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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12216

19 March 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 26 / 30
NEWS BRIEFS / Internal market
Eurochambres calls on EU leaders to put their words into action to strengthen single market

18/03/2019 (Agence Europe) – Ahead of the European Council, Eurochambres, the organisation representing the European Chambers of Commerce and Industry, sent a letter to the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, on Monday 18 March, urging him to open a debate with European leaders on the future of the single market. For the organisation, it is impossible to tackle the question of the future of the European project without debating the single market, the European “crown...

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