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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12250
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NEWS BRIEFS / Eastern partnership

Launch of phase II of Partnership for Good Governance

08/05/2019 (Agence Europe) – The European Union and the Council of Europe (CoE) officially launched the second phase of the Eastern Partnership for Good Governance on Tuesday 7 May in Brussels. The aim of the partnership, which has a budget of €17.5 million for the period 2019-2021, is to contribute to the strengthening of human rights, democracy and the rule of law in Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. According to the Council of Europe, progress was made during the first phase (2015-2018) in establishing independent anti-corruption bodies and with moving judicial reforms forward. The CoE says that the focus in the second phase will be on providing better, more efficient and more transparent services to citizens. (CG)

Contents

BEACONS
BEACONS: Europe Day celebrations in Sibiu!
SIBIU SUMMIT
CLIMATE: Eight Member States call for climate action to be made a strategic priority for EU
FUTURE OF EU: Netherlands sets out six strategic priorities for period to 2025
INSTITUTIONAL
EPP: Christian Democrats no longer rule out continuing without Viktor Orbán
European elections - EP2019
EP2019: Spitzenkandidaten process is “a potentially explosive institutional set-up”, says Olivier Costa
EP2019: Volt, pan-European citizen movement that hopes to join Parliament
MIGRATION: Priority for EPP, border protection takes precedence over migrant reception policy for other political families
DIGITAL: Christian Democrats and environmentalists are calling for creation of new European bodies
SOCIAL: Social Europe remains prerogative of left-wing and centre-left European political parties
YOUTH: European political parties recall their commitment to Erasmus programme, some more than others
WOMEN: women's rights from a left/right perspective
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
TAXATION: Paris and Berlin want to rally other Member States around their proposal for a Financial Transaction Tax
TAXATION: coordination of European position internationally on digital taxation is not looking so easy
TAXATION: ‘Grand Theft Europe', a media consortium, estimates annual VAT fraud carousels in EU at €50 billion
EXTERNAL ACTION
FOREIGN AFFAIRS: Nine Member States urge EU to become a real global player
IRAN: EU analyses Iran's decision to no longer comply with certain obligations of nuclear agreement
MERCOSUR: European Commission still hopes to complete free trade agreement this year
SECTORAL POLICIES
FOOD: Thirty-three organisations advocate appointment of a European Commission Vice-President in charge of food issues
ENERGY: Nord Stream 2, Naftogaz files a complaint with the European Commission against Gazprom
CLIMATE: CO2 emissions from fossil fuels fell by 2.5% in EU in 2018
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
SOCIAL: Spanish law on calculation of pensions for part-time workers infringes EU law if it places women at undue disadvantage
SOCIAL: Court specifies procedures for calculating severance pay and reclassification of an employee on part-time parental leave
SOCIAL: Austrian compensation schemes for civil servants or contract agents still infringe EU law, according to Court
NEWS BRIEFS
NEW ZEALAND: Positive atmosphere just days before a new round of trade negotiations from 13 to 16 May
EASTERN PARTNERSHIP: launch of phase II of Partnership for Good Governance
EP2019: British people to vote in European elections on 23 May
REGIONS: First conclusive assessment of pilot project to assist regions and Member States in industrial transition
SOCIAL: Four EU capitals competing to host European Labour Authority