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NEWS BRIEFS / State aid

Green light for French aid to floating demonstration offshore wind farms

25/02/2019 (Agence Europe) – On Monday 25 February, the European Commission approved four French projects to promote electricity production from wind energy sources. Paris is seeking to provide financial support for four floating demonstration offshore wind farms for electricity production, one located in the Atlantic Ocean and three others in the Mediterranean Sea. These planned facilities will use a particular combination of three to four turbines, with a total installed capacity of 24...

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