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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12269
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SOCIAL AFFAIRS / Social

Member States preparing for vote on seat of future European Labour Agency

EU Member States' ambassadors followed the presentation of the four Member States competing to host the future European Labour Agency at the meeting of the Permanent Representatives Committee I (Coreper I) on Wednesday 5 March.

The representatives of Bulgaria, Cyprus, Latvia and Slovakia had three minutes to present their projects, followed by the evaluation made by the European Commission presented a few days earlier (see EUROPE B12266A19). No action was subsequently taken by the Member...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ITALY: Commission (re)paves the way for potential opening of an excessive deficit procedure
ECONOMY: European Commission calls on Member States to continue structural reforms and efforts on budgetary front
TAXATION: Dominica will leave European blacklist of non-cooperative jurisdictions
FINANCE: stakeholders present their complaints on sustainable finance to next Commission
INSTITUTIONAL
EP2019: 'I am the first parliamentarian to be elected by citizens across Europe', says Damian Boeselager
BUDGET: a 2020 budget for EU implements continuity
EPP: Manfred Weber unanimously re-elected as leader of his group in European Parliament
GUE/NGL: far left in European Parliament hesitates in its strategy out of fear of being 'marginalised'
ENF: neither Brexit Party nor Polish PiS will join ENF group in European Parliament
CZECH REPUBLIC: Commission and European Council urged to act in response to alleged conflict of interest involving Andrej Babiš
SECTORAL POLICIES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: knowledge and implementation of Charter can be improved, according to Commission
COHESION: France obtains a first small victory on “social” conditionalities
JHA: partial agreements expected in the EU Council on a strengthened returns directive and the three funds ‘migration’, ‘border management’ and ‘internal security’
JUSTICE: digitisation of judicial cooperation, criminal law and electronic evidence on the ministerial agenda
DIGITAL: conclusions on future of digital policy on agenda of Council of the EU remain uncertain
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: member States preparing for vote on seat of future European Labour Agency
EXTERNAL ACTION
NORTH MACEDONIA: negative decision on opening of EU accession negotiations would risk stirring up nationalism, warns Mr Zaev
UKRAINE: Zelenskyy says he will continue reforms and the fight against corruption
MIDDLE EAST: Juncker and Kushner discuss future American peace plan
MALDIVES: Member States agree on revocation of framework of sanctions
TRADE: agreement in EU Council on export regime for dual-use items does not include cybersurveillance
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
DIGITAL: SkypeOut functionality is an electronic communications service, according to Court
NEWS BRIEFS
ECR: five new MEPs join ECR Group
COMMISSION: elected, Mariya Gabriel renounces her seat in European Parliament