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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12217

20 March 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 16 / 29
EXTERNAL ACTION / North macedonia
Hahn warns against boycotting presidential elections
Brussels, 19/03/2019 (Agence Europe)

The European Commissioner for European Neighbourhood Policy and Enlargement Negotiations, Johannes Hahn, warned the political parties in North Macedonia on Tuesday 19 March against a boycott of the presidential elections scheduled for April and May. 

According to him, the opening of accession negotiations in June “can only be achieved if it is a national objective of all parties - which also includes participation in elections, the next ones being the presidential elections - for...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: for Michel Barnier and the Twenty-Seven, an extension of Brexit negotiations must be 'useful' and serve as a valid plan in order to be accepted
BUDGET: Member States are divided on link between 2021-2027 budget and migration
RULE OF LAW: idea of mutual evaluation by Member States of respect for rule of law is progressing
EPP: between exclusion or suspension, the fate of Viktor Orbán and Fidesz will be decided on 20 March by Party political assembly
SOCIAL AFFAIRS
SOCIAL: European Parliament/Council of the EU ambitious agreement on regulation on coordination of social security systems
SECURITY - DEFENCE
DEFENCE: European Defence Fund, European Commission adopts 2019-2020 work programmes
SECTORAL POLICIES
DIGITAL: European Court of Auditors calls on EU to improve its assessment of cybersecurity
MIGRATION: seven NGOs denounce criminalisation of their activities in Mediterranean Sea and Libya's treatment of migrants
AGRICULTURE: Commission doubtful about UK's proposed post-Brexit tariff plans
AGRICULTURE: EU Council welcomes inclusion of bio-economy in post-2020 CAP objectives
TRANSPORT: EU Council approves a number of interinstitutional agreements on measures to be taken in the event of no-deal Brexit
TRANSPORT: Member States are making progress in terms of road safety and low-emission mobility
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: uncertainty as to outcome of the European Parliament/Council of the EU negotiations on InvestEU programme
FINANCE: postponement of European Parliament/EU Council negotiations on revision of European Supervisory Authorities until 21 March
EXTERNAL ACTION
ENLARGEMENT: partial political agreement in EU Council on 2021-2027 pre-accession instrument
NORTH MACEDONIA: Hahn warns against boycotting presidential elections
RUSSIA: EU denounces Oyub Titiev's four-year prison sentence
DEVELOPMENT: EU Aid for Trade and share dedicated to least developed countries reached record level in 2017
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
MIGRATION: according to the Court, a migrant may not be transferred to Member State responsible for processing their asylum application if there is a risk of extreme deprivation
MIGRATION: Return Directive precludes an internal border of a Member State over which checks have been re-established from being treated as an external border
NEWS BRIEFS
PATENTS: 121 billion euros worth of imports into EU are counterfeit or pirated goods
COMPETITION: Commission launches new online tool for cartel leniency and settlements
GUINEA-BISSAU: smooth running of legislative elections gives hope for presidential ones, hopes the EU
DIGITAL: myriad of actions within sight for copyright vote
DIGITAL: Germany launches its 5G auctions without formally excluding Huawei
PAYMENTS: launch of EBA central register on payment and electronic money institutions
FISHERIES: EU Council endorses emergency measures to protect fisheries sector in the event of a no-deal Brexit
REGIONS: Post-2020 CEF agreement gets a mixed reception from CPMR
SOCIAL: Cyprus officially applies for European Labour Authority seat