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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12431
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Companies

SME strategy, Commission wants to develop European collaborative economy in short term rental sector

The Commission plans to launch an initiative on the collaborative economy which would focus on the short-term rental housing services sector, according to a new draft version of the SME strategy, obtained by EUROPE on Friday 21 February.

The strategy aims to support and help SMEs to embrace the digital transition. Among the multitude of initiatives envisaged, the European Commission is planning an initiative that would target new business models linked to the collaborative economy, with...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
BUDGET: leaders of 27 EU countries fail to agree on 2021-2027 MFF
SYRIA: European leaders call for immediate cessation of hostilities in Idlib
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CYBERSECURITY: European Union calls for responsible behaviour in cyberspace
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: one month to convince Washington to drop its trade sanctions against EU
SERBIA/KOSOVO: Mr Borrell confirms he will appoint a special representative
THAILAND: EU denounces dissolution of one of main opposition parties
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
BANKS: Luis Garicano's vision for reviving an 'agonising' Banking Union
COMPETITION: hotel group Meliá is fined €6.7 million for discriminating between customers
TAXATION: Oxfam warns against attempts by some European countries to weaken international tax reform
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: Croatian Presidency of EU Council wants to closely monitor national measures taken to strengthen victims' rights
COMPANIES: SME strategy, Commission wants to develop European collaborative economy in short term rental sector
ENVIRONMENT: diesel NOx, T&E calls for lower conformity factor in RDE tests to begin this year
MIGRATION: Filippo Grandi calls on EU to help Greece urgently transfer at least 20,000 people from Greek islands to mainland
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
MIGRATION: despite Dunja Mijatović's request, Italy will not halt collaboration with Libyan Coast Guard
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Commission approves two new protected geographical indications in France and Croatia
BOLIVIA: EU to deploy an Election Mission to observe May Presidential elections
CHINA: coronavirus dashes hopes of an investment deal in 2020
ENERGY: European environmentalists welcome closure of Fessenheim nuclear power plant
JUSTICE: delegation of MEPs to Washington and Boston to discuss data protection and AI
PALESTINE: Borrell welcomes Palestinians’ commitment to negotiation
FISHERIES: François-Xavier Bellamy appointed European Parliament rapporteur on future ‘fisheries’ relations with United Kingdom
FISHERIES: recreational fisheries sector wishes to be integrated into common policy
CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: from 24/02 to 01/03/2020
CALENDAR EXTRA
Other Events: until 8 March 2020