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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12176

22 January 2019
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INSTITUTIONAL / United kingdom
Without offering 'plan B', Mrs May will continue discussions to find British consensus on orderly Brexit
Brussels, 21/01/2019 (Agence Europe)

British Prime Minister Theresa May announced on Monday 21 January that she will continue discussions this week with other political parties and social partners to build a consensus in the United Kingdom on her country's agreement to withdraw from the European Union. 

In front of British MPs, she also indicated that she would convey the conclusions of her talks to the EU once they were completed. 

While she had announced that she was working on a 'plan B' with the other parties, the day...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: without offering 'plan B', Mrs May will continue discussions to find British consensus on orderly Brexit
EP2019: awareness campaign of European Students' Union in run-up to European elections
EXTERNAL ACTION
ARAB LEAGUE: EU wants to strengthen its cooperation with Arab League countries
SYRIA: 11 businessmen and five entities added to list of those subject to sanctions against the regime and its supporters
WEAPONS: EU sanctions Head and Deputy Head of the GRU and two ‘tourists’ in the Skripal case
DRC: after confirmation of Felix Tshisekedi's victory, EU will consult AU before reaching its common position
NICARAGUA: EU 'ready to use all its policy instruments' in event of a further deterioration of political situation
TRADE: EU puts its proposal for a standing Multilateral Investment Court on table at United Nations
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPANIES: agreement to be reached at EU Council on cross-border corporate mobility
RO2019EU: Eugen Teodorovici believes in an agreement in March in Council on reform of European financial supervision architecture
G7: participate in construction of 21st century taxation, a major priority of French G7 Presidency
ECONOMY: government debt down and government deficit up in third quarter of 2018 in EU and eurozone
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: Romanian Presidency of Council excludes international firearms trade from scope of future Wistleblowers Directive
JUSTICE: European Parliament should finally endorse interinstitutional agreement on 'ECRIS-TCN' system
COHESION: marathon vote in view in European Parliament on Regulation laying down common provisions after 2020
TRANSPORT: MEPs divided on question of end of time change
TRANSPORT: European Parliament/Council agreement expected mid-February on Maritime Single Window
ENERGY: continuation of trilateral Commission/Russia/Ukraine gas talks in May
DIGITAL: blocking minority in Council on copyright reform
DIGITAL: European Parliament/Council negotiations on sales contracts are coming to an end
DIGITAL: European Parliament/Council agreement in sight on re-use of public sector information
MIGRATION: bringing migrants back to Libya is not EU policy, but remains a possibility depending on rescue site, Commission points out
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: Russia could leave the pan-European organisation in June
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: sale by Vienna of 25% of Hypo Steiermark to Raiffeisen-Landesbank Steiermark does not involve State aid
ECB: Irishman Philip Lane, candidate for position of management board member
COLOMBIA: attack claimed by ELN will have no impact on peace process implementation, says Ms Mogherini
NAGORNO-KARABAKH: EU welcomes discussions between Armenia and Azerbaijan
JUSTICE: CNIL imposes a fine of €50 million on Google for non-compliance with GDPR
MALI: EU reiterates its full support for MINUSMA mourning another terrorist attack
HEALTH: new milestone towards online data exchange
TRANSPORT: European Parliament coordinators unable to agree on follow-up to mobility package I
VENEZUELA: Ms Mogherini hopes that international contact group will be operational from February
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
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