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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12099

20 September 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 31 / 33
NEWS BRIEFS / Ep2019
Christian Kern seeks support for candidacy to Social-Democrat Spitzenkandidat nomination

19/09/2018 (Agence Europe) – On Tuesday 18 September, former Austrian Chancellor Christian Kern announced his intention to withdraw from the national political scene in a bid to hold a seat at the European Parliament.  According to his office, he is currently seeking sufficient support to be able to run as a head-of-list candidate (Spitzenkandidat) for the European Socialist Party (ESP).  The previous day, the current commissioner, Maros Sefcovic of Slovakia, had announced he had...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: What if common sense returned to the fore?
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
STATE AID: Commission considers that Luxembourg did not give McDonald's a selective fiscal treatment
INSTITUTIONAL
BUDGET: Agreement on post-2020 MFF will be hard to conclude before May 2019, says EESC rapporteur
POLAND: Postponement of European Court of Justice referral regarding Polish Supreme Court
UNITED KINGDOM: Michel Barnier is willing to improve EU proposal on Irish issue
CITIZENSHIP: Commission registers two new European citizens' initiatives
SECTORAL POLICIES
RESEARCH: Member states question legal basis of specific implementing programme for Horizon Europe
RESEARCH: UEAPME seeks to strengthen SME's place within Horizon Europe framework programme
JUSTICE: Austrian Presidency of the Council puts two options on the table with regard to legal conflicts with a third country when obtaining electronic evidence
AGRICULTURE: Derogations are adopted in favour of EU farmers hit by drought
AGRICULTURE: Debate in Council continues on unfair trading practices
ENVIRONMENT: Mercury pollution is major threat requiring more robust response, says EEA
CLIMATE: BusinessEurope advocates status quo for EU's 2030 objective, much to Greenpeace's indignation
EXTERNAL ACTION
ASIA: Commission presents its vision to bring EU and Asia closer together
HUMAN RIGHTS: EU to launch international initiative to promote human rights through a positive narrative
SYRIA: European institutions spent more money than pledged to help Syria and region
KOREAN PENINSULA: EU hails concrete commitments taken at inter-Korean summit
AFRICA: AU urges Matteo Salvini 'to retract his derogatory statement about African migrants' for a constructive dialogue
SECURITY - DEFENCE
SECURITY: Member states work on 'common messages' to speed up EU's diplomatic response in event of cyber attack
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JHA: European arrest warrant system will apply to the United Kingdom until Brexit, Court confirms
SOCIAL: Court clarifies notion of 'night worker'
STATE AID: Court of Justice asks General Court to re-examine whether an unlimited implicit guarantee can constitute State aid
EDUCATION
EDUCATION: New loans guarantee mechanism in Italy
EDUCATION: European Parliament preparing to reach a position on digital education
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: European beet growers call for emergency measures
STATE AID: Preliminary Commission investigation into possible abuse of dominant position by Amazon in use of personal data
BUDGET: European Parliament's draft report on 2021-2027 MFF may be presented on 8 or 9 October
COHESION: ECR group at CoR holds its first summit dedicated to 'localism'
COMMISSION: New directors appointed to Budget, Human Resources department, and Joint Research Centre
EUROPEAN COUNCIL: API-IPA asks Belgian authorities to clarify situation on new charges linked to security control
EP2019: Christian Kern seeks support for candidacy to Social-Democrat Spitzenkandidat nomination
SLOVAKIA: European Parliament's civil liberties committee concerned at corruption in country
SYRIA: Mogherini calls for Turkish-Russian agreement on demilitarised zone to be implemented