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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12059

11 July 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 36
EXTERNAL ACTION / Foreign affairs
Austrian Presidency of EU Council makes Western Balkans a priority
Brussels, 10/07/2018 (Agence Europe)

Like the Bulgarian Presidency of the EU Council, the Austrian Presidency, which took over the reins on 1 July, is making the Western Balkans a strategic priority.

Speaking to the European Parliament's foreign affairs committee, Austria's Foreign Affairs Minister Karin Kneissl highlighted "stability in our neighbourhood with a stronger rapprochement of the countries of South East Europe".  She refused to use the term 'Western Balkans', preferring 'South East Europe'.

According to Kneissl,...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: Court of Auditors considers Commission has not sufficiently justified its proposal on 2021-2027 MFF
2019 BUDGET: Council trims €1.5 billion from draft 2019 budget
INSTITUTIONAL: Subsidiarity Task Force proposes change in European treaties to make 'yellow card' more flexible to benefit national parliaments
PARLIAMENT: Nearly one third of MEPs have paid activities in addition to their mandate, Transparency International notes
SECURITY - DEFENCE
SECURITY: EU and NATO sign new declaration of cooperation
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: European Parliament ready to negotiate on cyber security
JHA: Ministerial meeting for beginning work on EU28 decisions for sealing EU's external borders
JUSTICE: Austrian Presidency of Council would like an agreement on electronic evidence by December
TRANSPORT: Mr Hofer highlights his wish to develop compromises on first mobility package by December
TRANSPORT: MEPs define the negotiating position on combined transport
AGRICULTURE: Parliament rapporteur Esther Herranz Garcia denounces vague strategy on CAP post-2020
ENVIRONMENT: MEPs call for implementation of 'pesticides' regulation to be improved for health and environmental reasons
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: Strategy for plastics - Parliament environment committee advocates banning oxo-degradable plastics
CONSUMERS: MEPs give go-ahead to rules on Shochu marketing
COHESION: Commission extends action to support regional innovation
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Austrian Presidency of EU Council makes Western Balkans a priority
LIBYA: Tajani says imperative for Libya to follow elections path firmly
TRADE: Austrian Presidency seeking to ensure high quality of EU free trade agreements
JAPAN: Talks for EU-Japan investment agreement continue on basis of European ICS approach
MERCOSUR: European Parliament's call for political level mobilisation to support EU-Mercosur free trade agreement
INDONESIA: Friends of the Earth says EU-Indonesia free trade agreement fails sustainability test
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Corporate Europe Observatory criticizes Big Four's influence on EU tax policy
STATE AID: Commission orders Spain to recover €167 million from postal operator Correos
COMPETITION: T-Mobile Austria's acquisition of UPC Austria gets green light
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JUSTICE: Court confirms that Jehovah's Witnesses must respect personal data protection rules
NEWS BRIEFS
AFET: EU ready to support technical secretariat of OPCW
CENTRAL ASIA: EU and countries of region say new regional dynamics will enable further cooperation
ETHIOPIA/ERITREA: EU hails historic Joint Declaration of Peace and Friendship between the two countries
WOMEN: Austria supports new gender equality strategy
KAZAKHSTAN: Vice-chair of European Parliament's EU-Kazakhstan delegation calls for civil liberties violations to stop
MEDITERRANEAN: Federica Mogherini reaffirms EU's support and commitment to Union for Mediterranean
UNITED KINGDOM: Jeremy Hunt replaces Boris Johnson as Foreign Minister
SAHEL: €191 million in humanitarian aid to eight countries in the region
ANIMAL HEALTH: MEPs approve compromise on medicated feedstuffs
SUDAN: EU regrets that Djibouti and Uganda have not surrendered Omar Al-Bashir to International Criminal Court
UKRAINE: EU asks Kiev to continue work to improve business environment and to tackle protectionist measures