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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12262

25 May 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 31
NEWS BRIEFS / Finance
Facebook cryptocurrency could be launched in 2020

24/05/2019 (Agence Europe) – The American social networking giant Facebook, which has had its share of scandals in 2019, now wants to tackle the particularly sensitive area of virtual currencies. It plans to launch his own cryptocurrency, “GlobalCoin”, in the first quarter of 2020, according to information released on Friday, May 24 by the BBC. The project is expected to be tested by the end of the year, before being launched in a dozen countries. The cryptocurrency would use...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Theresa May resigns and will step down on 7 June
ROMANIA: two-pronged election day for governing coalition
SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: Member States give green light to text on exchange of electronic information in freight
TRANSPORT: Commission adopts rules to secure UAV traffic
COMPETITIVENESS: future of industry, internal market and space policy on ministerial agenda
DIGITAL: Sino-American negotiations will address Huawei case
AGRICULTURE: Commission will soon pay €50 million in aid to Irish beef producers
AGRICULTURE: an EU/Mercosur trade agreement would be a dead end, says Copa-Cogeca
GMOs: some 40 NGOs ask Commission not to authorise a dozen GMOs that have not been sufficiently assessed
FISHERIES: EU Council will adopt multiannual fisheries management plan for Mediterranean on 6 June
EXTERNAL ACTION
ARMENIA: EU and Member States underline their support for thorough reform of the justice system
TRADE: status quo with United States, small steps with Mercosur and Vietnam, on agenda of an unambitious Council meeting
WTO: Fifty-nine countries commit to negotiate on Services Domestic Regulation
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: OECD takes concrete action on international tax reforms
ACCOUNTING STANDARDS: with European Corporate Reporting Lab, EFRAG contributes to implementation of European Sustainable Finance Action Plan
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Laurent Berger elected President of European Trade Union Confederation
SOCIAL: information rights of officials, Commission and trade unions plead their own case in Luxembourg
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
GREECE: dismissed action against ECB by private investors who suffered losses during restructuring of Greek debt in 2012
PARLIAMENT: Mrs Le Pen's appeal against reimbursement of 300,000 euros for a fictitious assistant’s position is dismissed
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: creation of a far-right group rejected
NEWS BRIEFS
ASIA/OCEANIA: EU congratulates Mr Modi, Mr Widodo and Mr Morrison on being re-elected in India, Indonesia and Australia
HUMAN RIGHTS: EU confirms its commitment to combat scourge of sexual violence in humanitarian crises
FINANCE: Facebook cryptocurrency could be launched in 2020
DIGITAL: confidentiality - EDPB plans to look at connected cars
EP2019: Polish PiS keeps door open to alliance with Lega or Vox in future European Parliament
EP2019: common call to ensure parity in European decision-making positions
CIVIL DEFENCE: EU supports Israel in fighting forest fires
RESEARCH: 470 million euros of new funding to support 1,800 doctoral candidates
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: The end of the beginning
CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: from 27/05 to 02/06/2019
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other Events: until 9 June 2019