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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12209

8 March 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 37
SECTORAL POLICIES / Digital
Facebook lobbying in Davos exposed
Brussels, 07/03/2019 (Agence Europe)

The 2013 Davos Economic Forum was quite successful on Facebook, according to a confidential document released by Computer Weekly and The Observer newspapers. The document indicates that the social network would have found a particularly attentive ear in the then Digital Commissioner Neelie Kroes and in the then rotating Presidency of Ireland. 

This document traces the contacts made by Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook's Director of Operations, with various participants in the Global Forum to...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: handful of countries continue to argue for adoption of some Asylum Package texts, although opportunities to do so will become rare
MIGRATION: discussions continue on temporary disembarkation mechanism for migrants rescued at sea, a kind of alternative to Dublin Regulation
JUSTICE: European Parliament in battle array to negotiate with Council of the EU on future head of European Public Prosecutor's Office
JUSTICE: provisional European Parliament/EU Council agreement on 'Rights and values' programme for 2021-2027
FISHERIES: calls from European Parliament Committee for a 10% increase in 2021-2027 EMFF funds
AGRICULTURE: experts put forward ways of strengthening EU-Africa agricultural cooperation
ANIMAL HEALTH: animal welfare is not guaranteed in Croatia during transport of livestock by sea
FOOD SAFETY: too much acrylamide in tested foods, BEUC urges Commission to set binding limits
TRANSPORT: ‘mobility’ package I should a priori be voted on in European Parliament plenary session at end of March
DIGITAL: Facebook lobbying in Davos exposed
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
MONEY LAUNDERING: EU Council formally rejects list of high-risk third countries
TAXATION: nine notorious tax havens could be removed from Europe’s 'grey' list, worries Oxfam
FINANCE: European Parliament/Council of the EU agreement on transparency requirements for sustainable investments
ECB: monetary institute will not raise its key interest rates in 2019
STATE AID: in-depth investigation opened into tax treatment of Huhtamäki in Luxembourg
COMPETITION: green light for commitments of Disney, NBCUniversal, Sony Pictures, Warner Bros. and Sky on cross-border pay-TV services
EXTERNAL ACTION
IRAN: E3+2 reiterates its support for Iranian economy in face of US sanctions
MIDDLE EAST: EU will not give a blank cheque to US plan, warns Ms Mogherini
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: European Federation for Family Employment promotes European reference framework for home-based employment
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
ENVIRONMENT: EFSA should have published toxicity and carcinogenicity studies of glyphosate, according to General Court
CITIZENSHIP: CJEU rules Commission should have registered European Citizens’ Initiative to improve situation of regions with a national minority
INSTITUTIONAL
EP2019: Greens will “take up the battle of ideas” with Emmanuel Macron, promises Bas Eickhout
BUDGET: MEPs believe a strong budget in 2020 will facilitate conclusion of agreement on 2021-2027 financial framework
COMPANIES: 'MEP entrepreneur index', a controversial new tool designed to increase MEPs' transparency
BREACHES OF EU LAW
ENVIRONMENT: Greece threatened with financial sanctions for water pollution by agricultural nitrates
ENVIRONMENT: Italy before Court for air pollution and inadequate waste water treatment
ENVIRONMENT: Cyprus before Court of Justice for inadequate urban waste water treatment
CONSUMERS: Ireland faces heavy fines for breach of ‘Package Travel and Related Services’ Directive
ENERGY: Spain brought before Court over heating and hot water records in buildings
NEWS BRIEFS
COHESION: still no agreement on umbrella regulation on common provisions post-2020
COMPETITION: in-depth investigation opened into E.ON's proposed acquisition of Innogy
ECONOMY: GDP up by 0.2% in euro area and by 0.3% in EU in fourth quarter of 2018
HUNGARY: Hungarian government will put an end to its anti-Brussels and anti-Juncker posters
EP2019: LREM and MoDem call on Europeans to sign Mr Macron's call for a 'European Renaissance'
SYRIA: Mogherini warns against temptations to turn Syria into a cold war
VENEZUELA: EU condemns Maduro regime's decision to dismiss German ambassador from Caracas