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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12043
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Fyrom

EU to continue supporting process for implementing agreement on country's name

On Sunday 17 June, High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Federica Mogherini announced that the EU would support the implementation of the agreement between Greece and the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (FRYOM) on the name 'North Macedonia'.

While the agreement was signed on 17 June by the Greek and Macedonian foreign affairs ministers Nikos Kotzias and Nikola Dimitrov and is due to enter into force within six months, on the FYROM side it still has to...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: Twenty member states against cut in agricultural spending in 2021-2027 period
FISHERIES: Reasonably warm reception from Council for fisheries fund proposal
FISHERIES: Proposals on tighter controls raise Council criticism
FISHERIES: France restates opposition to pulse fishing
MIGRATION: 2017 EU asylum requests fall but number of refusals rises
MIGRATION: Further progress expected at the council on several areas of asylum package including EU resettlement framework
ENVIRONMENT: Aarhus Convention – Council calls on Commission to provide options to address lack of public access to justice
CLIMATE: No member state really championing climate cause, says CAN Europe
DIGITAL: European Commission launches coordinated action plan for artificial intelligence
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF THE EU: Paris and Berlin plan to finalise their roadmap to deepen Economic and Monetary Union
POLAND: Commission still hoping for compromise with Warsaw over rule of law
PARLIAMENT: Interpreter requisitions continue at European Parliament
ECONOMY - FINANCE
BANKS: MEPs prepare to reach their position on 'risk reduction' package
FINANCE: Council inclined to dial down pan-European nature of personal pension product label
EMU: European Fiscal Board calls for slightly restrictive budgetary orientation in Eurozone in 2019
COMPETITION: European Commission gives green light to planned acquisition of Sky by Comcast
EXTERNAL ACTION
SAHEL: EU and G5 Sahel cooperate in their common interest for security and region's socio-economic development
FYROM: EU to continue supporting process for implementing agreement on country's name
AUSTRALIA: Official launch of EU-Australia free trade negotiations
MERCOSUR: Paraguay criticises EU's agricultural sensitivities in free trade negotiations
TRADE: Italy grows impatient at zero-duty imports of Asian rice
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: EU member states shifting towards greater flexibility in 'work-life balance' directive
SOCIAL: Trade unions, NGOs and MEPs urge member states to reach a position on 'work-life balance' directive
NEWS BRIEFS
COMPETITION: Green light to Fortum's acquisition of Uniper
CRIMEA: EU extends sanctions for a year in connection with illegal annexation of Crimea
ENVIRONMENT: Commissioner Andriukaitis to appear before PEST special committee on 19 June
LIBYA: EU sanctions six human traffickers
FISHERIES: Council adopts technical amendment of Baltic Sea management plan
FISHERIES: Polisario Front challenges resumption of negotiations between EU and Morocco on amended agreement
FISHERIES: Council adopts multiannual management plan for North Sea
FISHERIES: Council adopts regulation on South Pacific fisheries management
CSDP: Jacques Fradin considers that EU missions in Mali will need time to achieve their aims
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
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