: pesticides, requirement for independence of authorisation procedure in EU justified by new Greens/EFA study
FOOD SAFETY: Chemical hazards, Court of Auditors points to insufficient national controls and an overstretched EFSA
FOOD SAFETY: reform of EU law for more transparent EFSA assessments, launch of European Parliament/Council negotiations
AGRICULTURE: Commission call for proposals launched on programmes to promote agricultural products
SPACE: post-2020 space programme, co-legislators start negotiations
ECONOMY - FINANCE
TAXATION: Commission relaunches debate on a gradual lifting of unanimity lock on tax issues
NEWS BRIEFS
TRADE: EU in trade deficit in 2018, according to Eurostat
RUSSIA: ALDE group in European Parliament denounces murder and imprisonment of members of LGBT community
EL SALVADOR: EU to observe presidential elections on 3 February
SOCIAL: European Labour Authority, European Parliament and Council make progress on the issue of scope
TRANSPORT: European Road Transport Union welcomes European Parliament vote on mobility package I
TRANSPORT: several organisations active in maritime transport react to European Parliament vote on maritime single window environment