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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12222

27 March 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 41
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Finance
Greens/EFA, S&D, and GUE/NGL groups in European Parliament have not yet said their last word on European taxonomy on sustainable finance
Brussels, 26/03/2019 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday, 28 March, MEPs will vote on the draft report by Sirpa Pietikäinen (EPP, Finland) and Bas Eickhout (Greens/EFA, Netherlands) that lays the foundations for the future taxonomy on sustainable finance, which will assess the ecological sustainability of economic activities sector by sector (see EUROPE B12026A4). 

Adopted by a narrow majority in the European Parliament’s Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) and Committee on the Environment, Public Health and...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: Tax, getting rid of unanimity is a must (2)
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: MEPs approve EU-27 approach requiring London to quickly clarify terms of Brexit
COMMISSION: for Günther Oettinger, appointment of Mr Selmayr as Secretary General is legal and irrevocable
EP2019: Frenchwoman Nathalie Loiseau is at top of “Renaissance” list
EP2019: European Parliament projections on composition of next chamber will be interrupted on 23 April
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
DIGITAL: European Parliament approves copyright reform
DIGITAL: massive support from European Parliament on sales contracts
TRANSPORT: major uncertainties on eve of vote in Parliamentary plenary session on mobility package I
TRANSPORT: green light for European Parliament over interinstitutional agreement on aerodynamic cabins in lorries
SOCIETY: European Parliament confirms that it wishes to end time change in 2021
CONSUMERS: European Parliament supports minimum rules allowing a European collective redress procedure
TAXATION: MEPs call for establishment of a European Financial Investigation Unit
FINANCE: Greens/EFA, S&D, and GUE/NGL groups in European Parliament have not yet said their last word on European taxonomy on sustainable finance
FINANCE: European Parliament validates interinstitutional agreement on creation of benchmarks aligned with Paris Agreement
BUDGET: Commission is invited to clarify conflict of interest involving Czech Prime Minister
ENERGY: European Parliament approves legislative package strengthening European electricity market
SWITZERLAND: as have Member States, European Parliament calls on Bern to approve institutional framework agreement with EU
UZBEKISTAN: enhanced cooperation agreement must not be provisionally applied without our approval, say MEPs
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament confirms Interinstitutional Agreement on simplification of ‘reporting’ obligations in environmental legislation
COHESION: European Parliament adopts position on Interreg regulation for 2021–2027
SECTORAL POLICIES
INDUSTRY: European Parliament/EU Council ambitious agreement on general vehicle safety... but with extendible deadlines
AGRICULTURE: Member States are calling for a less restrictive 'green architecture' for post-2020 CAP
DIGITAL: Huawei – European Commission recommends a risk analysis at national and European level
EXTERNAL ACTION
CHINA: in Paris, Europeans want to establish themselves as “essential partners” to Beijing
VENEZUELA: EPP Group in European Parliament calls for additional EU sanctions against Maduro regime
AFGHANISTAN: country is at a critical moment in its history, warns Ms Mogherini
ECONOMY - FINANCE
BANKS: Elke König advocates harmonisation of alternative measures that a national deposit insurance scheme can take in event of bank failure
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
CITIZENSHIP: CJEU specifies conditions for granting an EU residence permit to a European citizen’s other family members
INSTITUTIONAL: Court points out that discrimination based on language is in principle prohibited in selection of staff for EU institutions
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Mr. Domecq urges Member States to invest more in research
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: high-tension meeting of ambassadors on Regulation on coordination of social security systems
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: EU ministers will discuss climate neutrality by 2050 on 15 April
COHESION: local leaders consider creation of new macro-regional strategy in event of Brexit
COMPETITION: conditional green light for Danish Agro to acquire Konekesko’s Baltic and Finnish ‘agrimachinery businesses’
SPACE: MEPs give green light to Interinstitutional Agreement on 2021-2027 Space Programme
UNITED STATES: David O'Sullivan appointed Special Advisor to Commission President
FRANCE: government deficit amounted to -2.5% of GDP in 2018
ISRAEL: five EU Member States in UN Security Council oppose United States on Golan Heights
MIDDLE EAST: EU calls for a reduction in tensions
THAILAND: EU calls for resolution of all irregularities identified during parliamentary elections
TRANSPORT: MEPs give green light to provisional partial interinstitutional agreement on Connecting Europe Facility 2021-2027