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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12009

26 April 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 37
SECTORAL POLICIES / Energy
Environmental groups defend viability of energy system completely based on renewables
Brussels, 25/04/2018 (Agence Europe)

With smart energy storage and demand response tools that help to overcome the longstanding renewable energy challenge of variable supply, technology now available makes a 100% renewable energy system viable, argue the NGO Friends of the Earth and environmental political foundations the Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung of Germany and the European Renewable Energies Federation (EREF) which published a new “Energy Atlas” on Tuesday 24 April.

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Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: MEPs withdraw Turkey from list of so-called safe countries of origin
JHA: Council and Parliament civil liberties committee approve rules of new travel authorisation system in EU
JHA: Member states called on by Parliament to redouble efforts to return to normal functioning of Schengen area
DIGITAL: Commission paves way forward for artificial intelligence
DIGITAL: Commission presents series of measures to facilitate public and private data flow
DIGITAL: Commission hopes to lift barriers to transfer of health data
BUSINESS: Commission intends to introduce European company law into digital era
BUSINESS: Harmonised procedures on company cross-border mobility
TRANSPORT: European Parliament confusion on rental rules for non-EU aircraft and airline crews
TRANSPORT: MEPs call for Commission to take action against odometer fraud
INTERNAL MARKET: Germany wants exemptions to directive on notification procedure for services
INTERNAL MARKET: Council and Parliament moving towards agreement on single digital portal
INDUSTRY: UEAPME concerned by Parliament debates on revised definition of SMEs
ENVIRONMENT: Representatives of three national authorities to appear before PEST special committee
ENERGY: Environmental groups defend viability of energy system completely based on renewables
ENERGY: Cities and local authorities want to be stakeholders in energy-climate governance system
EXTERNAL ACTION
SYRIA: At conference of donors, EU pledges €560 million in aid to most vulnerable Syrians and neighbouring countries in 2018
SYRIA: International community convinced of need to relaunch political process
IRAN: Federica Mogherini rules out any renegotiation of agreement on Iranian nuclear programme
QATAR: Qataris ask Europeans to stand alongside them in face of blockade from other Arab countries
ALGERIA: European Commission and Algerian authorities want to appease trade tension
SWITZERLAND: Bern concerned at possible EU safeguard measures on steel and aluminium
TRADE: EESC supports EU competence for control of FDI from third countries when it has impact on several member states
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: Spain pulls out all stops to be awarded headquarters of Operation Eunavfor Atalanta
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: Outlines of legislative proposals on post-2020 CAP
BUDGET: Greens/EFA group in Parliament has no faith in prospect of agreement on post-2020 MFF before May 2019
EP2019: EU electoral law reform hampered by Italian indecision
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECOFIN: In Sofia, EU financial policy-makers will discuss Banking Union, deepening of EMU and taxing digital sector
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
DIGITAL: Advocate General clarifies scope of law on availability of protected photographs
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: Compensation measure to Sumburgh airport gets green light
SPACE: United Kingdom examining possibility of launching its own satellite navigation programme
MOLDOVA: EU hails progress in Transnistria settlement process
HEALTH: EPP Group in Parliament dreams of eradicating cancer by 2040
SOCIAL: MEPs ratify inter-institutional agreement on posted workers directive
TRANSPORT: River transport social partners call for measures to tackle violence against women and LGBTQI workers
TRANSPORT: Wim van de Camp spends night in lorry parked in secure parking area
CORRIGENDUM
MIGRATION: Clarification on term 'allocation of asylum seekers' in migration crises