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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11869
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Sustainable development

WWF points out that SDGs are two years old but EU still does not have strategy for attaining them

On the second anniversary of the 2030 universal sustainable development goals (SDGs), a number of voices were raised on Monday 25 September criticising the progress made by the EU for putting these goals into practice, due to a lack of strategy for implementing them (see EUROPE 11833).

The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) speaks out against the EU for still not having a strategy for the SDGs, and for “731 days of empty promises on sustainability” despite the calls made by political...

Contents

Passing: Farewell to Ferdinando Riccardi
INSTITUTIONAL
POLAND: Member states say now is the time for dialogue, rather than sanctions, on the rule of law
UNITED KINGDOM: EU still awaiting clarity and specific commitments from London
GERMANY: Europeans hope that Germany will remain committed to in-depth EU reform
BUDGET: Oettinger stresses added value of European spending and warns at delays in adoption of post-2020 MFF
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Social partners encountering difficulties on revision of Written Statement Directive
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: Unlawful online content and data protection, Vera Jourova reports on recent trip to USA
JUSTICE: Experts and MEPs call for rethink of EU anti-drugs strategy
MIGRATION: Commission considers asylum seeker relocation mechanism a success
DIGITAL: Andrus Ansip does not intend to regulate cost of intra-EU international calls
TRANSPORT: MEPs welcome positive legislative revision on unfair competition by third country operators
ENERGY: Electricity industry fears massive extra costs resulting from CO2 emissions cap for capacity mechanisms
FOOD SAFETY: Five EU countries to propose joint approach to improve flow of information following Fipronil crisis
FISHERIES: Ocean values healthy fish stocks at €5 billion per year for EU
PLANTS: EU experts critical of French Xylella fastidiosa eradication measures
ENVIRONMENT: France wants EU plan to end professional use of glyphosate before end of 2017
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: WWF points out that SDGs are two years old but EU still does not have strategy for attaining them
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECB: Nearly €113 billion in private bonds acquired under CSPP
EXTERNAL ACTION
RUSSIA: EU criticises sentencing of journalist who criticised annexation of Crimea
TRADE: Copa-Cogeca calls for countervailing duties on Argentinian biodiesel
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Green light to French measure to support Tarbes airport
ALGERIA: EU and member states welcome Algeria's destruction of anti-personnel mines
ARMENIA: Council adopts EU partnership priorities
DEVELOPMENT: Adoption of regulation establishing EFSD to boost investment in Africa
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: Commission to host 'Reinventing Plastics' conference on 26 September
EMPLOYMENT: Marianne Thyssen says European Employment Authority will have a price
GREECE: Greece officially leaves excessive deficit procedure
MIGRATION: Human Rights Watch criticises asylum seekers being returned to Turkey
TRANSPORT: European pilots call for structural changes and social dialogue at Ryanair
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: N. 1192