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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12165

5 January 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 23 / 28
NEWS BRIEFS / Csdp
Mandate of EUNAVFOR Med Sophia operation extended until 31 March 2019

04/01/2019 (Agence Europe) – On Friday 21 December, the Council of the European Union extended the mandate of the EUNAVFOR Med Sophia operation by three months, until 31 March 2019 (see EUROPE 12160). EUNAVFOR Med Sophia's mandate previously ran until 31 December 2018. As no solution was found for the landing of migrants rescued by the operation (), the Member States agreed on the technical extension of the operation so that it could continue during discussions to resolve the...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
RO2019EU: For Mrs Odobescu, 'no one expects EU to waste time thinking; it must act and find solutions'
SECTORAL POLICIES
MIGRATION: coordination between Member States to take care of migrants rescued off Libya remains difficult
DIGITAL: Romania aims for a political agreement at Council in June on confidentiality of communications
AGRICULTURE: post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy is Romanian Presidency's number one priority
FISHERIES: profits in aquaculture sector doubled between 2014 and 2016
FISHERIES: EU-Norway agreement provides for a 33% reduction in cod quotas in 2019
FISHERIES: EU and Faroe Islands have signed their bilateral fisheries agreement for 2019
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: new measures proposed to improve investors’ consideration of sustainability preferences
BANKS: temporary takeover of Banca Carige by ECB, a new thorny issue for Italian government
ITALY: Italian Parliament gives green light to 2019 draft budget plan
EMU: Twenty years after single currency launch, economic and monetary union remains incomplete
SOCIAL AFFAIRS - EDUCATION
SOCIAL:  European Parliament and Council make initial progress on Working Conditions Directive
EDUCATION: future of Erasmus programme, only legislative dossier of Romanian Presidency of the Council
EXTERNAL ACTION
TRADE: European Commission renews safeguard measures on steel until 2021
DRC: EU calls for election results to be in line with verdict of ballot boxes
BURMA: EU sanctions seven additional members of armed forces and border police
NEWS BRIEFS
BURUNDI: 5 million euros in additional humanitarian aid
CULTURE: Bulgaria's Plovdiv and Italy's Matera, European Capitals of Culture in 2019
ECONOMY: annual inflation in euro area down to 1.6% in December 2018
ENERGY: T&E launches a petition to stop imports of palm oil for biofuels
JUSTICE: Commission will adopt its recommendation at end of January to open negotiations under US ‘CLOUD Act’
EP2019: far-right German party AfD sets ultimatum of 2024 to reform EU before pleading for a ‘Dexit’
CSDP: mandate of EUNAVFOR Med Sophia operation extended until 31 March 2019
UNITED KINGDOM: May hopes to get new assurances before British Parliament vote on an orderly Brexit
RUSSIA: EU prolongs economic sanctions by six months
CALENDAR
RO2019EU: calendar of Romanian Presidency of Council of EU for first half of 2019
Main activities of the European Institutions : 07/01 - 13/01/2019
Other events: 07/01 - 20/01/2019