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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12097

18 September 2018
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NEWS BRIEFS / Africa
Austrian Chancellor announces EU/Africa summit to be held in Vienna in December

17/09/2018 (Agence Europe) – The Austrian Chancellor, Sebastian Kurz, has confirmed that the Austrian Presidency of the Council of the EU will hold a high level political meeting in Vienna in December on EU/Africa relations (see EUROPE 12094). “We will host a Europe/Africa summit in December and we are hoping for France's support. We intend to focus on the economic development of Africa”, the Chancellor announced upon his arrival in Paris on Monday 17 September, where he was received...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
EP2019: Maros Sefcovic makes bid for investiture of Social Democrats
EP2019: Four candidates in running to become co-Spitzenkandidaten of European Green Party
POLAND: New hearing at Council of EU on rule of law, with Warsaw still on point of referral to the Court
SECTORAL POLICIES
COHESION: Andrey Novakov and Constanze Krehl propose in-depth reform of future common provisions regulation
SPACE: MEPs converging towards post-2020 space policy budget increase
JUSTICE: How Mark Zuckerberg intends to prevent any interference in elections on Facebook
JUSTICE: Member states approve extending retirement age of Chief of European Prosecutor's Office to 70
ENERGY: Work continues on synchronising Baltic States' electricity grid with continental European system
ENERGY: Electricity - France explains why it believes in market capacity
ANIMAL HEALTH: African swine fever on agenda of informal meeting of agriculture ministers
FISHERIES: Efforts must be stepped up to reach maximum sustainable yield, Commission says
CLIMATE: San Francisco summit must spur on European leadership of COP24, MEPs say
ENVIRONMENT: Commission's action plan for enforcing EU legislation lacks verve, says EESC
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: Ten years on from the financial crisis, Finance Watch speaks out against prevailing inertia
GREECE: Discussions between Athens and its creditors on pension reform to continue
ECONOMY: Annual inflation rate down to 2.0% in Eurozone and 2.1% in EU in August
EXTERNAL ACTION
MOROCCO: EU and Morocco sign two financing agreements for total of €200 million
IRAQ: EU hails election of Mohamed al-Halbusi as new Speaker of Iraqi Council of Representatives
WESTERN BALKANS: Johannes Hahn warns no EU accession without media freedom
MERCOSUR: Limited progress achieved on trade section by both blocs' negotiators
TRADE: 'G20 Trade' recognises 'urgent need' to reform WTO
NEWS BRIEFS
AFRICA: Austrian Chancellor announces EU/Africa summit to be held in Vienna in December
ECB: Monetary Institute unveils new €100 and €200 notes to enter into circulation on 28 May 2019
DEVELOPMENT: New Africa-Europe alliance for investment and jobs includes women too, says Karin Kneissl
EGYPT: Tusk and Kurz in Cairo and speak to Sisi about migration issues
ENERGY: Germany shifting towards an exit from coal by 2038
HUNGARY: Budapest gets ready to bring proceedings against European Parliament vote on rule of law before Court of Justice
INDUSTRY: Mayor of London urges Commission to move faster over heavy goods vehicles
SYRIA: EU organises high level meeting on 26 September
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 1230