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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12238

18 April 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 33
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Consumers
European Parliament validates Interinstitutional Agreement on strengthening protection of consumer rights
Brussels, 17/04/2019 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday 17 April, the European Parliament confirmed, by 474 votes to 163 with 14 abstentions, the provisional Interinstitutional Agreement reached with the Council of the EU and the Commission to strengthen, in all relevant legislation, consumer rights, which in several countries have been harmed by unfair or misleading practices by large companies or digital platforms (see EUROPE B12225A10, B12220A10).

Among the main advances expected from this future "omnibus" legislation presented in...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: Airbus/Boeing case, EU publishes its list of US products subject to tariff sanctions
CUBA: European Union and Canada warn Washington against 'unnecessary spiral of legal actions'
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: In front of MEPs, Ms Mogherini focuses on her cooperation with European Parliament rather than on her record
SECURITY - DEFENCE
SECURITY: Mr Domecq calls for avoidance of misleading messages between EU and NATO
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
SOCIAL: European Parliament still as divided as ever on revision of European rules for coordination of national social security systems
TRANSPORT: European Parliament gives green light to delegated act on deployment of cooperative intelligent transport systems
TRANSPORT: European Parliament gives green light to partial provisional Interinstitutional Agreement on Connecting Europe Facility 2021-2027
FUTURE OF EU: European Union must respond to concerns of its citizens, says Krišjānis Kariņš
SOUTHERN AFRICA: MEPs call on EU to increase aid to three countries devastated by Cyclone Idai
MIGRATION: European Parliament endorses reform aimed at providing European Border and Coast Guard Agency with 10,000 staff by 2027
TERRORISM: European Parliament confirms that Internet platforms will have a maximum of one hour to remove violent terrorist content
CYBERSECURITY: European Parliament adopts its position at first reading regarding competence centres
CYBERSECURITY: Institutions closely monitor integrity of elections
JHA: European Parliament validates new rules for issuing short-stay visas in EU
BUDGET: European Parliament supports OLAF investigating MEPs’ offices to protect EU's financial interests
CONSUMERS: European Parliament validates Interinstitutional Agreement on strengthening protection of consumer rights
FOOD SAFETY: European Parliament validates Interinstitutional Agreement for greater transparency of EFSA's scientific evaluations
ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE: European Parliament validates 'common understanding' negotiated with EU Council for LIFE post-2020 programme
RUSSIA: European Parliament approves renewal of Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement
RESEARCH: Parliament validates interinstitutional agreement on Horizon Europe
SPACE: Green light from MEPs to European Parliament/EU Council agreement on the 2021-2027 space programme
JUSTICE: European Parliament endorses Interinstitutional Agreement on access to financial information by law enforcement authorities
JUSTICE: European Parliament gives green light for partial agreements with EU Council over 'Justice', 'Rights and Values' programmes for 2021-2027
COURT OF AUDITORS: European Parliament rejects Romanian Viorel Ştefan's candidacy
TAXATION: Broad European Parliament support for partial agreement with EU Council on Fiscalis 2021-2027 programme
CULTURE
CULTURE: Member States ready to negotiate with European Parliament on post-2020 Creative Europe programme
INSTITUTIONAL
LOBBYING: ExxonMobil retains its access passes to European Parliament
UNITED KINGDOM: Nigel Farage's Brexit Party heads latest European election opinion polls
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: Council of the EU instructs its Secretary-General to take a decision on any complaints from candidates for post of Head of the European Public Prosecutor's Office
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: Green light for Liberty House to acquire assets sold by ArcelorMittal as part of acquisition of Ilva
ECONOMY: annual inflation at 1.4% in euro area and 1.6% in EU in March
NEWS BRIEFS
JHA: Albania continues to meet criteria for visa liberalisation, according to Commission
TRANSPORT: European car manufacturers inform public about technologies installed in vehicles