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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12122
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Regions

CPMR and Commission exchange views and do not understand each other on maritime cooperation

At the General Assembly of the Conference of Peripheral and Maritime Regions (CPMR), held in Madeira from 18 to 20 October, the member regions and the European Commission revisited the issue of maritime cooperation, bringing up once again the objections. 

As a reminder, the European Commission has proposed to limit maritime cooperation to a transnational level, whereas it is cross-border in the current regulation on European territorial cooperation, to the great displeasure of the...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: The “new Europe” and how it got old
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ITALY: Rome has no plans to change its draft 2019 budget
ECONOMY: Draft 2019 budget – five Eurozone countries come in for closer attention
ECONOMY: Average government deficit down to 1.0% of GDP and average government debt down to 86.8% of GDP in Eurozone in 2017
TAXATION: Excise duty – Brewers of Europe warn of discrimination against flavoured beer ahead of EP vote
STATE AID: Green light to aid for self-supplies of electricity
EXTERNAL ACTION
SAUDI ARABIA: Europeans urge for thorough, credible and transparent investigation into death of Jamal Khashoggi
JORDAN: Signature of new €50 million financial agreement to support justice sector reform
FYROM: EU hails parliament's vote to launch name change procedure
NUCLEAR: EU urges USA and Russia to preserve INF Treaty which is 'crucial for Europe’s security'
DRC: EU mobilises another €7.2 million in humanitarian aid to step up fight against Ebola
USA: Transatlantic regulatory discussions under pressure
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: revision of ‘drinking water’ directive, European Parliament vote expected in response to citizen initiative Right2water
DIGITAL: confidentiality of communications, long-awaited meeting of national experts at Council
DIGITAL: Council should make few changes to reform project for '.eu' domain name
JHA: close vote in European Parliament on reintroduction of controls at Schengen internal borders
JUSTICE: drafting of a resolution on rise of neo-fascist violence is giving MEPs a hard time
FISHERIES: EU signs a Sustainable Fisheries Partnership Agreement with Gambia
REGIONS: CPMR and Commission exchange views and do not understand each other on maritime cooperation
COHESION: EESC takes a stand against budget cuts in post-2020 cohesion policy
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: For Ms May, London must choose between a safety net including United Kingdom and an extended post-Brexit transition period
ROMANIA: Commission asks Bucharest to take into account Council of Europe's criticisms of reform of Romanian judicial system
NEWS BRIEFS
AFRICA: Neven Mimica welcomes launch of an AU campaign on women peacekeepers
AGRICULTURE: third round of European Parliament/Council negotiations in November on spirit drinks
BANKS: Results of bank stress tests to be published on Friday 2 November
JUSTICE: MEPs postpone vote on whistleblower directive until end of November
RUSSIA: No meeting between Medvedev and Juncker
SOCIAL: Commission celebrates 60th anniversary of regulation on the coordination of social security systems
TRANSPORT: logistics and customs stakeholders welcome proposal on electronic freight transport information
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 1235