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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12202

27 February 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 2 / 36
SECTORAL POLICIES / Justice
Whistleblowers, Virginie Rozière chastises the Council's position
Brussels, 26/02/2019 (Agence Europe)

A few hours before a new interinstitutional meeting on the Whistleblowers’ Directive, the European Parliament's rapporteur, Virginie Rozière (S&D, France), strongly criticised the EU Council's position on two highly political issues on Tuesday 26 February: the legal basis and the prioritisation of the reporting.

Discussions between the EU co-legislators are intense (see EUROPE 12199, 12195). On the legal basis, the European Parliament wants to add Article 153 of the TFEU to cover...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: in European Parliament, three candidates for post of Head of European Public Prosecutor's Office near end of race
JUSTICE: whistleblowers, Virginie Rozière chastises the Council's position
JUSTICE: integrity of European elections is a 'litmus test' for EU rules protecting personal data, according to Mr Buttarelli
MIGRATION: Member States called upon to take note of a progress report that will reconfirm deadlock on ‘asylum’ package
JHA: post-Brexit visa-free regime, Claude Moraes will try to convince Council not to mention Gibraltar as a 'British colony'
TRANSPORT: European Parliament/Council of European Union agree on road transport facilitation measures in event of no-deal Brexit
DIGITAL: provisional interinstitutional agreement on copyright passes helm of European Parliament Committee
GENDER EQUALITY: with a third of women in current Chamber, will next Parliament have more women?
CLIMATE: EU will invest €10 billion in innovative technologies between 2020 and 2030
PLANTS: Xylella, EU identifies gaps in the US control system for plants entering the EU
HEALTH: Antimicrobial resistance continues to spread in EU
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: European Parliament/Council agreement on the creation of benchmarks aligned with the Paris Agreement
FINANCE: agreement in view in Council on new rules to facilitate listing of SMEs
ECB: Philip Lane in favour of a stabilisation function within framework of fiscal capacity for euro area
BANKS: if appointed head of European Banking Authority, Mr Campa undertakes not to deal with any matters relating to Santander
TAXATION: European Parliament's ‘TAX 3' commission should call for more efforts to combat money laundering and end of ‘golden visas’
COMPETITION: green light for acquisition of E.ON's power generation assets by RWE
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Theresa May resolves to propose an extension of negotiations with EU in event of a further rejection of agreement on an orderly Brexit
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: negotiations on regulation on social security systems coordination awaiting release from Council
EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze speaks out against misinformation about corruption in her country
YEMEN: EU pledges €161.5 million in humanitarian aid at the Geneva Donors' Conference
NIGERIA: EU invites all actors to dialogue after very tense election on 23 February
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
ECB: Court annuls decision suspending Governor of central Bank of Latvia from his duties
STATE AID: Spain will not have to recover aid paid to four football clubs
AGRICULTURE: EU organic logo may not be affixed to meat from ritual slaughter without prior stunning
CITIZENSHIP: a minor is not a direct descendant of an EU citizen whose guardianship was placed under Algerian kafala, according to Advocate-General
NEWS BRIEFS
ENERGY: Gas infrastructure - public consultation on projects of common interest
ENERGY/CLIMATE: Commission receives 28 draft integrated National Energy and Climate Plans
FINANCE: MEPs give green light to the Interinstitutional Agreement on the pan-European individual retirement savings product
JUSTICE: MEPs approve European Parliament/Council agreement on access to financial information by law enforcement authorities
WTO: members working to revise tariff rate quota system
ANIMAL HEALTH: Czech Republic now officially free of African swine fever
SOCIAL: work-life balance, MEPs approve Interinstitutional Agreement
SOCIAL: clear support by MEPs for interinstitutional agreement on European Labour Authority
SOCIAL: MEPs approve emergency measures for social security coordination in event of a no-deal Brexit
CIVIL SOCIETY: every year, EU spends €2 billion to help NGOs around the world