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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12119
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INSTITUTIONAL / Budget

Commission mobilises €1 billion in flexibility for expenditure related to the migration crisis

On Tuesday 16 October, the European Commission adopted a proposal to mobilise the flexibility instrument to the tune of €1 billion to pay for actions related to the challenges of migration, refugees and security over the coming years.

In this proposal, to be examined by the Council and the European Parliament, the Commission is proposing that this flexibility instrument (which makes it possible to overshoot the ceilings of a heading of the multiannual financial framework when there is no...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
UK: EU27 give Theresa May a little more time to succeed on orderly Brexit
MIGRATION: routine discussion on migration, with no expected breakthrough on reform of European asylum system
SECURITY: European leaders expected to call for sanctions against perpetrators of cyber attacks
JUSTICE: Twenty-Eight should call for the adoption of several priority security issues
EMU: Eurozone summit to prepare for decisive December meeting
CLIMATE: European leaders will send message of multilateral ambition to COP24
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: Transatlantic differences of opinion over progress in bilateral trade negotiations
VIETNAM: On eve of ASEM, Commission confirms third trade agreement with an Asian country is on track
EXTERNAL ACTION: for Ms Mogherini, accession of Balkans would not be an enlargement, but a unification of EU
INSTITUTIONAL
BREXIT: Member States validate  rules governing relocation to EU of European agencies located in London
EPP: Alexander Stubb and Manfred Weber are  two Christian Democrat candidates in contention for the Commission Presidency
EPP: Viktor Orban case the subject of discussions at EPP Summit again
BUDGET: Commission mobilises €1 billion in flexibility for expenditure related to the migration crisis
BUDGET: Commission slightly reduces agricultural spending for 2019
SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: Member States could easily achieve a general approach on road infrastructure safety management without great difficulty
ENERGY: Commission and Bill Gates launch €100 million fund for clean energy
INDUSTRY: Automobile manufacturers urge negotiators to find agreement on Brexit
INDUSTRY: Automobile manufacturers seek to weaken general safety regulation, a group of NGOs criticise
ENVIRONMENT: NGO coalition 'Rethink Plastic' calls on European Parliament to be ambitious for stopping pollution by plastic
FISHERIES: EU renews its sustainable fishing partnership agreement with Cape Verde
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: European Parliament and Council reach an agreement on the reform of Cedefop and EU-Osha, but not on Eurofound
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JHA: 'Returns' directive applies when a member state has temporarily reinstated controls on the internal borders of the EU, says Advocate General
NEWS BRIEFS
BANKS: Europol and European Banking Federation launch campaign to raise awareness of cyber-scams
YOUTH: DiscoverEU, 12,000 additional tickets ready for distribution
JUSTICE: postponement of inter-institutional negotiations on the 'ECRIS-TCN' system until 20 November
MIDDLE EAST: EU urges immediate halt of rocket fire from Gaza
SOCIAL: Poverty declining in EU, according to Eurostat