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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12216

19 March 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 13 / 30
SECTORAL POLICIES / Research
Commission takes another step forward in setting up European Innovation Council
Brussels, 18/03/2019 (Agence Europe)

In advance of the European Council, the European Commission announced a €2 billion package to accelerate the establishment of the European Innovation Council (EIC), in the context of the future Horizon Europe Framework Programme. 

The objective of this Council, which is in a pilot phase, is to accelerate the commercialisation of European scientific discoveries. Some 1,276 projects have been financed, to date for €730 million. The Commission is adding €2 billion for 2019-2020....

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: That’s not the sort of thing a President of the European Parliament should be saying …
EXTERNAL ACTION
CHINA: Mogherini and Wang Yi focus on China-EU cooperation, but also on competition
UKRAINE: EU commemorates five years of Russia's illegal annexation of Crimea
VENEZUELA: Ms Mogherini does not rule out possibility of international “mediation” to promote a solution to Venezuelan crisis
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: Ms Mogherini pessimistic about future of EUNAVFOR Med Operation Sophia
SECTORAL POLICIES
AGRICULTURE: EU Council not yet ready to adopt its position on the post-2020 common agricultural policy
AGRICULTURE: European Parliament Agriculture Committee confirms April vote on post-2020 CAP
FISHERIES: several countries call for ambitious support for small-scale coastal fishing after 2020
DIGITAL: Council of the EU is struggling to establish its position on confidentiality of electronic communications
DIGITAL: copyright, lobbyists go all-in a week before vote in Parliament
MIGRATION: NGOs denounce sad third anniversary of EU-Turkey declaration
JUSTICE: interoperability of information systems 'ETIAS' and 'ECRIS-TCN' is controversial
RESEARCH: Commission takes another step forward in setting up European Innovation Council
CLIMATE: a coalition of NGOs, businesses and investors urges EU to raise its climate ambition quickly
ENVIRONMENT: governance and citizen involvement among challenges cities face in improving air quality, according to EEA
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Mrs May is not entitled to repeatedly submit same agreement on an orderly Brexit to parliamentary vote
GENERAL AFFAIRS: EU budget post-2020, pre-accession instrument, spring European summit on ministerial agenda
FUTURE OF EU: WeEuropeans campaign presents its ten recommendations to European decision-makers
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
RULE OF LAW: Council of Europe considers that foreign funding of NGOs cannot be questioned on 'hypothetical' grounds
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: Member States prefer to focus on existing legislation to strengthen social dimension after 2020
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: green light for Polish aid to increase regasification capacity of an LNG terminal
AZERBAIJAN: EU welcomes pardon of over 400 prisoners
UNITED STATES: EU denounces US announcements of measures against ICC staff
JUSTICE: MEPs approve inter-institutional agreement reached on Whistleblowers directive
MALI: EU in solidarity with Malian armed forces bereaved by terrorist attack
INTERNAL MARKET: Eurochambres calls on EU leaders to put their words into action to strengthen single market
DIGITAL: last possibility of European Parliament/Council of the EU agreement on 20 March on pooling of cybersecurity expertise
TRANSPORT: Commission publishes roadmap on clean vehicles
YEMEN: for Ms Mogherini, crisis in Yemen is perhaps easiest to resolve
EUROPEAN LIBRARY
European Library: No. 1248