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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12238

18 April 2019
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY / Environment/climate
European Parliament validates 'common understanding' negotiated with EU Council for LIFE post-2020 programme
Brussels, 17/04/2019 (Agence Europe)

On Wednesday 17 April, the European Parliament validated the Parliament/EU Council 'common understanding' in respect of the LIFE Environment post-2020, the only financial instrument specifically dedicated to the environment and climate action (578 votes in favour, 39 against, 34 abstentions). 

LIFE post-2020 will therefore focus on the protection of European wildlife species and ecosystems and the transit to a sustainable, circular and climate-neutral European economy (see EUROPE...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
UNITED STATES: Airbus/Boeing case, EU publishes its list of US products subject to tariff sanctions
CUBA: European Union and Canada warn Washington against 'unnecessary spiral of legal actions'
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: In front of MEPs, Ms Mogherini focuses on her cooperation with European Parliament rather than on her record
SECURITY - DEFENCE
SECURITY: Mr Domecq calls for avoidance of misleading messages between EU and NATO
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
SOCIAL: European Parliament still as divided as ever on revision of European rules for coordination of national social security systems
TRANSPORT: European Parliament gives green light to delegated act on deployment of cooperative intelligent transport systems
TRANSPORT: European Parliament gives green light to partial provisional Interinstitutional Agreement on Connecting Europe Facility 2021-2027
FUTURE OF EU: European Union must respond to concerns of its citizens, says Krišjānis Kariņš
SOUTHERN AFRICA: MEPs call on EU to increase aid to three countries devastated by Cyclone Idai
MIGRATION: European Parliament endorses reform aimed at providing European Border and Coast Guard Agency with 10,000 staff by 2027
TERRORISM: European Parliament confirms that Internet platforms will have a maximum of one hour to remove violent terrorist content
CYBERSECURITY: European Parliament adopts its position at first reading regarding competence centres
CYBERSECURITY: Institutions closely monitor integrity of elections
JHA: European Parliament validates new rules for issuing short-stay visas in EU
BUDGET: European Parliament supports OLAF investigating MEPs’ offices to protect EU's financial interests
CONSUMERS: European Parliament validates Interinstitutional Agreement on strengthening protection of consumer rights
FOOD SAFETY: European Parliament validates Interinstitutional Agreement for greater transparency of EFSA's scientific evaluations
ENVIRONMENT/CLIMATE: European Parliament validates 'common understanding' negotiated with EU Council for LIFE post-2020 programme
RUSSIA: European Parliament approves renewal of Science and Technology Cooperation Agreement
RESEARCH: Parliament validates interinstitutional agreement on Horizon Europe
SPACE: Green light from MEPs to European Parliament/EU Council agreement on the 2021-2027 space programme
JUSTICE: European Parliament endorses Interinstitutional Agreement on access to financial information by law enforcement authorities
JUSTICE: European Parliament gives green light for partial agreements with EU Council over 'Justice', 'Rights and Values' programmes for 2021-2027
COURT OF AUDITORS: European Parliament rejects Romanian Viorel Ştefan's candidacy
TAXATION: Broad European Parliament support for partial agreement with EU Council on Fiscalis 2021-2027 programme
CULTURE
CULTURE: Member States ready to negotiate with European Parliament on post-2020 Creative Europe programme
INSTITUTIONAL
LOBBYING: ExxonMobil retains its access passes to European Parliament
UNITED KINGDOM: Nigel Farage's Brexit Party heads latest European election opinion polls
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: Council of the EU instructs its Secretary-General to take a decision on any complaints from candidates for post of Head of the European Public Prosecutor's Office
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
COMPETITION: Green light for Liberty House to acquire assets sold by ArcelorMittal as part of acquisition of Ilva
ECONOMY: annual inflation at 1.4% in euro area and 1.6% in EU in March
NEWS BRIEFS
JHA: Albania continues to meet criteria for visa liberalisation, according to Commission
TRANSPORT: European car manufacturers inform public about technologies installed in vehicles