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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12230

6 April 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 17 / 28
SECURITY - DEFENCE / Nato
Allies will strengthen their efforts against Russian threats
Brussels, 05/04/2019 (Agence Europe)

NATO member countries, meeting in Washington to celebrate the Alliance's 70th anniversary, agreed on Thursday 4 April to strengthen their actions against Russia. 

The Allies have agreed on a set of measures to improve their security in the Black Sea region. 

“We have agreed a package of measures to improve our situational awareness [in the Black Sea, editor's note]. And to step up our support for both Georgia and Ukraine. In areas such as the training of maritime forces and coast...

Contents

INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: Theresa May asks again for an extension to June 30 and admits that it will be necessary to consider participation in European elections without a breakthrough before 23 May
GENERAL AFFAIRS: European elections, EU budget, rule of law, but also Brexit will dominate meeting of European Affairs Ministers
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
GREECE: Eurogroup gives green light for release of a new tranche of aid
EMU: disagreements at Eurogroup on governance of future fiscal capacity for euro area
FINANCE: European ministers ensure that their financial markets are ready in event of a no-deal Brexit
FINANCE: Ministerial reflections on how EU can stay on course for next five years
COMPETITION: commission sends BMW, Daimler and Volkswagen objections over possible restriction of competition in emission reduction technology
COMPETITION: European Commission sends statement of objections to Valve and five video game publishers for 'geo-blocking' PC games
SECTORAL POLICIES
FISHERIES: Commission says it is ready to help EU fishermen in event of no-deal Brexit
AGRICULTURE: a study rather positively assesses CAP measures applied to wine sector
ENVIRONMENT: Commission presents 2nd EIR report to help Twenty-Eight implement EU environmental legislation
CLIMATE: average CO2 emissions from new cars increased by 0.4% in 2017, confirms EEA
EXTERNAL ACTION
CHINA: A summit with an ambitious agenda, which could again remain a dead letter
LIBYA: EU calls on parties for appeasement
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Venezuela, Afghanistan, Eastern Partnership and Libya on ministers' agenda
UKRAINE: Chicken breast fraud, EU expects provisional implementation of agreement from September
SECURITY - DEFENCE
NATO: Allies will strengthen their efforts against Russian threats
NEWS BRIEFS
COHESION: Cohesion Alliance welcomes Parliament's positions on post-2020 cohesion policy
ENERGY: nuclear heat production in EU fell by 1.3% in 2017
INDUSTRY: electric cars, ACEA calls for massive investment in charging station infrastructure
LUXEMBOURG: Eurogroup supports Commission's opinion on updated draft budgetary plan for 2019
EP2019: Marine Le Pen and Matteo Salvini announce meeting in Italy in mid-May to bring together ENF group's allies in European Parliament
EP2019: European Parliament's website to show results of European elections
SOCIAL: Council adopts a partial mandate on European Social Fund Plus
TRANSPORT: trade unions broadly satisfied with European Parliament vote on ‘mobility’ package I
The B-word: Agence Europe’s newsletter on Brexit
THE B-WORD: May turns to June
CALENDAR
Main activities of European Institutions: from 08/04 to 14/04/2019
Other events: until 14 April 2019