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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12207

6 March 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 29
EXTERNAL ACTION / Armenia
Juncker and Pashinyan call for dialogue on visa liberalisation
Brussels, 05/03/2019 (Agence Europe)

The President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker, and the Armenian Prime Minister, Nikol Pashinyan, called on Tuesday 5 March in Brussels for the launch of the dialogue on visa liberalisation for Armenia "as soon as possible".

Speaking to the press, Mr Juncker explained that all the technical conditions were met and that he would initiate a dialogue with the most reluctant Member States, which must give their agreement to launch such a dialogue. Visa...

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: Direct democracy: a major risk to be avoided or the road to political salvation? (2)
SECTORAL POLICIES
ENVIRONMENT: EU Council sets out its position with Drinking Water Directive to ensure safe and accessible water for all in EU
CLIMATE: European Environment Ministers ready to move forward with ambitious and socially just EU 2050 strategy
HEALTH: Member States call for a coherent framework on endocrine disrupters
AGRICULTURE: Member States making difficult progress on future post-2020 CAP strategic plans
SPACE: 2021-2027 Space Programme, Commission puts forward proposals to break deadlock
DIGITAL: Huawei presents its credentials to European Commission
JUSTICE: whistleblowers, Romanian Presidency of Council of the EU wants more flexibility on internal reporting of wrongdoing
JUSTICE: European Parliament/Council of the EU interim agreement on Justice programme for 2021-2027
TRANSPORT: ‘mobility’ package I, several Members of EPP Group support proposals from Mr Ertug, Mrs Kyllönen and Mr Telička
TRANSPORT: member States should be flexible on emergency measures for rail transport in the event of a no-deal Brexit
ENERGY: renewable energies accounted for 19.5% of total energy in 2017
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: Emmanuel Macron advocates 'European Renaissance' to defeat sterile nationalisms
EPP: Mr Weber sets three conditions for Mr Orbán's Hungarian Fidesz party to remain a member of Christian Democratic family
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: European Supervisory Authorities for finance, European Parliament and Council of the EU will try to reach an agreement on 12 March
COMPETITION: a fine of €368 million for an agreement between two car safety equipment suppliers
EXTERNAL ACTION
ARMENIA: Juncker and Pashinyan call for dialogue on visa liberalisation
GEORGIA: Ms Mogherini and Mr Hahn ask Tbilisi to focus on Association Agreement
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: two European Parliament committees adopt their position on the post-2020 NDICI financial instrument
UKRAINE: supply of military goods and defensive weapons to Ukraine must be extended, according to Mykola Tochytskyi
NEWS BRIEFS
ALGERIA: for EU, Algerian Constitutional Council must decide on Mr Bouteflika's candidacy
TRADE: Council of the EU greenlights rules on screening of foreign investments
INDUSTRY: new vehicle certification tests are insufficient to fight fraud, according to T&E
MALAYSIA: EU welcomes Kuala Lumpur's accession to International Criminal Court
DIGITAL: Google calls on European Parliament to reject copyright reform
FISHERIES: Council of the EU adopts multi-annual plan for management of stocks in western waters
FISHERIES: Council of the EU adopts text codifying regulation on European Fisheries Control Agency
REGIONS: MEP Lukas Mandl is concerned about a Czech radioactive waste landfill project
SOCIAL: MEP Michael Detjen asks for clarification on European law applicable to business travel