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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12237

17 April 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 38
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Taxation
According to the Commission and European Parliament, failure on digital taxation is yet another reason to abandon unanimity rule in Council
Brussels, 16/04/2019 (Agence Europe)

On the evening of Monday 15 April, for their last plenary session in Strasbourg, MEPs have again discussed a dossier that is undoubtedly one of the major failures of the EU under their mandate, namely the adoption of a European digital services tax (see EUROPE B11986A10). 

Only consulted on this matter, the European Parliament had already decided in December 2018 on an ambitious tax (see EUROPE B12159A25), but last March, the Member States officially acknowledged the impasse (see EUROPE...

Contents

CULTURE - SOCIAL AFFAIRS
CULTURE: Europe ready to contribute to rebuilding of Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral
CULTURE: European ministers take interest in creative sector
SOCIAL: European Commission wants to introduce qualified majority voting in Council of the EU in new policy areas
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
UNITED KINGDOM: Additional time granted delays risk of a no-deal Brexit, but creates new uncertainties, warn MEPs
ROMANIA: Commission ready to use all means to induce Bucharest to respect independence of judges and fight corruption
LIBYA: in view of intensification of conflict, MEPs are concerned about fate of migrants
MIDDLE EAST: MEPs ask Ms Mogherini to advocate two-state solution
TRANSPORT: Uncertainties before the vote in the European Parliament on objection to delegated act on deployment of cooperative intelligent transport systems
SOCIAL: European Parliament supports Interinstitutional Agreement on European Labour Authority
SOCIAL: European Parliament gives green light to agreement reached with EU Council on improving working conditions
JUSTICE: European Parliament supports Parliament/EU Council agreement on whistleblowers by a very large margin
INDUSTRY: European Parliament supports agreement reached with Council of the EU on improving vehicle safety
TAXATION: According to the Commission and European Parliament, failure on digital taxation is yet another reason to abandon unanimity rule in Council
FINANCE: European Parliament adopts its position on creation of a market for sovereign bond backed securities
FINANCE: European Parliament seals agreement with Council of the EU on reform of European financial supervision architecture
FINANCE: European Parliament validates interinstitutional agreement on new prudential framework for investment firms
FINANCE: European Parliament green light for new rules to facilitate cross-border distribution of harmonised investment funds
BANKS: European Parliament gives green light to interinstitutional agreement on risk reduction package
CUSTOMS: next European Parliament to negotiate with EU Council on 2021-2027 ‘Customs’ programme
JHA: European Parliament definitively approves new rules on interoperability of European information systems
JHA: European Parliament approves new rules on explosives precursors
FISHERIES: European Parliament adopts Interinstitutional Agreement putting an end to electric fishing from July 2021
TRADE: Parliament gives green light to international agreement on olive oil and table olives
INSTITUTIONAL
EP2019: Delicate issue of role of future MEPs elected in United Kingdom until Brexit
EXTERNAL ACTION
LATIN AMERICA: Europeans propose revitalisation of the bi-regional strategic partnership to deal with Chinese competition
MIDDLE EAST: thirty-seven former ministers write to Mrs Mogherini
TRADE: At WTO, main palm oil producers tell EU to suspend biofuel sustainability measure
SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: Two Angolan companies taken off airline blacklist and several Moldovan carriers added
CLIMATE: Greta Thunberg, invited to appear before European Parliament’s Environment Committee, is a sensation before the European elections
NEWS BRIEFS
WTO: New version and new support for text on reform of notification system
CULTURE: LUMIERE VOD, first directory of European films online
WOMEN: #DigitalRespect4Her, a new awareness campaign against online violence
FINANCE: Maltese MEP Alfred Sant calls for not rushing to set up a European framework on blockchain technology
JUSTICE: Julian Assange, Yasmine Motarjemi and Rui Pinto win GUE/NGL Whistleblowers Award
WTO: Cambodia and Myanmar protest against tariffs on indica rice
SOCIAL: Cyprus details its application to host European Labour Authority
TRANSPORT: Commission extends mandate of Innovation and Networks Executive Agency Director
TRANSPORT: Launch of a consultation on electronic information used in inland waterway transport