No decision was taken on a proposed laptop ban on airlines during a meeting between EU and U.S. officials | Fethi Belaid/AFP via Getty Images
Midday brief, in brief
Today at Commission, no laptop ban and French calls
Juncker passes on his best wishes to senior members of Macron’s team.
Aside from numerous questions about the European Commission’s decision to fine Facebook €110 million for its WhatsApp merger misstep, it was a rather short and uneventful daily press briefing.
Commission chief spokesman Margaritis Schinas said Jean-Claude Juncker had phone conversations with new French Prime Minister Édouard Philippe and key ministers in his government — Justice Minister François Bayrou, Armed Forces Minister Sylvie Goulard and Economy Minister Bruno Lemaire.
He also said no decision was taken on a proposed laptop ban on airlines during a meeting between EU and U.S. officials on Wednesday afternoon. There will be another meeting in Washington.
The Commission is on Friday expected to provide details on a meeting that will take place between Juncker, European Council President Donald Tusk and U.S. President Donald Trump who will be in Brussels next week for a NATO summit.
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