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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11900
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Space

Ministers advocate appropriate budget for continuing Copernicus  programme

During the informal meeting on space with the European Space Agency (ESA) in Tallinn on Tuesday 7 November, the European ministers in charge of space policy were moving towards an agreement on delivering the “necessary” budget resources for continuing the Copernicus terrestrial observation programme. Nothing has so far been decided but this could mean a positive message to the sector.

Ahead of the meeting, the Commissioner for the Single Market and Industry, Elżbieta Bieńkowska,...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: Car and van CO2 emissions- Commission suggests 30% cut for 2030 and incentives for low-carbon vehicles
TRANSPORT: Commission unveils its second 'mobility' package to support clean transport
ENERGY: Commission proposes amendment to Gas Directive to cover gas pipelines entering EU from third countries
ENVIRONMENT: Glyphosate, EU28 to vote on 9 November on five-year renewal of authorisation with no ban in the longer term
JHA: Council ready to negotiate with European Parliament on new Schengen Information System alerts
JUSTICE: Several options for legal cases envisaged at Council that include dual nationals in ECRIS-TCN system
DIGITAL: No agreement on 'audiovisuals' directive – negotiators to meet again on 28 November
SPACE: Ministers advocate appropriate budget for continuing Copernicus  programme
AGRICULTURE: European beef professionals present a plan to safeguard sector
AGRICULTURE: Bumper olive harvest in EU in 2017 despite Xylella fastidiosa
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Commission seeks to ensure that VAT rules will leave no room for abuses
ENTERPRISE: France and Germany call for national insolvency frameworks to be harmonised
ECONOMY: Member states approve inter-institutional agreement extending 'Juncker' investment plan
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: EU side hopes for progress on divorce terms at start of new round of talks
EU2018BG: Future Bulgarian Presidency of the Council – 'United we stand strong'
CATALONIA: Spanish Constitutional Court annuls Catalan declaration of independence
EXTERNAL ACTION
SYRIA: Mogherini says EU considering new sanctions related to chemical weapons
IRAN: Mogherini calls on US Congress to uphold nuclear agreement
TRADE: Talks drag on updating EU trade defence instruments
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Trade Unions call for legislative initiative to revise 'written declaration' directive
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
TURKEY: Ankara no longer wishes to be major contributor to Council of Europe budget
NEWS BRIEFS
COLOMBIA: FARC soon to be removed from EU list of terrorist organisations
DEFENCE: Italy's Claudio Graziano to chair EU Military Committee from November 2018
JUSTICE: COREPER endorses agreement on faster European monitoring of legal highs
INTERNAL MARKET: European business confident about future, says Eurochambres poll
DIGITAL: BEUC denounces obstacles to non-EU e-commerce
TURKEY: European Commission prepares pre-accession fund options for 12 December