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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12248
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Viktor Orbán withdraws his support for Christian Democratic Spitzenkandidat Manfred Weber

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán considered on Monday 6 May that none of the top candidates (Spitzenkandidaten) of the European political parties for the May European elections would have his support, not even the European People's Party (EPP) candidate, the German, Manfred Weber.

He "will not have the vote of the Hungarians", said the Prime Minister on the occasion of the visit to Budapest of Austrian Vice-Chancellor Heinz-Christian Strache, leader of the far-right FPÖ party.

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Contents

TRIBUTE
MICHEL THEYS: The European citizen’s best friend
INSTITUTIONAL
FUTURE OF EU: expectations of several Spitzenkandidaten for Sibiu Summit
EPP: Viktor Orbán withdraws his support for Christian Democratic Spitzenkandidat Manfred Weber
EU2019FI: Sustainable growth, climate change and security at heart of priorities of Finland's future EU Council Presidency
SECTORAL POLICIES
JUSTICE: reflection in EU Council over automation of information exchange between EU police forces
TRANSPORT: EU Council is due to take note on 13 May of postponement of its decision on deployment of cooperative intelligent transport systems
TRANSPORT: Towards a political agreement in June in EU Council on cross-border use of vehicles hired without drivers for carriage of goods?
CIRCULAR ECONOMY: European Commission harmonises methodology for quantifying food waste
FOOD SAFETY: Bulgaria criticised by EU for lax pesticide use
AGRICULTURE: Copa-Cogeca launches its campaign #WeFarm4EU for the 2019-2024 political cycle
BIODIVERSITY: large majority of European citizens are concerned about loss of biodiversity
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Main French-speaking Belgian political parties in favour of establishing minimum corporate tax at European level
EXTERNAL ACTION
MIDDLE EAST: EU calls for respect of ceasefire
TURKEY: EU will respond to any illegal action by Ankara against Cyprus, warns Ms Mogherini
IRAN: Tehran could reduce its commitments to nuclear agreement
UNITED STATES: Tariff sanctions, negative consequences on American economy
NEWS BRIEFS
COMPETITION: Commission will investigate Apple's commercial policy regarding music titles on App Store
ENERGY: Energy efficiency manifesto for European elections launched
IRAN: EU denounces execution of two minors
NORTH MACEDONIA: EU congratulates new pro-European president
EP2019: Spanish Supreme Court agrees with the Catalan independentist Mr Puigdemont
UNITED KINGDOM: question of a second referendum on Brexit is still not settled within Labour Party
SOCIAL: European Customs Unions denounce United Kingdom's lack of preparation for Brexit
VIETNAM: Trade agreements with EU should be validated in June