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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11795

25 May 2017
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Foreign affairs
Juncker and Tusk meeting Trump and Erdogan in Brussels on Thursday
Brussels, 24/05/2017 (Agence Europe)

The presidents of the European Commission and European Council, Jean-Claude Juncker and Donald Tusk respectively, will meet US President Donald Trump and Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Brussels on Thursday 25 May.

The meeting with Trump will be the first since he took up his post as president of the US.  According to a diplomatic source, the meeting will only last an hour, and will be "without formal agenda".  It will, however, be the opportunity to see in which areas the EU...

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PUBLIC HOLIDAY AND SPECIAL EDITION: Please note that our offices will be closed on 25 and 26 May for the Ascension public holiday.  However, we will publish a special edition on Friday morning covering the EU-USA summit and the NATO summit
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Juncker and Tusk meeting Trump and Erdogan in Brussels on Thursday
G7 SUMMIT: Uncertainties hover over G7 meeting in Italy
DEVELOPMENT: ONE calls on EU to do utmost to ensure G7 does not neglect Africa
MERCOSUR: French EPP MEPs demand protection for beef in free-trade talks
MOROCCO: Moroccan concerns about legal framework of trade relations with EU
ALGERIA: Closing seminar on support project in regulation of electricity and gas
SECTORAL POLICIES
COMPETITIVENESS: Council agreement in sight on type-approval and market surveillance for motor vehicles
REGIONS: Inter-institutional agreement reached to help regions devastated by natural disasters
JHA: Commission is hoping that everything will be up to speed for entry into force of personal data protection reform
ENERGY: EU provides €2 million to support EastMed engineering design
ENERGY: Dalia Grybauskaitė wants Gazprom to compensate damage on gas market
DEFENCE: Commission debates future of European defence
CLIMATE: CAN Europe welcomes announced closure of coal-fired power station
TRANSPORT: Civil society argues that Commission should redefine minimum safety standards for new vehicles
INSTITUTIONAL
TRANSPARENCY: Ombudsman publishes guide for EU personnel dealing with lobbyists
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: Investigation into public aid project in favour of Jaguar Land Rover in Slovakia
NEWS BRIEFS
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN: EU announces €14.3 million in aid for disaster preparedness
CLIMATE: EU, China and Canada to hold pre-COP 23 ministerial
ENVIRONMENT: Green jobs at heart of EU Green Week which begins on 29 May
TRANSPORT: European shipowners do not want to be systematically involved in migrant rescue operations
CALENDAR
European institutions' main activities: 29/05 - 04/06
Other events: 25/05 - 04/06