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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12210
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Justice

Path is clear for an interinstitutional agreement regarding Whistleblower Directive

No blocking minorities emerged during the ministerial discussions at the Justice and Home Affairs Council (JHA) on the issue of a relaxation of the margin for internal reporting of wrongdoing, as part of the Whistleblower Directive, on Friday 8 March. 

On Wednesday, the Romanian Presidency of the Council of the EU had proposed the possibility of a relaxation between internal reporting (within an organisation) and external reporting to a competent authority to national delegations, but with...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: EU Council adopts its position on ‘E-evidence” directive
JUSTICE: call to order from Commission for discredit brought to bear on Romanian candidature for post of Head of European Public Prosecutor's Office
JUSTICE: path is clear for an interinstitutional agreement regarding Whistleblower Directive
GENDER EQUALITY: European Union celebrates 8 March with pomp and circumstance
TRANSPORT: European Parliament/EU Council partial provisional agreement on Connecting Europe Facility for 2021-2027
COHESION: European Parliament/Council of the EU negotiations come to a standstill regarding regulation laying down common provisions 2021-2027
FISHERIES: a study pushes for use of cameras on board fishing vessels
FISHERIES: European Parliament Committee approves text on end of electric fishing on 1 July 2021
AGRICULTURE: strong increase in European production and imports into EU of organic products
AGRICULTURE: crisis in milk sector is not over, according to MEPs of European Parliament committee
GMOs: due to a lack of sufficient majority, experts of Twenty-eight were unable to approve or reject Monsanto's authorisation of GMOs
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: European Ministers will make a final attempt to reach an agreement on European tax on online advertising on 12 March
ECONOMY: EU ministers consulted on location of a management body for InvestEU 2021-2027 fund
INSURANCE: Commission wishes to relax certain prudential requirements to stimulate investment in SMEs
EUROGROUP: Greece and Eurozone fiscal capacity on agenda of ministerial discussions
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: coordination of social security systems, European Parliament takes a position on proposals of Romanian Presidency of Council of the EU
EXTERNAL ACTION
SYRIA: third Brussels International Conference to reconfirm political commitment and assistance to Syrians and region
UNITED STATES: Ms Malmström wants to launch a “new transatlantic partnership” on trade
INSTITUTIONAL
PARLIAMENTARY PLENARY: fate of UK's EU exit agreement will dominate MEPs' session, suspended from British MPs vote
UNITED KINGDOM: Barnier discusses new EU proposals on backstop for Northern Ireland
EPP: if excluded from Hungarian Fidesz party, Viktor Orbán will naturally turn to Polish PiS party
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Coceral expects a 6% increase in cereal crop in 2019
STATE AID: green light to increase budget of a Spanish scheme to support energy-intensive companies
MONEY LAUNDERING: Commission to present a new copy of list of high-risk countries before end of mandate
EDUCATION: great interest in pilot project to set up first European universities
SPACE: Council of the EU postpones approval of Interinstitutional Agreement on post-2020 Space Programme
SEA: public consultation on European Maritime Observation and Data Network
DIGITAL: Cybersecurity Centre regulation on ambassadors' agenda for 13 March
EP2019: European Green Party protests against refusal of Alliance 2020 USR-PLUS to table a list for European elections in Romania
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: Miscommunication
CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: from 13/03 to 17/03/2019
Other events: until 24 March 2019