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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12103

26 September 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 27
NEWS BRIEFS / Digital
Denmark signs political declaration on high-performance computing

25/09/2018 (Agence Europe) – The European Commission has announced on 24 September that a 22nd member state, Denmark, has co-signed the European declaration on high performance computing, which seeks to pool European and national resources to construct and deploy world-class supercomputers in Europe (see EUROPE 12081). In addition to this political declaration, 24 member states are said to be participating in the common EuroHPC enterprise for the 2019-26 period (see EUROPE 12100).  One...

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SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: Aquarius seeking to land in Europe and asks France for help, which asks Malta to intervene
AGRICULTURE: Council will find it difficult to reach general approach by December on post-2020 CAP
FOOD SAFETY: Mercury and salmonella in food are most often reported cases to RASFF rapid alert system
FISHERIES: European Parliament committee hopes to vote on 22 November on Mediterranean fish stock management plan
JUSTICE: Vienna remains sceptical as to chances of agreement on 'company law' legislative package in 2018
JUSTICE: Věra Jourová calls on political leaders and media to take responsibility in fighting 'bad version of nationalism'
TRANSPORT: European Parliament and Council maintain their position on competition in aviation sector
TRANSPORT: Austrian Presidency of the Council proposes mainly technical changes to Maritime Single Window
SPACE: ESPI says United Kingdom's participation in majority of European space programmes is possible after Brexit
INSTITUTIONAL
EP2019: Alexander Stubb may officially enter race in Strasbourg on 2 October to become next Commission president
EP2019: Jan Zahradil of the Czech Republic likely to be Spitzenkandidat of European Conservatives
ECONOMY - FINANCE
FINANCE: MEPs adopt position on new prudential framework for investment firms
COMPETITION: Statement of objections to Slovakian railway company ZSSK for obstructing an inspection
EXTERNAL ACTION
IRAN: Europeans announce creation of instrument aiming to facilitate legitimate trade with Tehran
AFRICA: AU, EU and UN hand in hand to address global challenges like security and sustainable development
UN: Eradication of poverty recognised as greatest challenge at global peace summit
DEVELOPMENT: Development cooperation important for 89% of EU citizens, according to Eurobarometer
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
TRANSPARENCY: European Parliament under no requirement to shed light on utilisation of allowances awarded to MEPs, says General Court
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: German support to two highly efficient cogeneration plants approved
MONEY LAUNDERING: In Cyprus, Vera Jourova calls for better coordination to prevent EU from becoming 'the laundromat of dirty money'
SINGLE MARKET: Institutional agreement close on 'mutual recognition' regulation
DIGITAL: Relations 'P2B', the industry committee of the European Parliament tabled its amendments for opinion
DIGITAL: Denmark signs political declaration on high-performance computing
HEALTH: Availability of 39 other medicines threatened by Brexit
SOCIAL AFFAIRS: European and Canadian trade unions calls for strengthening of CETA's social dimension
TRANSPORT: Austrian Presidency of the Council to submit second draft compromise on road infrastructure safety management
CORRIGENDUM
EP2019: Germany's Nicola Beer becomes FDP's lead candidate in the European elections