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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12092
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Cohesion

Committee of the Regions preparing a very critical opinion on European Commission's post-2020 budget proposals

The Committee of the Regions is preparing to adopt an opinion that is particularly critical of the European Commission’s proposals for the upcoming multiannual financial framework (MFF), going by a provisional version of the opinion prepared by Nikola Dobroslavić (EPP, Hungary), seen by this newsletter on Monday 10 September.

The rapporteur starts by regretting that the Commission did not propose an increase in the spending caps of 1.3% of GNI. He is opposed to the 10% budget cuts in the...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
HUNGARY: Orbán government enters fray to defend its action against European Parliament's 'lies'
EP2019: Guy Verhofstadt calls for alliance with Emmanuel Macron's party
EU INSTITUTIONS: Landscape of member states' representation at European public service level
EXTERNAL ACTION
USA: Malmström and Lighthizer find bearings and agree on ambitious negotiation agenda
UKRAINE: EU criticises announcement of elections in Peoples Republics of Luhansk and Donetsk on 11 November
BAHRAIN: EU and Bahrain discuss possible collaboration on women's rights
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: French proposal for a 'sunset clause' breathes new life into debate on taxation of digital services
EMU: European financial policymakers making very slow progress over fiscal capacity of Eurozone
EIB: The idea of supervising the EU Bank fails to win over member states
SECTORAL POLICIES
COHESION: Committee of the Regions preparing a very critical opinion on European Commission's post-2020 budget proposals
FISHERIES: Spanish minister Luis Planas calls for flexibility in requirement to unload catches
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: European PVC industry pledges to recycle 900,000 tonnes of PVC a year by 2025
NEWS BRIEFS
GREECE: First post-financial bailout monitoring mission in Athens until Friday
INDUSTRY: T&E launches electric car campaign
LIBYA: Federica Mogherini underlines her support for government of national accord
MADAGASCAR: EU hails progress towards free and appeased presidential elections on 7 November
MIDDLE EAST: Another call from Mogherini against destruction of Khan al-Ahmar village
FISHERIES: Scallops, no agreement between French and British fishermen
SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Commission to propose 4.7 million euros from EGF to help Portugal's clothing sector
SOCIAL AFFAIRS: Trade unions demand tangible social action from Juncker in his State of the Union address
TRANSPORT: Trade unions restate their position on first mobility package
TRANSPORT: Combined transport industry favours proposal on electronic exchange of freight information
CORRIGENDUM
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: Clarification on Zoran Zaev's attendance at plenary session
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 1229