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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12245

1 May 2019
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 22
SECTORAL POLICIES / Agriculture
Copa-Cogeca will launch its campaign #WeFarm4EU on May 6
Brussels, 30/04/2019 (Agence Europe)

EU agricultural organisations and cooperatives (Copa-Cogeca) will launch their own campaign, #WeFarm4EU, on Monday 6 May, three weeks before the European elections, to highlight the sector's achievements and present its positions and proposals for the coming political cycle 2019-2024 in Europe. 

Copa-Cogeca will present a manifesto defending in particular a stable budget for the post-2020 Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), while the Commission is proposing a 5% cut in appropriations for this...

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PASSING: our former deputy editor-in-chief, Michel Theys, died in Brussels on Tuesday 30 April at the age of 67 as a result of a serious illness
LABOUR DAY: please note that our offices will be closed on Wednesday 1 May. EUROPE 12246 will be dated 3 May 2019
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
CANADA: CETA court system is compatible with European Union law, according to EU Court of Justice
DIGITAL: Advocate General considers service provided by Airbnb constitutes an information society service
JUSTICE: Public Prosecutor's Office is not a judicial authority empowered to issue a European arrest warrant, according to Advocate General
FISHERIES: Italy was wrong to contest arrangements for allocating European swordfish quota in 2017
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: Five areas that European Commission believes EU's strategic agenda should cover by 2025
UNITED KINGDOM: Labour Party to decide whether to include second referendum in its manifesto for European elections
EP2019: Catalan independentists expect to send more deputies to next European Parliament
EP2019: WeMove calls on European voters to choose change over hate fuelled by far right
CITIZENSHIP: European Commission considers inadmissible a European citizens' initiative calling for a halt to trade with Israeli settlements
EDUCATION
EDUCATION: 'We would of course like to see all young people happy in Europe', says Tibor Navracsics
SECTORAL POLICIES
INDUSTRY: European Battery Alliance, Member States want to move up a gear
ENERGY: Russian company Rosatom denounces Greens/EFA group in the European Parliament's bias on nuclear energy
AGRICULTURE: Copa-Cogeca will launch its campaign #WeFarm4EU on May 6
CLIMATE: more than 50 business leaders urge EU to establish real decarbonisation strategy
EXTERNAL ACTION
PALESTINE: International community urges Israelis and Palestinians to resume dialogue
WESTERN BALKANS: in Berlin, Serbia and Kosovo agree to participate constructively in Dialogue
VENEZUELA: European caution in face of uncertainty of Venezuelan situation
NEWS BRIEFS
ECONOMY: seasonally adjusted GDP grew by 0.4% in euro area and by 0.5% in EU in first quarter of 2019
MOROCCO: Polisario Front brings an action before EU Court of Justice against Association Agreement
MIGRATION: agreement between European Border and Coast Guard Agency and Albania in force on 1 May