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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12267

4 June 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 10 / 27
SECTORAL POLICIES / Jha
Netherlands asks Commission to work on a suspension of visa liberalization granted to Albania
Brussels, 03/06/2019 (Agence Europe)

The European Commission confirmed on Monday 3 June that it had received a notification from the Dutch government to suspend Albania's visa liberalization, which allows non-Member State citizens to travel to Schengen and the EU without visas for a three-month period.

This notification, a first for the Commission, follows a vote by the Dutch Parliament in April (see EUROPE B12238A32).

Visa liberalization can be suspended under a new specific mechanism created in 2013 and strengthened in 2017...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
PARLIAMENT: negotiations on formation of European Parliament's political groups are intensifying
COMMISSION: Mr Juncker does not want Commissioners who will sit in European Parliament to be replaced
ROMANIA: Romanian government ready to abandon its most criticized reforms
CZECH REPUBLIC: Andrej Babiš may have to repay €17.4 million from EU structural funds
CATALONIA: refusal of Mr Puigdemont's accreditation is extended to all Spanish MEPs
SECTORAL POLICIES
COHESION: Member States finalise their position on common provisions regulation
AGRICULTURE: Italy enticed by portfolio of future Commissioner for agricultural policy
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament's new Agriculture Committee called to take into account work already done on CAP
FISHERIES: EU and its partners are preparing measures to prevent unregulated fisheries in Arctic
JHA: Netherlands asks Commission to work on a suspension of visa liberalization granted to Albania
JUSTICE: European Data Protection Supervisor scrutinises websites of EU bodies
EXTERNAL ACTION
ISRAEL: EU calls on authorities to return confiscated classrooms
KOREAN PENINSULA: EU ready to assume its responsibilities in negotiations
TRADE: improving EU's ability to compete on a level playing field is a trade challenge rather than a competitive one, according to French experts
WTO: Appellate Body's report for 2018 highlights multiple and increasingly complex cases
SECURITY - DEFENCE
SECURITY: Commission considers that “substantial progress” has been made on military mobility
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: OECD defines way forward for an agreement on international tax reform
ITALY: Pierre Moscovici advocates maintaining dialogue with Rome on meeting its budgetary objectives
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: in-depth investigation into a Lithuanian measure on electricity strategic reserve
ALDE: Romanian party Alianța Liberalilor și și Democraților leaves European party
HUNGARY: Hungarian government puts a stop to a contested reform of administrative courts
KAZAKHSTAN: for Mr Tusk, Astana is an essential partner of EU
MIGRATION: complaint for crimes against humanity filed against EU and Twenty-Eight
MOZAMBIQUE: victims of cyclones Idai and Kenneth allocated €100 million in humanitarian aid
ANIMAL HEALTH: one million European citizens are calling to ban all cages for farm animals
SUDAN: EU urges Transitional Military Council to respect right to peaceful demonstration
TADJIKISTAN: Mr Tusk encourages Dushanbe to make progress on human rights