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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12086
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Burma/myanmar

EU brings support to fact-finding mission on fight against impunity

On Thursday 30 August, the spokesperson for the European External Action Service (EEAS) said that the preliminary report of the United Nations international fact-finding mission on Myanmar, published at the beginning of the week "confirms the importance of ensuring that perpetrators of crimes are held to account" (see EUROPE 12082).

"The European Union has consistently advocated against impunity for those responsible for systematic human rights violations in Myanmar", the EEAS spokesperson...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Barnier and Raab consider that an agreement in October on an orderly withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the EU is possible
EP2019: Appointing Spitzenkandidaten – a user's guide
EXTERNAL ACTION
SERBIA/KOSOVO: EU ministers rather concerned at possible amicable territorial exchange
SYRIA: European foreign affairs ministers urge against military action in Idlib, which would lead to humanitarian disaster
VENEZUELA: Federica Mogherini announces further €35 million in humanitarian assistance
USA: Federica Mogherini says Washington remains EU's closest partner
BURMA/MYANMAR: EU brings support to fact-finding mission on fight against impunity
DRC: EU says impartiality of constitutional court and electoral commission are essential for credible elections
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Controversial new Court of Justice case-law on deducting losses made abroad
STATE AID: Luxembourg to appeal against Commission's decision in Engie case
STATE AID: Green light to prolongation of Danish, Italian and Polish measures to support the banking sector
SECTORAL POLICIES
SOCIETY: European Commission to suggest ending six-monthly time change
FISHERIES: Commission suggests 31% cut in 2019 for catches of cod in Western Baltic
FISHERIES: Franco-British spat over scallop-fishing
BIODIVERSITY: European Parliament's environment committee wants ambitious and credible EU plan for UN Convention's COP14
ENVIRONMENT: New lorry CO2 levels, Bas Eickhout wants quota for zero emissions for 2025 and 2030
INDUSTRY: ACEA proposes 7% cut in CO2 emissions for lorries by 2025
INDUSTRY: New worldwide harmonised light vehicles test procedure (WLTP) becomes obligatory on 1 September
COHESION: Jens Geier proposes rejecting Commission's proposals on performance reserve
NEWS BRIEFS
MONEY LAUNDERING: Members of European Parliament's 'TAX 3' committee note efforts in Latvia
COUNCIL OF EUROPE: 65 years of the European Convention on Human Rights
EPO: Trade unions make series of proposals for new president of EPO
ECONOMY: Inflation at 2.0% in Eurozone in August
EMPLOYMENT: Eurozone unemployment at lowest since 2008, says Eurostat
CALENDAR
Main activities of the European Institutions: 03/09 - 09/09/2018
Other events: 03/07-16/09/2018