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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12269

6 June 2019
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ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ITALY: Commission (re)paves the way for potential opening of an excessive deficit procedure
Brussels, 05/06/2019 (Agence Europe)

As expected in recent days (see EUROPE B12266A18, B12267A18), the European Commission published on Wednesday 5 June a new report on Italian public debt under Article 126.3 TFEU, paving the way for a potential excessive deficit procedure based on debt criteria. 

The report "concludes that the debt criterion is not complied with, and the debt-based excessive procedure is warranted". With these words, Valdis Dombrovskis, Commissioner for the Euro and Social Dialogue, began by addressing the...

Contents

ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ITALY: Commission (re)paves the way for potential opening of an excessive deficit procedure
ECONOMY: European Commission calls on Member States to continue structural reforms and efforts on budgetary front
TAXATION: Dominica will leave European blacklist of non-cooperative jurisdictions
FINANCE: stakeholders present their complaints on sustainable finance to next Commission
INSTITUTIONAL
EP2019: 'I am the first parliamentarian to be elected by citizens across Europe', says Damian Boeselager
BUDGET: a 2020 budget for EU implements continuity
EPP: Manfred Weber unanimously re-elected as leader of his group in European Parliament
GUE/NGL: far left in European Parliament hesitates in its strategy out of fear of being 'marginalised'
ENF: neither Brexit Party nor Polish PiS will join ENF group in European Parliament
CZECH REPUBLIC: Commission and European Council urged to act in response to alleged conflict of interest involving Andrej Babiš
SECTORAL POLICIES
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS: knowledge and implementation of Charter can be improved, according to Commission
COHESION: France obtains a first small victory on “social” conditionalities
JHA: partial agreements expected in the EU Council on a strengthened returns directive and the three funds ‘migration’, ‘border management’ and ‘internal security’
JUSTICE: digitisation of judicial cooperation, criminal law and electronic evidence on the ministerial agenda
DIGITAL: conclusions on future of digital policy on agenda of Council of the EU remain uncertain
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: member States preparing for vote on seat of future European Labour Agency
EXTERNAL ACTION
NORTH MACEDONIA: negative decision on opening of EU accession negotiations would risk stirring up nationalism, warns Mr Zaev
UKRAINE: Zelenskyy says he will continue reforms and the fight against corruption
MIDDLE EAST: Juncker and Kushner discuss future American peace plan
MALDIVES: Member States agree on revocation of framework of sanctions
TRADE: agreement in EU Council on export regime for dual-use items does not include cybersurveillance
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
DIGITAL: SkypeOut functionality is an electronic communications service, according to Court
NEWS BRIEFS
ECR: five new MEPs join ECR Group
COMMISSION: elected, Mariya Gabriel renounces her seat in European Parliament