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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12410

24 January 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 36
SECTORAL POLICIES / Internal market
Fourteen Member States make recommendations to strengthen single market
Brussels, 23/01/2020 (Agence Europe)

A group of fourteen Member States sent a letter to the European Commission on Tuesday 21 January, in particular to Internal Market Commissioner Thierry Breton, setting out a series of recommendations to strengthen and improve the functioning of the internal market.

In their letter, obtained by EUROPE, the co-signatory Member States (Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden) hammer home...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: kick-off of review of monetary policy strategy
BANKS: MEPs reject Gerry Cross' candidacy for post of director of European Banking Authority
TAXATION: Paris and Washington find a basis for further discussions on digital taxation at OECD
STATE AID: green light for aid for costs related to 700 MHz band for 5G in Czech Republic
COMPETITION: European Commission approves acquisition of WABCO by ZF
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: European Parliament Committee on Constitutional Affairs paves the way for European Parliament ratification of agreement on orderly Brexit
RULE OF LAW: Commission is closely monitoring fate of Polish draft law on disciplinary regime of judges
CORRUPTION: significant disparities persist within EU, according to Transparency International
FUTURE OF EU: Conference on Future of Europe, Croatia advocates shared ownership between EU institutions and States
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: European Green Deal will support family farms, says Janusz Wojciechowski
AGRICULTURE: European Green Deal and post-2020 CAP will be debated on Monday 27 January in EU Council
FISHERIES: President of Region of Brittany, Loïg Chesnais-Girard, calls for defence of fishing industry against Brexit
ENVIRONMENT: NOx emissions from diesel, Esther de Lange wants to lower conformity factor in RDE tests from June 2021
DIGITAL: artificial intelligence—MEPs want a risk-based approach
INTERNAL MARKET: fourteen Member States make recommendations to strengthen single market
ENERGY: future of gas at centre of discussions between Kadri Simson and MEPs
ENERGY: twelve Member States have met or exceeded their 2020 renewable energy target
WOMEN: Zagreb pessimistic about directive on quotas for women on Boards of Directors
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: reducing funds earmarked for European Defence Fund would be absurd, according to General Graziano
EXTERNAL ACTION
SYRIA: renewal of offensive in Idlib is unacceptable, denounces EU
MYANMAR: EU calls on country to implement interim measures ordered by ICC
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
TRANSPARENCY: two companies’ appeal against access to their marketing authorisation application file rejected again
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: Council of Europe action plan to promote Roma inclusion
NEWS BRIEFS
FUTURE OF EU: for CEEP, social partners must have a place in Conference on Future of EU
EBRD: senior French government official Odile Renaud-Basso candidate for bank president
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: European Union remembers Holocaust
ENERGY: only 18 Member States have submitted their energy/climate plans to Commission, according to Kadri Simson
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs confirm European Parliament/EU Council agreement on safe reuse of waste water for agricultural irrigation purposes
SPACE: Thierry Breton announces four new orders for European launch vehicle Ariane 6
FINANCE: MEPs in turn confirm agreement regarding taxonomy on sustainable finance
FINANCE: European Parliament/EU Council negotiations on framework for resolution of central clearing houses get under way
HONDURAS: EU criticises lack of political commitment to fight against corruption
JAPAN: Geoffroy Didier calls for suspension of Strategic Partnership Agreement if Tokyo continues “de facto abduction of children by one of the two parents”
EPP: 'Three Wise Men' report to recommend maintaining suspension of Hungarian party Fidesz
SOCIAL: MEPs give go-ahead to open negotiations with Council on post-2020 European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
ERRATUM
JHA: European PNR system not affected by European rules on interoperability of European information systems