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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11971

1 March 2018
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INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Commission forces London to take a position on Ireland with publication of draft withdrawal agreement
COMMISSION: Martin Selmayr's appointment not welcomed within Renouveau et Démocratie staff union
EUROPEAN PARTIES: Agreed reform on funding and formation to apply from 2019
SOCIAL - CULTURE
CULTURE: European identity and youth at heart of informal European ministers' meeting
SOCIAL: Long and heated negotiations ahead in Parliament on coordinating social security systems
SOCIAL: Council and Parliament meet up again with hopes of reaching agreement on posted workers directive
EXTERNAL ACTION
WESTERN BALKANS: Juncker on tour in Balkans to provide reassurance is asked of a European future
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA: Sarajevo returns its responses to Commission's questionnaire with a view to obtaining EU accession candidate country status
HUMANITARIAN AID: EU announces €24 million in emergency aid for vulnerable in Eastern Ukraine
TRADE: Commission unveils plan for greater effectiveness of sustainable development chapters in EU free trade agreements
TRADE: USA continues to block process of renewing judges in WTO appellate body
TRADE: EU does not appeal WTO condemnation of its anti-dumping duties on Indonesian biodiesel
JAPAN: Cecilia Malmström hopes for signature of EU-Japan free trade agreement at bilateral summit by the summer
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: In copyright domain, European Parliament study recommends broader exception for text mining
JUSTICE: Commission working on targeted revision of OLAF regulation
JUSTICE: Council examines question of central authorities' allocation of resources in context of 'Brussels II a' recast
CLIMATE: Parliament's Greens unveil scenario of EU policy that is compatible with Paris Agreement up to 2050
BIODIVERSITY: EFSA confirms acute toxicity risk for all bees of neonicotinoids
FISHERIES: Iturgaiz wants to boost European aquaculture
MIGRATION: EU28 extends negotiating mandate on qualifications regulation for asylum seekers
TRANSPORT: First European Parliament compromises on unfair aviation competition lean toward strong regulation
ENERGY: Sefcovic expects more of Austria in terms of energy efficiency and sharing decarbonisation efforts
REGIONS: Eurostat says regional GDP differences remain significant
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: European Parliament's Greens/EFA group denounces politicisation of European black list of tax havens
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
COURT OF JUSTICE: Nine judges and three advocates general appointed
EMPLOYMENT: Extension of employment contract beyond normal retirement age may be of limited duration
GAMBLING: Restricting operation of online casinos to operators of casinos on national territory breaches EU law
TRADE: Court overturns General Court's judgment concerning Chinese solar panel company Xinyi
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Commission looking for experts for its rural Africa task force
TRADE: Strong growth in G20 merchandise trade at end of 2017, particularly for EU countries
DEFENCE: General Claudio Graziano appointed chairman of EU military committee
ECONOMY: Inflation rate down to 1.2% in Eurozone in February
PARLIAMENT: Julie Girling and Richard Ashworth leave ECR to join EPP
REGIONS: Commission launches call for pilot administrative support project in management of European funding
SLOVAKIA: MEPs pay a minute's silence in tribute to journalist Ján Kuciak
UKRAINE: Political agreement at Council to prolong sanctions linked to embezzlement

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