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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12408

22 January 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 3 / 35
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS / Taxation
Without a new proposal on FTT, Austria threatens to withdraw from enhanced cooperation
Brussels, 21/01/2020 (Agence Europe)

Upon his arrival at the Ecofin Council meeting on Tuesday 21 January, Austrian Finance Minister Gernot Blümel announced that he was unable to support the German proposal for a Financial Transaction Tax (FTT) presented in December 2019.

"We need a new proposal. If this is not the case, Austria will have to leave the group (enhanced cooperation, editor's note)", he said. Mr Blümel, who spoke to his German counterpart, Olaf Scholz, on Monday, told him that the German proposal, which was too...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: At the heart of the EU, the slow suicide of a founder State (1)
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Member States take stock of digital tax reform before next OECD meeting
TAXATION: without a new proposal on FTT, Austria threatens to withdraw from enhanced cooperation
ECONOMY/BUDGET: lines are not moving in Council of EU on financing modalities of Just Transition Fund
PORTUGAL: Eurogroup calls on Lisbon to take budgetary measures to comply with Stability Pact in due course
CROATIA: Zagreb continues reforms to move closer to euro area
COMPETITION: Robert Schuman Foundation sets out avenues for reform of EU competition policy
SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: Stoltenberg offers Alliance assistance for monitoring arms embargo on Libya
SPACE: space is a strategic issue, acknowledges Josep Borrell
SECTORAL POLICIES
SPACE: European Commission and EIB put €200 million on table to support space sector
COHESION: European Parliament Committee on Regional Development freezes negotiations with EU Council until end of February
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament Environment Committee opposes allowing lead in recycled PVC
ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE: Croatian Presidency wants June Council vote on climate law
ANIMAL HEALTH: European Parliament committee calls for measures to stop illegal trade in cats and dogs
FISHERIES: Croatian Presidency of EU Council to work to prevent support that increases fisheries capacity
HEALTH: Milan Kujundžić wants EU to address issues of organ donation and ageing population
JHA: strategic discussions on future policies on agenda of informal ministerial meeting in Zagreb
DIGITAL: European Commission dispels rumours and finally shows its support for ‘ePrivacy’ proposal
DIGITAL: industry giants make their voices heard
TRANSPORT: European Parliament Transport Committee approves provisional agreement on 'mobility I' package
TRANSPORT: Croatian EU Council Presidency presents its priorities to European Parliament committee
TRANSPORT: European pilots call on EU to urgently find solutions to reduce risk of downing airliners
ENERGY: more than 80 civil society organisations call on MEPs to reject 4th list of projects of common interest
EXTERNAL ACTION
EASTERN PARTNERSHIP: more political commitment is needed, says Ms Eichhorst
EU2020HR: Europe's credibility as a global player depends on its success in its own neighbourhood, Radman warns
SWITZERLAND: Von der Leyen reformulates EU’s demands to Berne
VIETNAM: MEPs back trade deals with Hanoi by a comfortable majority
INSTITUTIONAL
RULE OF LAW: Commission wants to publish its first annual report before July 2020
BUDGET: ‘friends of cohesion’ summit in Portugal on 1 February
FUTURE OF EU: European Federalist Movement advocates creation of a permanent mechanism for consulting citizens
NEWS BRIEFS
COHESION: European Parliament rapporteur on Just Transition Fund will come from EPP
JUSTICE: EU Council adopts its position on review of General Data Protection Regulation
FISHERIES: European Parliament committee approves acts on EU/Guinea-Bissau fisheries agreement
UNITED KINGDOM: London will decide whether or not territory of Gibraltar can join Schengen area after Brexit
TRANSPORT: European Parliament committee approves agreement with EU Council on electronic exchange of information in freight transport