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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12173
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NEWS BRIEFS / Kenya

EU in solidarity with Kenyan population and authorities mourning a terrorist attack

16/01/2019 (Agence Europe) – Following the terrorist attack perpetrated the previous day against a hotel complex in Nairobi (Dusit complex), killing at least 5 people and injuring several others, the EU expressed on Wednesday, 16 January its deepest condolences to the families of the victims and to the Kenyan authorities and its wishes for a speedy recovery to the injured, in a statement issued by the spokesperson of the European External Action Service. The EU has also ensured the...

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INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: EU in anticipation after British Parliament's rejection of Brexit agreement with Ms May
UNITED KINGDOM: Extending negotiating deadline and holding a second British referendum on Brexit discussed in European Parliament
UNITED KINGDOM: EU companies and trade unions concerned after British rejection of agreement on orderly Brexit
BREXIT: relocation to EU of two European agencies based in London is continuing
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
FUTURE OF THE EU: Pedro Sánchez gives a resolutely European and progressive speech to European Parliament
MOROCCO: Parliament approves amendment of EU/Morocco agreement on controversial grounds
ENVIRONMENT: European Parliament endorses the recommendations of its special committee to improve the authorisation procedure for pesticides in the EU
JUSTICE: European Parliament adopts progressive report on situation of fundamental rights in EU in 2017
SOCIAL: European Parliament substantially changes functioning of European Globalisation Adjustment Fund after 2020
SOCIAL: European Parliament significantly increases envelope of future European Social Fund+
COHESION: European Parliament increases Interreg post-2020 envelope to more than €11 billion
TRADE: European Parliament validates agreement with Council on allocation of WTO tariff quotas between EU-27 and United Kingdom
WTO: broad support from European Parliament to promptly put EU in line with ruling on Chinese poultry import
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: Member States seem to support single instrument principle for Whistleblowers Directive
JUSTICE: European Parliament/Council agreement on financial sanctions for European political parties handling personal data for political purposes
JUSTICE: Legislative dossiers in the field of civil and criminal justice on table of Romanian Presidency of Council of EU
AGRICULTURE: Customs duties on Asian rice to come into force on January 18
AGRICULTURE: Member States support proposal to avoid disruptions in direct payments
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: EU ministers invited to express their views on governance of future InvestEU Fund
FINANCE: European Parliament rapporteurs call on Council to adopt its position on whole reform of European Supervisory Authorities as soon as possible
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Member States agree to sanction the two 'tourists' in Skripal case
HUMANITARIAN AID: Commission forecasts a record EU budget of €1.6 billion in 2019
RUSSIA: EU concerned about allegations of persecution of LGBTI persons in Chechnya
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
COMPETITION: The Court sets aside the prohibition on the acquisition of TNT Express by UPS due to a procedural error
NEWS BRIEFS
TRADE: Member States confirm definitive steel safeguards
JUSTICE: Mr Pierre-Luc Vogel, new president of notaries of Europe
KENYA: EU in solidarity with Kenyan population and authorities mourning a terrorist attack
EP2019: French socialists and republicans expected to present their respective electoral lists shortly
SOCIAL: coordination of social security systems, European Parliament and Council test themselves on aggregation and export of social benefits