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    Netherlands begins its EU presidency – EUbusiness Week newsletter 730

    npsBy nps14 January 2016Updated:12 July 2024 Newswire No Comments5 Mins Read
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    EUbusiness Week 730 top stories: Brexit negotiations still face difficulties; EU shuts down Belgium tax breaks for multinationals; EU delays decision on China market economy status; EU sour on French milk and meat industry meetings; Bulgaria eyes new gas project after South Stream failure; Merkel takes centre stage in EU’s year of crises

    Publisher’s Note

    Welcome back to EUbusiness Week, as the Netherlands takes over the Presidency of the EU, promising to focus on “essentials”, creating growth and jobs through innovation, and connecting with civil society. Its priorities are migration & international security, innovation & job creation, sound finances and climate & energy policy.

    An immediate focus will be the February summit, where Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte declares himself “relatively optimistic’ that Britain can secure a reform deal.
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    1. Brexit negotiations still face difficulties

    Negotiations on Britain’s demands to stay in the EU still have difficult issues to resolve before a hoped-for deal in February can be struck, says a top Commission official.
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    2. EU shuts down Belgium tax breaks for multinationals

    The EU on Monday closed a major tax break that Belgium offered to dozens of multinationals, including beer giant AB InBev, and ordered the companies to return EUR 700m in unpaid taxes.
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    3. EU delays decision on China market economy status

    The EU on Wednesday said it would wait until later this year to decide if China should finally be considered a real market economy, a status keenly sought by Beijing that would make it harder for Europe to limit its cheap exports.
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    4. EU sour on French milk and meat industry meetings

    The Commission is investigating possible anti-competitive behaviour at roundtable meetings of the dairy and meat sectors the French government organised last year held to raise critically low prices.
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    5. Bulgaria eyes new gas project after South Stream failure

    Bulgaria’s premier has outlined plans for a proposed new project to bring gas from Russia and elsewhere to Europe, while bypassing Ukraine, following the failure of the South Stream project.
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    6. Merkel takes centre stage in EU’s year of crises

    In a year of crises for Europe, from the Ukraine war to Greece’s debt turmoil to the historic refugee influx, Germany’s Angela Merkel emerged as the continent’s de facto leader, drawing more praise and fire than ever.
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    Greece: Greece “fully accepted” on Thursday that the hardline IMF take a role in its massive third bailout, backing away from one of the last battle lines splitting Athens and its eurozone creditors.
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    EU extends Iran sanctions freeze by extra two weeks
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    Commission Watch

    Turkey: the number of migrants crossing the Aegean Sea from Turkey to Greece is “still way too high”, EC vice president Frans Timmermans said Monday, a month and a half after a deal aimed to limit the flow.
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    No further eurozone expansion seen in next few years
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    Parliament Watch

    Poland: Poland’s conservatives have been cosying up to populist Hungary since returning to power in October, following Budapest’s lead in tightening government control over the judiciary and media in moves that riled the EU.
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    This week, the incoming Dutch presidency outlined its priorities at a series of committee meetings. MEPs backed the first-ever EU-wide cyber-security rules, debated the migration crisis and the threat to Schengen, and quizzed the Commission’s chief negotiator on progress ahead of the UK referendum.
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