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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12202

27 February 2019
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SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: in European Parliament, three candidates for post of Head of European Public Prosecutor's Office near end of race
Brussels, 26/02/2019 (Agence Europe)

There are only three of them left to compete for the position of head of the European Public Prosecutor's Office. Frenchman Jean-François Bohnert - the Council's favourite candidate -, Romanian Laura Codruţa Kövesi - the Selection Committee's favourite candidate - and German Andrés Ritter were heard, in turn, on Tuesday 26 February for more than an hour, by the MEPs of the Civil Liberties (LIBE) and Budgetary Control (CONT) Committees.

The procedure for these hearings has been...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: in European Parliament, three candidates for post of Head of European Public Prosecutor's Office near end of race
JUSTICE: whistleblowers, Virginie Rozière chastises the Council's position
JUSTICE: integrity of European elections is a 'litmus test' for EU rules protecting personal data, according to Mr Buttarelli
MIGRATION: Member States called upon to take note of a progress report that will reconfirm deadlock on ‘asylum’ package
JHA: post-Brexit visa-free regime, Claude Moraes will try to convince Council not to mention Gibraltar as a 'British colony'
TRANSPORT: European Parliament/Council of European Union agree on road transport facilitation measures in event of no-deal Brexit
DIGITAL: provisional interinstitutional agreement on copyright passes helm of European Parliament Committee
GENDER EQUALITY: with a third of women in current Chamber, will next Parliament have more women?
CLIMATE: EU will invest €10 billion in innovative technologies between 2020 and 2030
PLANTS: Xylella, EU identifies gaps in the US control system for plants entering the EU
HEALTH: Antimicrobial resistance continues to spread in EU
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: European Parliament/Council agreement on the creation of benchmarks aligned with the Paris Agreement
FINANCE: agreement in view in Council on new rules to facilitate listing of SMEs
ECB: Philip Lane in favour of a stabilisation function within framework of fiscal capacity for euro area
BANKS: if appointed head of European Banking Authority, Mr Campa undertakes not to deal with any matters relating to Santander
TAXATION: European Parliament's ‘TAX 3' commission should call for more efforts to combat money laundering and end of ‘golden visas’
COMPETITION: green light for acquisition of E.ON's power generation assets by RWE
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Theresa May resolves to propose an extension of negotiations with EU in event of a further rejection of agreement on an orderly Brexit
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: negotiations on regulation on social security systems coordination awaiting release from Council
EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: Ivanna Klympush-Tsintsadze speaks out against misinformation about corruption in her country
YEMEN: EU pledges €161.5 million in humanitarian aid at the Geneva Donors' Conference
NIGERIA: EU invites all actors to dialogue after very tense election on 23 February
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
ECB: Court annuls decision suspending Governor of central Bank of Latvia from his duties
STATE AID: Spain will not have to recover aid paid to four football clubs
AGRICULTURE: EU organic logo may not be affixed to meat from ritual slaughter without prior stunning
CITIZENSHIP: a minor is not a direct descendant of an EU citizen whose guardianship was placed under Algerian kafala, according to Advocate-General
NEWS BRIEFS
ENERGY: Gas infrastructure - public consultation on projects of common interest
ENERGY/CLIMATE: Commission receives 28 draft integrated National Energy and Climate Plans
FINANCE: MEPs give green light to the Interinstitutional Agreement on the pan-European individual retirement savings product
JUSTICE: MEPs approve European Parliament/Council agreement on access to financial information by law enforcement authorities
WTO: members working to revise tariff rate quota system
ANIMAL HEALTH: Czech Republic now officially free of African swine fever
SOCIAL: work-life balance, MEPs approve Interinstitutional Agreement
SOCIAL: clear support by MEPs for interinstitutional agreement on European Labour Authority
SOCIAL: MEPs approve emergency measures for social security coordination in event of a no-deal Brexit
CIVIL SOCIETY: every year, EU spends €2 billion to help NGOs around the world