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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12230

6 April 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 27 / 28
CALENDAR / Main activities of european institutions
From 08/04 to 14/04/2019

Monday 8 April

  • Luxembourg. Council of the EU. ‘Foreign Affairs’ Council - Debate on topical international issues - Afghanistan: report on the visit of HR Federica Mogherini and conclusions on the peace process in the country - Eastern Partnership: exchange of views in preparation for the Partnership ministerial meeting in Brussels on 13 May - Venezuela: update on the latest developments in the country.
  • Brussels. European Parliament. Committee activities (on 12/04) - LIBE: votes on draft...

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