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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12240
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INSTITUTIONAL / Ep2019

Manfred Weber wants European Border and Coast Guard Agency to have 10,000 staff by 2022

The top candidate of the European People's Party (EPP), Germany's Manfred Weber, officially launched his campaign for the May European elections in Athens on Tuesday 23 April, hoping to succeed Jean-Claude Juncker as President of the European Commission if he wins. 

Together with the leader of the Christian Democratic New Democracy Party, Kyriakos Mitsotakis, the Bavarian unveiled 12 key proposals in his programme focused on three main priorities – a secure, intelligent and...

Contents

SECTORAL POLICIES
TRANSPORT: Romanian Presidency of EU Council changes its approach to implementation of trans-European transport network
AGRICULTURE: Commission expects EU cereal production to recover in 2019/2020
AGRICULTURE: developments on sugar market are of concern to several EU Ministers
PATENTS: EPO presents its Strategic Plan 2023
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: exploring potential of circularity in textile sector is the theme of 22nd European Forum on Eco-innovation
INSTITUTIONAL
DEMOCRACY: disinformation, European Commission slightly softens tone towards online platforms
EP2019: Manfred Weber wants European Border and Coast Guard Agency to have 10,000 staff by 2022
EP2019: Facebook revises its rules on political advertising during the European elections
EP2019: in European elections, 158 candidates from 21 countries committed to defending EU’s founding values
BUDGET: Commission reports a budget surplus of €1.8 billion in 2018
EXTERNAL ACTION
UKRAINE: Juncker and Tusk want to meet as soon as possible with new President, Volodymyr Zelensky
SRI LANKA: after multiple attacks, EU offers assistance
LIBYA: EU, African Union and United Nations call for rescue of migrants and refugees stranded in country
G7/G20: France and Japan advance joint priorities based on respect for multilateralism
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
ECONOMY: government deficit and debt ratio declined in both euro area and EU in 2018
FINANCE: Valdis Dombrovskis praises merits of pan-European personal pension product
CULTURE
CULTURE: after Notre Dame, France pleads for more solidarity for Europe's at-risk heritage
NEWS BRIEFS
STATE AID: green light for Dutch measure to support CO2 capture technology
STATE AID: green light for Lithuanian measure to support production of electricity from renewable sources
ENERGY: EU invested €27 billion in new wind farms in 2018, according to WindEurope
IRAN: EU regrets US announcement to lift exemptions on oil purchases
EP2019: Party of European Left launches its official campaign
UNITED KINGDOM: Commission condemns murder of journalist Lyra McKee during riots in Northern Ireland
FOOD SAFETY: Croatia has a satisfactory framework for control of high-quality agricultural products
TRANSPORT: maritime stakeholders welcome European Parliament’s vote on European Maritime Single Window environment
TRANSPORT: European Road Haulers Association publishes its manifesto for European elections
AFRICA: African Peace Facility, green light from Ambassadors of Twenty-Eight Member States for 2019-2020 Action Programme
PLANTS: Italy has a “comprehensive” plant import control system
WEEKLY SUPPLEMENT
European Library: No. 1250