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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12136
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Budget

European Parliament united in defending an ambitious multiannual financial framework 2021-2027 at 1.3% of EU GNI

The European Parliament generally united on Tuesday 13 November in Strasbourg to defend an ambitious future multiannual financial framework (MFF) amounting to 1.3% of the EU's (EUROPE) gross national income (GNI). On Wednesday 14 November, the Parliament will vote without difficulty on its position on the MFF 2021-2027 in order to be able to start negotiating as soon as possible with the Council (see EUROPE 12131). 

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Contents

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
FUTURE OF THE EU: Angela Merkel supports project of a European army, one of her last great wishes for EU
ROMANIA: European Parliament calls on Bucharest to respect principles of rule of law a few weeks before Romanian Presidency of Council of EU
BUDGET: European Parliament united in defending an ambitious multiannual financial framework 2021-2027 at 1.3% of EU GNI
ENERGY: European Parliament endorses legislative acts providing for 32.5% energy savings and 32% renewable energy by 2030
SOCIAL: Directive on transparent and predictable working conditions, EPP Group could request confirmation in plenary of European Parliament's position
FISHERIES: European Parliament ready to negotiate with Council on management of small pelagic stocks in Adriatic Sea
JUSTICE: European Parliament notes its request for a common EU framework for protection of minorities in EU
DEVELOPMENT: European Parliament calls on EU and its Member States to put education at centre of development policies
DEVELOPMENT: European Parliament asks EU to support digitisation of developing countries
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Commission shall set out contingency actions in absence of agreement
EP2019: pro-European, but anti-federalist, Jan Zahradil will be Spitzenkandidate of European Conservatives
EP2019: Marine Le Pen abandons rhetoric of leaving EU in favour of building a ‘European Alliance of Nations’
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ITALY: Rome should be exposed to possible opening of an excessive deficit procedure
TAXATION: ambiguous German position on a “two-step” solution for taxation of digital giants
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: Cooperation and verification mechanism, Bulgaria is progressing while Romania is regressing
DIGITAL: end of roaming, mobile virtual network operators heavily penalised in wholesale market
MIGRATION: European Court of Auditors gives a mixed assessment of Refugee Facility in Turkey
EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: United States could take action against Nord Stream 2
ALGERIA: Ms Mogherini calls for greater cooperation on security
PAKISTAN: 89 MEPs call for Asia Bibi to be allowed to leave Pakistan
YEMEN: alarmed, EU calls for full humanitarian access to civilians and an urgent political solution
DEVELOPMENT: Council of EU has set Member States' estimated contributions to European Development Fund
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT: EU has a key role to play in global fight against childhood pneumonia, according to Save the Children
WTO: British quota extraction system is dissatisfied with EU's trading partners
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT: Council would reduce ambitions of recommendations on access to social protection
SOCIAL: Mrs Thyssen, Mr Juncker and Mr Visentini blow out first candle of Social Pillar
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
INTERNAL MARKET: The Court limits restrictions on free provision of services between Member States
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY: flavour of a food product cannot be protected by copyright, confirms Court
NEWS BRIEFS
AUSTRALIA: EU and Australia are working to strengthen their cooperation
CONSUMERS: EU and Canada sign a cooperation agreement on product safety cooperation
JUSTICE: In early 2019, France and Facebook will develop proposals on combating online hate content
EP2019: La France insoumise presents its provisional programmatic text for European elections
MIDDLE EAST: EU urges an immediate end to violent actions in Gaza
UNITED KINGDOM: emergency meeting of May Government to analyse details of a draft British EU withdrawal agreement
HEALTH: nineteen Member States are committed to improving accessibility of genomic data
SOCIAL: Work Life Balance Directive, Germany takes an inflexible position
TERRORISM: European Special Committee on Terrorism is about to adopt its report