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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12004
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Space

Eurospace President makes appeal on behalf of Space sector in view forthcoming European budget

In a letter dated at the beginning of April, the European Commissioner for Economic and Financial Affairs, Pierre Moscovici, the President of Thales Alenia Space and the President of Eurospace, Jean-Loïc Galle, called for more than €20 billion to be earmarked for European space policy as part of the post-2020 multi-annual financial framework. This framework is due to be presented on Wednesday 2 May.

In this letter referring to the EU’s October 2016 Space strategy (see EUROPE 11655),...

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INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: France suggests nine missions for a post-2020 EU budget in expansion
EESC: Luca Jahier advocates EU's cultural 'rEUnaissance'
UNITED KINGDOM: No agreement for either withdrawal or transition without solution on Northern Ireland, says Donald Tusk
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
COMMISSION: Martin Selmayr will not be resigning from his post as secretary general
JUSTICE: Parliament unanimous in urging Zuckerberg to come to explain himself in person
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: Parliament endorses review of 'waste' directives to increase recycling and reduce landfill
CLIMATE: Parliament opens road to adoption of contribution by European farming and forestry to Paris agreement
BUDGET: Commission granted discharge on management of 2016 expenditure
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: European Parliament regrets lack of coherence in EU funding
DEVELOPMENT: European Parliament calls for EU to encourage debt sustainability for poor partner countries
INSTITUTIONAL: Parliament warns against interpretation of principles of proportionality and subsidiarity for Eurosceptic purposes
TERRORISM: Parliament endorses Council of Europe convention and its additional protocol on terrorism
EP2019: European Parliament approves dates for European elections and 2019 plenary sessions
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: Draft horizontal directive protecting whistleblowers envisages a step-by-step reporting mechanism
TRANSPORT: The Bulgarian Presidency does not want to go back on cabotage exemptions in combined transport
DIGITAL: On SatCab issue, Parliament and Council negotiators fail to overcome main stumbling blocks
DIGITAL: Breugel conference highlights artificial intelligence and potential and challenges to employment and economy
ENERGY: EU ministers to meet in Sofia to try to move institutional talks on 'clean energy' package forwards
MIGRATION: OECD and Commission publish joint report to assist local communities with integration of migrants
SPACE: Eurospace President makes appeal on behalf of Space sector in view forthcoming European budget
COHESION: CPMR calls on European Commission to preserve territorial maritime cooperation
JHA: Article 29 group concerned at slow renegotiation of draft PNR agreement with Canada
JUSTICE: Proposals on electronic evidence perceived as hasty response to US CLOUD Act
EXTERNAL ACTION
USA: Cecilia Malmström demands unconditional exemption for EU from US taxes on steel and aluminium
TRADE: European Commission opens approval processes for EU-Japan and EU-Singapore free trade agreements
TRADE: Cecilia Malmström optimistic about conclusion of trade agreements with Mercosur and Mexico this spring
FYROM: EU calls for implementation of reforms
ALBANIA: Edi Rama says hard work remains to move forward on EU accession
RUSSIA: Over 50 MEPs call for diplomatic boycott of football World Cup 2018
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: Green light to Greek measures seeking to guarantee fair access to electricity produced from lignite
ECONOMY: Annual inflation rate up to 1.3% in Eurozone in March
NEWS BRIEFS
ECB: Mario Draghi's membership of 'Group of 30' is compatible with the institution's integrity, says ECB
NORTH KOREA: Nirj Deva calls for phased denuclearisation
RESEARCH: EU and Argentina step up cooperation in maritime research and innovation