Agena briefing plenary session from the 9th to the 12 of May 2016 in Starsbourg
- Asylum reform: MEPs to debate proposed changes to the Dublin rules
The EU Commission’s 4 May proposal to revise the Dublin rules, which determine which EU country is responsible for processing an asylum application, will be debated by MEPs and the Commission on Wednesday afternoon in Strasbourg.
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MEPs, the Council and the Commission will debate on Wednesday how best to restore a fully-functioning Schengen passport-free area, given that core Schengen countries have reimposed border checks or temporarily closed their borders in response to growing flows of migrants and asylum-seekers.
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The EU police agency Europol will soon be able to step up efforts to fight terrorism, cybercrime and other criminal offences and respond faster to threats, thanks to new governance rules up for final approval on Wednesday. The new powers come with strong data protection safeguards and democratic oversight tools.
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MEPs are set to vote their stance on Thursday on the European Commission’s proposal for automatic exchange of corporate tax reports among national tax authorities.
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Unless China meets the EU’s five criteria to qualify as a market economy, the EU should continue imposing anti-dumping and anti-subsidy duties on dumped imports from it after December 2016, MEPs say in a draft resolution to be voted on Thursday. But they also note that the EU must abide by World Trade organization (WTO) rules and recognize China as a “strategic trade partner”.
