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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12177

23 January 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 28 / 38
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU / Employment
Court confirms Austrian legislation granting a paid public holiday to certain religious workers on Good Friday is illegal
Brussels, 22/01/2019 (Agence Europe)

In a judgment delivered on Tuesday, 22 January (Case C-193/17), the European Court of Justice ruled that, in Austria, granting a paid holiday on Good Friday only to workers who belong to certain Christian churches constitutes religious discrimination, which is prohibited by EU law. 

In Austria, where the majority of the population belongs to the Roman Catholic Church, Good Friday is a paid holiday only for members of the Protestant Churches of the Augsburg and Swiss Confessions, the Old...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: Member States' support for the Commission/EIB partnership for the governance of the InvestEU programme after 2020
FINANCE: European Supervisory Authorities, there is no consensus in Council on entering into negotiations with European Parliament on aspect of 'anti-money laundering'
EUROGROUP: Ministers clarify their working processes on deepening of EMU
INSURANCE: MEPs ready to negotiate on revision of Motor Vehicle Insurance Directive
INSURANCE: European Parliament’s committee raises concerns about revision of Solvency II Directive delegated act
COMPETITION: fine of €570.6 million against Mastercard for obstructing merchants' access to cross-border card payment services
TAXATION: a study by Greens/EFA group in European Parliament points to under-taxation of multinationals in EU
EXTERNAL ACTION
AFRICA: EU and AU in unison on DRC, peacekeeping and multilateralism, at first joint ministerial meeting
ASEAN: EU and ASEAN raise their partnership to a “strategic” level
GEORGIA: first visit of President to Brussels to recall importance of partnership
MERCOSUR: Greens/EFA Group in European Parliament urges EU to suspend trade negotiations with Bolsonaro government
SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: MEPs vote to provide safeguards for liberalisation of coach transport
TRANSPORT: European Parliament’s Conference of Presidents will decide on follow-up to mobility package I
TRANSPORT: MEPs want to bring forward date from which more aerodynamic cabs can be used in trucks
COHESION: MEPs maintain macroeconomic conditions in post-2020 Cohesion Policy, but not without introducing some changes
INTERNAL MARKET: MEPs significantly increase budget of 2021-2027 Single Market Programme
HEALTH: Romania cautiously presents its vision of work on health technology assessment
ENVIRONMENT: biodiversity, climate and water management among priorities of Romanian Presidency of Council
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament committee strengthens provisions on urban waste water reuse
AGRICULTURE: Council to discuss strategic plans for future Common Agricultural Policy
JUSTICE: a Commission investigation reflects a glaring gap in perception of Antisemitism by Jews and public opinion
JUSTICE: first European elections network meeting in preparation for European elections in May
SPACE: EU lacks a 'clear collective vision' for space, according to Elżbieta Bieńkowska
ENERGY: Maroš Šefčovič reiterates his concerns regarding Nord Stream-2 gas pipeline
AUDIOVISUAL: territoriality called into question by Parliament-commissioned study
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF THE EU: Mr Tusk hopes that strengthening of Franco-German friendship will work towards integration of whole of Europe
UNITED KINGDOM: Commission asks Mrs May to clarify her intentions towards EU as soon as possible
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
EMPLOYMENT: Court confirms Austrian legislation granting a paid public holiday to certain religious workers on Good Friday is illegal
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: EU and Egypt intensify their cooperation on agriculture
AZERBAIJAN: EU welcomes drop of new charges against anti-corruption blogger Mehman Huseynov
KOREA: start of consultations on Korean labour rights commitments under trade agreement
COMPANIES: postponement to 30 January of a possible agreement in Council on cross-border corporate mobility
JUSTICE: European Trade Union Confederation calls on European Parliament to reject interinstitutional agreement on insolvency directive
MALAYSIA: Saifuddin Abdullah calls for development of European investment in his country
CIVIL PROTECTION: European Parliament Environment Committee approves interinstitutional agreement on RescEU
ROMANIA: after further comments by Commissioner Katainen, Commission insists that Bucharest respect principles of rule of law
SINGAPORE: European Parliament foreign affairs committee approves new partnership and cooperation agreement
TRANSPORT: European Parliament/Council agreement on post-Brexit ship inspections