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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12413

29 January 2020
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 37
NEWS BRIEFS / Employment
European trade unions point out that minimum wage is too low in 17 Member States

28/01/2020 (Agence Europe) – As the European Commission launched a consultation on an instrument to establish a "fair" minimum wage in the EU (see EUROPE B12403A5), the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) published a study on Tuesday 28 January showing that minimum wages in 17 Member States do not protect against the risk of poverty. Twenty-two EU Member States have a statutory national minimum wage and the majority of them do not reach the minimum at-risk-of-poverty threshold, which...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: Future of Europe: What will happen in the Jean Monnet House? (2)
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: Dubrovnik should be starting point for Conference on Future of Europe
BUDGET: time to find a compromise on MFF 2021-2027, says Croatian EU Council Presidency
UNITED KINGDOM: despite Brexit, Northern Ireland will be able to count on EU support, promises Michel Barnier
SECTORAL POLICIES
INTERNAL MARKET: Thierry Breton reminds us that he is also commissioner of traditional industries
DIGITAL: Margrethe Vestager and Thierry Breton give a taste of their plans before European Parliament
CLIMATE: climate law 'will not be a Christmas tree', but will give predictability to investors, says Frans Timmermans
ENERGY: EU-ASE calls on the Commission to include the principle of energy efficiency first in climate law
ENERGY: heating with liquid fuels will contribute to success of energy transition, according to Eurofuel
TRANSPORT: use of LNG could worsen climate impact of shipping
AGRICULTURE: better use must be made of new technologies to monitor climate-related requirements, according to Court of Auditors
AGRICULTURE: EU Council hopes for an agreement on transitional measures for CAP in March
AGRICULTURE: Sixteen EU ministers support better labelling for honey blends
JUSTICE: at European Parliament, different approaches to notification procedure on electronic evidence are in conflict with each other
INTERNAL AFFAIRS: member States still long way from transposition of new rules on interoperability of information systems
HEALTH: coronavirus, EU activates its civil protection mechanism to repatriate healthy European citizens
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: coordination of social security systems, Germany insists on a temporary exemption for prior notification
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
POLAND: Council of Europe monitoring procedure for Polish judicial reforms opened
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: EU releases second tranche of €500 million macroeconomic assistance to Ukraine
BANKS: ECB sets out additional capital requirements for large banking groups
FINANCE: BETTER FINANCE doubts that European Green Deal can achieve its goals
EXTERNAL ACTION
NORTH MACEDONIA: not opening EU accession negotiations in March will have a huge impact on April parliamentary elections, warns Mr Osmani
UKRAINE: EU sanctions seven people linked to Russian local elections in Crimea
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: Friends of Europe calls for stronger transatlantic cooperation
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
PUBLIC PROCUREMENT: Italy censured for failure to comply with Late Payment Directive
NEWS BRIEFS
AUSTRALIA: Canberra wants to protect its Prosecco from EU geographical indications in trade negotiations
TRADE: trade in services, EU surplus confirmed
EDUCATION: Erasmus as popular as ever
EMPLOYMENT: European trade unions point out that minimum wage is too low in 17 Member States
ENERGY: completion of Nord Stream 2 pipeline will be provided by Russia
ENVIRONMENT: Éric Andrieu questions Commission on health hazards linked to use of SDHI fungicides
IMF: new Financial Partnership Agreement with European Commission
SEAS: 102 NGOs present a plan to save ocean by 2030
PARLIAMENT: Martin Buschmann leaves GUE/NGL group in European Parliament after revelations about his ultra-nationalist past
TUNISIA: EU extends freeze on assets of 47 Tunisians for another year
TRANSPORT: rail passenger rights, European Parliament and EU Council draw up red lines at start of interinstitutional negotiations
ERRATUM
ENVIRONMENT: ‘level playing field’ in post-Brexit negotiations