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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12241

25 April 2019
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EXTERNAL ACTION / Japan
EU and Tokyo will test their ability to defend multilateralism
Brussels, 24/04/2019 (Agence Europe)

A summit between the European Union and Japan will be held on Thursday 25 April in Brussels in the late afternoon, with the participation of the Japanese Prime Minister Shinzō Abe, and the Presidents of the European Council, Donald Tusk, and the European Commission, Jean-Claude Juncker.

While the European Union welcomes a revitalised bilateral partnership, it would like to see Tokyo become more committed to its ideas in order to commit Washington to a robust multilateral trading system...

Contents

EXTERNAL ACTION
JAPAN: EU and Tokyo will test their ability to defend multilateralism
IRAN: according to France, implementation of transaction mechanism is progressing
SECURITY - DEFENCE
CSDP: after a new attack, EUNAVFOR Atalanta recalls that piracy has not been eradicated
INSTITUTIONAL
UNITED KINGDOM: UK European Union Party claims to be only 100% pro-European British party
UNITED KINGDOM: no breakthrough in cross-party talks yet in sight for a successful, orderly exit from EU
SCOTLAND: Nicola Sturgeon plans to hold a new referendum on independence before 2021
SECTORAL POLICIES
FOOD SAFETY: Commission imposes a legal limit value on industrial trans fatty acids, with a transitional period
ENVIRONMENT: scientific study proving transgenerational effects of glyphosate suggests EU should be cautious, warns HEAL
AGRICULTURE: two new partners sigh up to EU Code of Conduct on Agricultural Data Sharing
AGRICULTURE: public consultation on Africa-EU cooperation in the agri-food sector
ENERGY: Manfred Weber would like to stop Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project
ENERGY: EU gas consumption decreased by 3% in last quarter of 2018
WOMEN: idea of mandatory anti-harassment training in European Parliament is finally being studied
WOMEN: approval at UN of altered resolution on violence as a weapon of war
MIGRATION: French think tank proposes possibility of liberation from EU law to facilitate return of illegal immigrants
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: European Commission proposes VAT exemption for supplies to armed forces involved in a European defence effort
ECONOMY: seasonally adjusted deficit rising and public debt falling in euro area in fourth quarter of 2018
NEWS BRIEFS
SAUDI ARABIA: EU condemns simultaneous execution of 37 people
EGYPT: Cairo must respect its commitments to rule of law, EU recalls
COMPANIES: SMEunited is concerned about late payments in internal market
GREECE: Athens recorded a primary budget surplus of 4.4% of GDP last year
INDUSTRY: ACEA provides an overview of car taxation in EU
EP2019: ‘European Spring’ launches a petition to be invited to Spitzenkandidaten debate organised by EBU
ROMANIA: despite repeated warnings, Bucharest adopts controversial judicial reform
SOCIAL: 200,000 work-related deaths each year in EU, according to trade unions