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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12097

18 September 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 25 / 30
NEWS BRIEFS / Egypt
Tusk and Kurz in Cairo and speak to Sisi about migration issues

17/09/2018 (Agence Europe) – On Sunday 16 September, European Council President Donald Tusk and Austria's Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (whose country currently holds the reins of the rotating EU Council Presidency) met Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi in Cairo.  Their discussions focused on the regional situation, cooperation in terms of migration, and the idea of an EU-Arab League summit, Tusk tweeted.  According to Kurz, such a summit could be held in 2019.  (CG)

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