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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12182
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Justice

Selection committee will hear this week from first 11 candidates for post of head of European Public Prosecutor's Office

The Acting Administrative Director of the European Public Prosecutor's Office, Olivier Salles, took stock, on Tuesday 29 January, with the MEPs of the Civil Liberties (LIBE) and Budgetary Control (CONT) Committees on the appointment procedure for the head of the European Public Prosecutor's Office. 

After reviewing all the applications received, the selection committee (see EUROPE 12093) made a first pre-selection of 11 candidates at the beginning of January, who will be invited for an...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
DEMOCRACY: Mixed record of voluntary measures taken to combat disinformation
DIGITAL: European Parliament/Council agreement on sale of goods online and offline
JHA: MEPs want to exempt British citizens from visas for short stays in EU, with or without orderly Brexit
MIGRATION: Jacques Delors Institute advocates enhanced cooperation on asylum to remedy failure of Dublin Regulation revision
JUSTICE: in front of MEPs, Commissioner Věra Jourová defends electronic evidence regulation
JUSTICE: selection committee will hear this week from first 11 candidates for post of head of European Public Prosecutor's Office
JUSTICE: Fight against corruption stalled in most Member States, deplores Transparency International
JUSTICE: entry into force of European Regulations on Matrimonial Property Regimes and Registered Partnerships
TRANSPORT: EPP MEPs on European Parliament Committee in favour of a new vote in plenary session on first ‘mobility’ package
TRANSPORT: MEPs want to strengthen Commission’s proposal on electronic freight transport information
TRANSPORT: European Parliament and Council hope to complete negotiations on public procurement of clean vehicles on 11 February
ENERGY: US soya bean certification system is compatible with EU standards
AGRICULTURE: MEPs are struggling to find compromises on texts establishing CAP post-2020
AGRICULTURE: eight Member states call for a European action plan on plant proteins
ANIMAL HEALTH: Commission insists on increased cooperation to control African swine fever
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: controversy at European level on real economic impact of the ‘Juncker Plan’ for investment
EIB: Poland, Romania and Luxembourg will contribute more to the capital of the post-Brexit EU Bank
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
TRADE: CETA’s Investment Court System is compatible with EU law, according to ECJ's Advocate General
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Theresa May is counting on mandate from British Parliament to renegotiate agreement on an orderly Brexit with Twenty-Seven
EP2019: 'Europe must be re-founded in relation to its origins', according to Nico Cué, co-Spitzenkandidate of the European Left Party
BUDGET: European Parliament Committee proposes to double 2021-2027 budget of anti-fraud programme
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Eastern Partnership, Venezuela, Syria and China to be discussed at Gymnich ministerial meeting
BAHRAIN: EU again condemns conviction of Secretary General of Al-Wefaq
CHINA: EU calls on Beijing to release human rights lawyer Wang Quanzhang immediately
TRADE: Commission requests WTO consultations with United States on Spanish olives
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: future of EUNAVFOR MED Operation Sophia to be discussed at informal ministerial meeting in Bucharest
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: European Parliament/Council agreement on third revision of Directive on protection against carcinogens or mutagens at work
NEWS BRIEFS
ARMENIA: Commissioner Hahn announces new areas of cooperation
CLIMATE: EIB provides €150 million loan to City of Turku for infrastructure renewal
ENVIRONMENT: Implementation of EU legislation, theme of EU Green Week in mid-May
TAXATION: OECD to work on minimum taxation issue
JHA: European Parliament/Council agreement on visa reform for short stays in EU
JUSTICE: European Parliament endorses interinstitutional agreement on data protection in electoral context
PAKISTAN: Europeans welcome Asia Bibi's final acquittal
SOCIAL: still no agreement on scope of working conditions directive
TRANSPORT: MEPs approve interinstitutional agreement on post-Brexit ship inspections