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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12226

2 April 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 31
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Finance
MEPs approve five interinstitutional agreements within framework of Capital Markets Union
Brussels, 01/04/2019 (Agence Europe)

On Monday, 1 April, MEPs of the European Parliament's Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECON) approved five interinstitutional agreements aimed at strengthening the Capital Markets Union.

They unanimously gave the go-ahead to the partial agreement reached at the end of February on the ‘Fiscalis’ programme for the period 2021-2027, which aims to encourage cooperation among EU Member States’ tax authorities (see EUROPE B12219A28) and to the proposal for a regulation specifying...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: ‘Summa cum laude’ for ERASMUS? (1)
EXTERNAL ACTION
ENLARGEMENT: if EU is not present in Western Balkans, others will fill this gap, warns Mr Hahn
SERBIA: blocking of Dialogue with Pristina cannot justify immobility, warns Johannes Hahn
LIBYA: for Ms Mogherini, national conference may represent a new beginning
UNITED STATES: Washington regrets “persistent barriers” in the European market that "have contributed to annual U.S. trade deficits”.
SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: Russia, fight against terrorism and burden sharing on agenda for ministerial meeting
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: postponement of vote in European Parliament committee on secondary markets for non-performing loans
EUROGROUP: fiscal capacity for euro zone, European Deposit Insurance Scheme and Greece on agenda of Finance Ministers
FINANCE: European Parliament and EU Council give green light to agreement on reform of European financial supervision architecture
FINANCE: MEPs approve five interinstitutional agreements within framework of Capital Markets Union
FINANCE: Commission recognises equivalence of certain Singapore derivatives trading venues
SECTORAL POLICIES
JHA: Sergei Stanishev replaces Claude Moraes on post-Brexit visa-free regime proposal for British
MIGRATION: Member States validate provisional agreement on European Border and Coast Guard Agency
TRANSPORT: MEPs will vote on 3 April on removal of ‘mobility’ package I from European Parliament mini plenary session agenda
ENERGY: EU needs better energy storage, says EU Court of Auditors
DIGITAL: cybersecurity, no EU Council/European Parliament negotiation meeting on expertise sharing
ENVIRONMENT: Commission will not renew authorisation of 'chlorothalonil' fungicide.
ENVIRONMENT: Karmenu Vella in Beijing to strengthen EU-China cooperation in terms of water and circular economy
AGRICULTURE: EU Commission launches new database on EU geographical indications
FISHERIES: NGO Oceana decides to leave Mediterranean Advisory Council
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: further votes expected in UK Parliament to try to influence agreement negotiated with EU 
DEMOCRACY: integrity of electoral process top of European concerns
NEWS BRIEFS
COMOROS: EU calls for restraint and inclusive political dialogue regarding solution to post-electoral crisis
ECONOMY: annual inflation rate down to 1.4% in Euro area in March
COMPANIES: European Parliament gives green light to Interinstitutional Agreement on cross-border mobility of companies
NAGORNO-KARABAKHH: EU welcomes meeting between Azerbaijani and Armenian leaders
INDUSTRY: car dealers and repairers present manifesto for European elections
INDUSTRY: IndustriAll Europe launches manifesto for European elections
IRAQ: Ms Mogherini and Mr Salih agreed to deepen bilateral relations
DIGITAL: WiFi4EU, €51 million available in second call for expressions of interest
SOCIAL: ETUC condemns Member States' rejection of Interinstitutional Agreement on Regulation on coordination of social security