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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12122

23 October 2018
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SECTORAL POLICIES / Cohesion
EESC takes a stand against budget cuts in post-2020 cohesion policy
Brussels, 22/10/2018 (Agence Europe)

The members of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) rejected the European Commission's proposals for budget cuts for post-2020 cohesion policy in a series of opinions adopted on 18 October in plenary session. 

Budget cuts (around 10% compared to the 2014-2020 budget) as proposed by the European Commission (see EUROPE 12046) would send a ‘bad signal’ to European citizens, according to EESC members, who are asking to keep the cohesion budget at its current level (€351.8...

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