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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12090

7 September 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 22
EXTERNAL ACTION / Afghanistan
EEAS rails that civilians, journalists and medical workers should never be targeted
Brussels, 06/09/2018 (Agence Europe)

On Thursday 6 September, the spokesperson for the European External Action Service condemned the two attacks that took place in Kabul the previous day claiming 20 lives and leaving 70 wounded.

The bomb attacks, which have not thus far been claimed, first targeted Afghan citizens in a sports club in a Shi'ite district, then those who were first on the scene to bring help and journalists doing their job, the EEAS spokesperson said in a press release.

"Civilians, journalists, medical workers;...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
HUNGARY: European Parliament's EPP Group wants to clarify adoption procedure for Sargentini report on rule of law
FUTURE OF EU: Spinelli group manifesto for constitutional reform of EU
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: MEPs call for more resources for European Public Prosecutor's Office
JUSTICE: Birgit Sippel joins critics on proposed direct cooperation model proposed for electronic evidence
ENVIRONMENT: Farming without, or almost without, pesticides is urgent, experts tell special PEST committee
ENVIRONMENT: For European elections, major NGOs call for climate and the environment to be EU priorities
ANIMAL HEALTH: Commission expresses concern at spread of African swine fever in Romania
FISHERIES: It is hoped Franco-British agreement on scallops will be found on Friday
AGRICULTURE: Via Campesina fears fragmentation of common agriculture policy
TRANSPORT: Henrik Hololei urges MEPs to find areas of compromise on first mobility package
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: Green light to acquisition of Shazam by Apple
TAXATION: Paris provides reassurances as to Berlin's support over taxation of Internet giants
EXTERNAL ACTION
SYRIA: Federica Mogherini urges Astana guarantors to preserve Idlib
USA: Member of US Department of State says EU should adopt sanctions against Iran
AFGHANISTAN: EEAS rails that civilians, journalists and medical workers should never be targeted
EDUCATION - CULTURE
EDUCATION: Court of Auditions says Erasmus+ programme is popular but could be improved
CULTURE: Europeana online library is relevant but not always sufficient according to Commission report
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
SOCIAL: Posted workers replacing other posted workers are still covered by the social security regime of the country in which the work is carried out, says the Court
JHA: Advocate general says bus companies not required to check passengers' travel documents if an internal Schengen Area border is crossed
NEWS BRIEFS
INDUSTRY: T&E says expansion of zero emission heavy duty vehicles could create 120,000 jobs
SERBIA/KOSOVO: European Parliament rapporteurs on Serbia and Kosovo support Mogherini in negotiation of agreement
TRANSPORT: European maritime ports want their role recognised in post-2020 Connecting Europe Facility