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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12120

19 October 2018
Contents Publication in full By article 27 / 28
NEWS BRIEFS / Regions
34 million euros for four Member States affected by natural disasters

18/10/2018 (Agence Europe) – The European Commission announced on Thursday 18 October that it had received the support of Parliament and the Council to activate the EU Solidarity Fund for Greece, Poland, Lithuania and Bulgaria. Of the €34 million, €2.5 million will be allocated to the Greek island of Kos following the July 2017 earthquake; €12.2 million will go to Poland following the August 2017 storms and rainfalls; almost €17 million will go to Lithuania following the 2017...

Contents

EUROPEAN COUNCIL
ITALY: Rome gets stern warning over draft Italian budget
EMU: No notable progress on deepening Economic and Monetary Union
MIGRATION: still no unity of opinion on solidarity between Member states in asylum matters
UK: EU27 believe Brexit agreement possible but still await breakthrough on Irish issue
SECURITY: EU leaders call on their ministers to work on a sanctions regime against those responsible for cyber attacks
CLIMATE: COP24, European leaders ask all parties to Paris Agreement to prepare to increase their ambition
BOSNIA & HERZEGOVINA: Post-electoral situation discussed by heads of state and government
SECTORAL POLICIES
CLIMATE: MEPs more ambitious than Commission on reducing CO2 emissions from new heavy vehicles
TRANSPORT: Austrian presidency of Council is not (yet) proposing a return to cabotage exemptions in combined transport
TRANSPORT: European Parliament and Council have every hope they will close talks on aviation competition in November
JUSTICE: launch of second evaluation of ‘Privacy Shield’
FISHERIES: EU and Republic of Korea join forces in fight against IUU fishing
ECONOMY - FINANCE
STATE AID: Commission cancels its action against Ireland in Apple case
TAXATION: Outrage at European Parliament following latest revelations in 'CumEx Files' tax scandal
EXTERNAL ACTION
RUSSIA: Matteo Salvini denounces madness of sanctions
ASEM: 12th Asia-Europe summit under sign of cooperation
AFRICA: Health in sub-Saharan Africa, Bill Gates invests €54 million in EU External Investment Plan
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
EMPLOYMENT: European Parliament significantly strengthens provisions of Directive on contractual labour relations
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
COPYRIGHT: Right to privacy should not automatically strip rightholders of their rights, Court confirms
NEWS BRIEFS
COMPETITION: EU and China continue to exchange views on competition policy
EDUCATION: new loan guarantee mechanism in Croatia
TAXATION: Bruno Le Maire loses patience over taxation of digital sector
EP2019: several Generation.s committees do not wish to have Benoît Hamon at top of list for European elections
EP2019: Matteo Salvini does not rule out running for Presidency of European Commission
EPP: Orbán supports Weber for nomination as Spitzenkandidat for Christian Democratic family
TRANSPORT: European Parliament/Council agreement on leasing manned aircraft from non-EU airlines
REGIONS: 34 million euros for four Member States affected by natural disasters
FOOD SAFETY: a case of mad cow disease found on a Scottish farm