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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12201

26 February 2019
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Arab league
Europeans and Arabs agree to strengthen their cooperation
Brussels, 25/02/2019 (Agence Europe)

The Heads of State and Government of the EU Member States and the League of Arab States (LAS) agreed at the first ever EU-Arab League Summit to strengthen cooperation between the two regional entities, without omitting their differences. 

"It is time to make the partnership between the Arab world and Europe a reality. We face many of the same challenges in a geopolitical context that has become even more dangerous and unstable [...] As close neighbours, we have no choice but to work...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: Germany, the deficient conceptual power
EXTERNAL ACTION
ARAB LEAGUE: Europeans and Arabs agree to strengthen their cooperation
VENEZUELA: EU attributes rise in tensions to the Maduro regime's refusal to allow humanitarian aid to enter
MOLDOVA: according to EU, parliamentary elections were competitive despite many shortcomings
MYANMAR: new EU monitoring mission to assess human rights progress
PACIFIC: Neven Mimica signs a 1.6 million euros financing Agreement for energy efficiency in Palau
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Donald Tusk and Theresa May discuss implications of extending Brexit negotiations
EP2019: Party of European Socialists adopts its programme for May 2019 elections
EP2019: Fratelli d'Italia party joins ranks of Alliance of European Conservatives and Reformists
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: confidentiality of communications - Romanian Presidency of the Council tackles data retention
CLIMATE: long-term strategy, ministerial debate on 5 March before European Council's political guidelines
AGRICULTURE: European Commission will launch two new observatories for wine and fruit and vegetable markets
FOOD SAFETY: Uruguayan controls on horse meat destined for EU are weak
JUSTICE: Council agreement in sight regarding Electronic Evidence Directive
JUSTICE: negotiations on 'Rights and Values' programme - European Parliament will defend at all costs its values support mechanism
JHA: Social Democrats in European Parliament may not support Parliament/Council provisional agreement on identity cards
CONSUMERS: more than half of e-commerce sites in EU do not fully comply with rules
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EMU: Franco-German proposal on budgetary capacity for the euro area, soon be discussed at technical level
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: coordination of social security systems - European Parliament and Council stand by their positions
SOCIAL: Member States are making progress in social sphere, according to 2019 Joint Employment Report
SOCIAL: introduction of a minimum income in the EU divides EESC members
NEWS BRIEFS
URBAN AGENDA: 21 European cities commit to invest €4.32 billion over five years to fight poverty and social exclusion
STATE AID: Green light for French aid to floating demonstration offshore wind farms
BAHRAIN: Mr Panzeri denounces convictions of relatives of human rights activists
BELARUS: EU extends sanctions and arms embargo until 28 February 2020
COHESION: regions are once again sounding the alarm about impact of a no-deal Brexit
CONSUMERS: product safety, Věra Jourová launches a new European prize for companies
SPACE: Space X denounces European subsidies to Ariane 6
JUSTICE: S&D and GUE/NGL groups request that European Parliament vote on head of European Public Prosecutor's Office be held in LIBE Committee
MIGRATION: Commission recalls, on the margins of Arab-EU Summit, that it has never wanted to create migrant camps in North African countries
PAKISTAN: Mogherini calls for urgent defusing of tension with India
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 1247